India vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy final: Can Mitchell Santner’s underdogs beat Rohit Sharma’s title favourites? | Cricket News

This Sunday’s Champions Trophy match is a repeat of last Sunday’s Champions Trophy match – although New Zealand will hope it does not end up an exact replica. The Black Caps slipped to a 44-run defeat to India in Dubai last weekend in the final group game of the competition. Now the sides are meeting … Read more

Fabien Galthie: Irish ruck clear-out on Antoine Dupont was reprehensible – we are angry despite Six Nations win | Rugby Union News

France head coach Fabien Galthie has labelled the Irish clear-out on Antoine Dupont which caused a suspected “serious knee injury” as “reprehensible”, calling for Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter to be cited.  France captain and talisman Dupont limped off in the first half of Saturday’s 42-27 Six Nations victory over Ireland in Dublin, with referee … Read more

Arne Slot reveals half-time message vs Southampton – I had to create anger | Football News

Arne Slot admitted Liverpool’s first-half performance against Southampton was a “warning sign” as he had to “create anger” in the dressing room at the break. Trailing to Will Smallbone’s added-time goal after a misunderstanding between Virgil van Dijk and goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Slot – who was watching from the Main Stand as he was serving … Read more

N Forest 1 – 0 Man City

Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late strike gave Nottingham Forest a brilliant 1-0 win over Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a blow to their hopes of Champions League qualification. It appeared a game which pitted third against fourth at the City Ground was heading for a stalemate before Hudson-Odoi controlled a beautiful cross-field pass from Morgan … Read more

Ben Stokes: Would England ODI captaincy be too much of a risk ahead of era-defining Ashes series? | Cricket News

Michael Atherton says England must weigh up the potential risk to their Ashes chances if they hand Ben Stokes the captaincy in one-day international cricket. England men’s managing director Rob Key suggested the Test skipper was a candidate to lead in the 50-over game following Jos Buttler’s resignation from both white-ball roles after the chastening … Read more

Human Rights Watch urges ICC to suspend Afghanistan in response to Taliban’s assault on women’s rights | Cricket News

Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council to suspend Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s assault on women’s rights. All female sport is effectively outlawed under the regime, with the majority of the women’s cricket team living in exile. That places the country in direct contravention of the ICC’s own terms of … Read more