Ben Stokes was appointed as captain of England’s Test cricket team, taking on the high pressure role just a few months after returning from a long spell away from the game to protect his mental health. The all-rounder was the only credible option...
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26th Apr 2024 | Updated at 11:03am 26th Apr 2024
Adam Azim clinches European light-welterweight title
Adam Azim clinched the European light-welterweight title, halting Franck Petitjean in the tenth round in Wolverhampton. The 21-year-old Briton delivered a dominant performance, flooring the defending champion with a body shot in the fifth. Petitjean,...
Asian Sports Foundation’s strategy launched to get more Asians into sports
Asian Sports Foundation’s (ASF) Strategy ‘Active Lives, Healthy Futures’ was launched at City Hall London on 18th September 2023. The strategy is to focus on improving the health of the Asian community living in England. Among the attendees...
Somerset suffered their third defeat in county championship as they lost to Surrey by three wickets at the Kia Oval. It was the Surrey opener Ryan Patel,...
Ben stokes has a “smart cricket brain” and is the “obvious” choice to take over as England Test captain following the exit of Joe Root, according to former captains Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain. Root last week stepped down from captaincy,...
A new British Kabaddi League has been launched in the UK, with tournaments staged in major cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Wolverhampton between 9 April and 10 May.
Calls for an Independent Regulator for Football (IREF) – as set out in Tracey Crouch’s Fan Led Review of Football Governance – are gathering steam. A new paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs warns the move could undermine England’s position...
As part of the reforms, the MCC is changing the laws of the cricket to clear the so-called Mankad dismissals, where a bowler runs out the non-striker if...
The UK government kicked off the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ to celebrate the incredible living bridge between both nations in India’s 75th year of Independence. From 21-27 February, a series of on- and off-the-field interactions will highlight...
Public voting to select the nominees for the third edition of the BBC Indian sportswoman (ISWOTY) of the year has begun. The five shortlisted by a distinguished...
Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq has criticised Middlesex County Cricket Club chief Mike O’Farrell’s comments attempting to explain English cricket’s lack of diversity, saying it was indicative of an “endemic problem” in the sport. The...
18-year-old Zidane Iqbal has become the first British South Asian to become a part of Manchester United in the under 23 Squad. Zidane is a professional...
