61st over: England 329-7 (Bairstow 160, Broad 26) Wagner to Broad, who picks a straightish one through long-off – and then clubs another six over midwicket. And with that, the scores are level! England were fifty-five for six. 60th over: England 317-7 (Bairstow 159, Broad 15) Broad has been mowing merrily in the village style, … Read more
Athletes have juggled two professional sports before. Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson played professional baseball and football, and Renaldo Nehemiah, the first 110-meter hurdler to run under 13 seconds, played for the San Francisco 49ers for three seasons. But none of those athletes suffered grueling injuries on the football field before trying the juggling act. … Read more
“You can’t win anything with kids.” These are the words that have haunted former Liverpool defender and Match of the Day pundit, Alan Hansen, who was referring to the young Manchester United team in the 1995/96 season. Instagram: @210bam Alan Hansen famously said, “you can’t win anything with kids”, but talented youngster Jesse Rodriguez is … Read more
If he had it to do over, Brad Gilbert would never have played a professional tennis tournament in South Africa while the country was embroiled in apartheid. Martina Navratilova has never regretted challenging Czechoslovakia’s Communist government by defecting to the United States in 1975, but she wishes she had been able to convince her parents … Read more
Pogba will soon be playing for ATK Mohun Bagan in the Indian Super league (ISL). No, not Paul Pogba but his elder brother Florentin! The Guinean professional footballer is a defender and joins the Indian football giants from French Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux-Montbeliard. The 31-year-old has earlier played for clubs like Saint-Étienne and Atlanta … Read more
Gegard Mousasi has spent his long career piling up wins and accomplishments, quietly establishing himself as one of the best middleweights in the history of the sport. On Friday night in the main event of Bellator 282 from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, Mousasi ran into Johnny Eblen, a young undefeated fighter who brought … Read more
CROMWELL, Conn. — Sometimes, Matthew Wolff needs to remind himself that his life isn’t so bad after all. He needs to remind himself that he’s doing OK. Regardless of how many bogeys he makes. Regardless of how many cuts he misses. Sometimes it takes a simple, random event to remind him of these things. He … Read more
Australia win dead rubber fifth ODI against Sri Lanka as Alex Carey scores unbeaten 45 to chase down lowly 161 total as attention turns to two-match Test series Australia have secured a consolation victory against Sri Lanka in Colombo The tourists stormed through Sri Lanka’s top order to leave them 67-7 Chamika Karunaratne dug in … Read more
Across the world, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is known as one of the most prestigious car races, a treacherous 12.4-mile sprint up one of the highest summits of the Rockies. But for many people in the United States, and even some in its host city, Colorado Springs, the race is hardly known at … Read more
The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight Stanley Cup title, beating the Avalanche 3-2 on Friday night in Game 5. Ondrej Palat scored with 6:22 remaining and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots in front of a raucous crowd hoping to celebrate the Avalanche’s first championship in … Read more