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Sue Redfern will become the first on-field female umpire in the Vitality Blast when Gloucestershire take on Middlesex on Sunday. The 45-year-old joined the Professional Umpires Team, the ECB’s group
Read MoreMost Australian rules fans have forgotten (or chosen to forget) that they owned the State of Origin concept for a century before the big boppers in the north caught on.
Read MoreNovak Djokovic launched his quest for a record-breaking 23rd men’s Grand Slam singles title with a 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-1) first-round victory over debutant Aleksandar Kovacevic at the French Open.
Read MoreWhen the end came, Espanyol’s captain pulled his shirt over his face and sobbed, a member of staff taking him gently by the arm and guiding him off the Mestalla
Read MoreEverton survived relegation by the skin of their teeth to preserve their top-flight status for a 70th season after overcoming Bournemouth 1-0 on a final day fuelled with drama at
Read MoreEngland’s summer begins at Lord’s against Ireland on Thursday and even if it is only a starter before the lavish main course of the Ashes I am sure nobody in
Read More‘Devastated’ Geraint Thomas set to finish second in Giro d’Italia after falling 14 seconds behind Primoz Roglic in penultimate stage; British rider Thomas, bidding to become race’s oldest winner at
Read MoreMax Verstappen edged Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to top the timesheet in Practice Two; Sainz ended what had been a strong day with a heavy crash; Lewis Hamilton sixth
Read MoreWhen India’s cricket board first tried to take hold of International Cricket Council finances in 2014, it enlisted support. The BCCI was flanked in the attempt by Cricket Australia and
Read MoreQueueing at the luggage drop at Sydney airport in Australia in 2017, I glanced around and wondered whether any other expats were as desperate as I was. To watch a
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