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Dan Mousley has been named as England Lions captain for a two-match red-ball series against South Africa A, with two four-day matches set to take place at Arundel from May 22-25 and Beckenham from May 29-June 1. Mousley, who played for England in seven white-ball matches in the Caribbean in 2024, will lead a 15-man…

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Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis is looking to pack ​more power into his jump with a ‌new 22-step approach, a longer run-up ​than he previously used to ⁠break the world record multiple times since 2020. Sweden’s Duplantis, who set the world record for the ‌15th time when he cleared 6.31 metres in March,…

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Tickets in South Korea for a rare match against a visiting North Korean team sold out within half a day, Seoul’s football association told AFP on Friday. All 7,087 general admission tickets for the game on May 20 between home side Suwon FC Women and Naegohyang Women’s FC were snapped up within about 12 hours of…

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There’s a certain inevitability about Shardul Thakur. He may not play half the games in a season, concede 15 runs off his first over – like he did against Punjab Kings in Dharamshala – and yet, produce moments of brilliance that turn a game on its head. He’s called ‘Lord’ Thakur and he lives up…

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Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh has found himself at the centre of a growing debate around players, content creation and the blurred boundaries between access and exposure in the IPL ecosystem. While the left-arm seamer has had a modest season on the field, picking up 13 wickets in 12 matches at an economy rate touching…

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Faheem, who has previously played county cricket for Northants and Sussex, will arrive ahead of Yorkshire’s opening Blast encounter, against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, on May 22 and be involved throughout the competition. He could also feature in Championship games against Warwickshire at Scarborough and the trip to Leicestershire in June. “I’m delighted to be…

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Australia striker Sam Kerr will leave Chelsea when her ​contract expires at the end of ‌the season, ending a six-and-a-half-year spell ​in which she became ⁠one of the most influential players in the club’s history. Kerr departs as Chelsea’s fourth-highest ‌appearance maker, with 157 games, and has scored 115 goals ‌for the club — one…

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Mumbai Indians 205 for 4 (Tilak 75*, Rickelton 48, Omarzai 2-36) beat Punjab Kings 200 for 8 (Prabhsimran 57, Shardul 4-39, Chahar 2-36) by six wickets Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) playoff chances took a serious beating after they lost their fifth game in a row, this time going down to Mumbai Indians (MI) by six wickets…

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