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Grace Ballinger, The Blaze’s left-arm seamer, looks at Women’s T20 Blast Finals Day which takes place at The Oval on Friday.The summer of 2026 has already been a colossal one for English cricket. Fans all over the country have been engulfed, often divided, by mid-match international retirements, women’s T20 World Cup and Test defeats, and currently, a competitive white-ball series for the men’s side against India.All the while, domestic cricket has continued, sometimes out the limelight, but this weekend it comes to the fore with the finals of both the men’s and women’s T20 Blast competitions. On Friday the top…
Chris Kamara gives an emotional speech after receiving an Honorary Doctorate, and has reacted to it when appearing on ITV’s This Morning. The 68 year old shedded a tear when talking about his wife and family, as he was awarded Doctor of Health by Bradford University as part of the Summer Graduations 2026. He also appeared on ITV’s This Morning less than 24 hours later, giving an interview reacting on it, reflecting on his speech apraxia diagnosis in March 2022. He said: “Well, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, fellow graduates, guests, Lord Left Tenant, Lord Mayor, what an honor. Doctor of Health,…
Despite his success in the sport, her father originally tried to dissuade Kaci, from taking up boxing, but it had the opposite effect.”Sometimes when your mum and dad tell you you can’t do something, you want to do it more and I think that’s what happened,” she joked.”He always said girls don’t box and at that time they didn’t, there were no opportunities for girls to go to the Olympics for example, but Katie Taylor was paving the way and she was in our club and it was great for me to look up to another female and I thought…
Jude Bellingham slapped Argentina substitute Valentin Barco on the back of the head following England’s 2-1 World Cup semi-final defeat.Barco, who did not play in the game, came on to the pitch at full-time and was hugging team-mates near Bellingham when the England midfielder walked over and slapped him.It sparked a small melee as players from both sides got involved before Bellingham walked away.It is not known what prompted the reaction, but footage showed Barco running on the pitch after Enzo Fernandez’s 85th-minute equaliser and celebrating in front of the England players.Lautaro Martinez headed the winner for Argentina in the…
Morning all. So it’s a Spain versus Argentina World Cup final on Sunday after England were beaten 2-1 last night. The first half was feisty, but low on quality in general. There were lots of fouls, a couple of yellow cards, but nothing much to talk about in terms of goalscoring chances. It felt like Argentina were trying to get the game to go one way, especially via Diego Simeone’s niggly little dust-devil son, but England were well prepared and didn’t let that happen. Ten minutes into the second half and England went ahead. Declan Rice was involved, pushing high…
“Yeah. Well, look, it is only 2 lb up on what was agreed, and 2 lb is pretty much a kilo. It’s not a lot different to what they had planned, but both teams have agreed, and they’re going to be ready to go,” Rose said to The Punch podcast. “The fact that there is that extra 2 lb, I think you can guarantee that you will see the best, strongest versions of both Tim and Errol.” Rose has never hidden his preference for championship fights to be contested at the full divisional limit rather than a catchweight. “I’m not…
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark yelled in the face of referee Gerda Gatling after decisions went against her team in a 88-75 defeat by the Golden State Valkyries in the WNBA.In the second quarter Clark, a three-time All-Star and one of the biggest names in women’s basketball, went for a lay-up and fell after contact from Valkyries’ Kiah Stokes. Clark appeared to be limping when she got up.Team-mate Aliyah Boston was then called for a foul after Valkyries’ Veronica Burton bumped into her.Using an expletive, Clark shouted at Gatling: “Give me a call. I got fouled five times.”Clark, 24, left…
Arsenal’s pursuit of Bruno Guimarães is refusing to go away. Mikel Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta identified the Newcastle captain as a priority midfield target, with the Gunners subsequently making an opening offer worth around £55 million via intermediaries that was rejected. Since then, reports have claimed Guimaraes has informed Newcastle he wants the move, Arsenal have held discussions with his representatives to gauge the conditions of a deal, and Newcastle have responded by placing a valuation close to £100 million on one of their most influential players. Despite the sizeable gap between the clubs, Arsenal have continued exploring…
Having retired from the sport, Terence Crawford looks unlikely to ever make a comeback, but ‘Bud’ has now been warned that he will lose his undefeated record if he does opt to make a return and take on one unified world champion. Crawford hung up the gloves after a legacy-defining victory over Canelo Alvarez, walking away from the sport with his undefeated record intact and as the only three-division undisputed world champion of the four-belt era. Nevertheless, the Omaha-born icon continues to be linked to a lucrative rematch with Canelo, as well as a potential scrap with newly-crowned unified super-welterweight…
Dragons hooker Elliot Dee had been flown out as cover for Lake, who Wales say has come through two training sessions.Lake, 27, is in line to continue his record as the only Wales player to start every Test under Tandy. Following the 39-24 win against Fiji, Rees-Zammit and Edwards were left out of the starting side against Argentina for Scarlets duo Ellis Mee and Sam Costelow, who in turn have been omitted from the squad against South Africa.There is a new-look centre combination in Durban with Cardiff’s Thomas partnered in the midfield by Llewellyn. Eddie James is not included in…