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Ireland have won two Six Nations titles in a row, but missed out on historic consecutive Grand Slam last year with defeat at Twickenham to England in Round 4; France, Scotland and England will all seek to wrestle title away; Ireland host England in Dublin in Round 1 on Saturday February 1 Source link

It’s been a rollercoaster 12 months across football, but 2024 proved to be another landmark year for British South Asians in the game. Records were broken, league titles were won, landmarks were reached, and promotions were clinched. There were significant developments away from the pitch, with a number of British South Asians also earning the opportunity to play on the …

Big picture: SCG showdown to decide Border-Gavaskar Trophy From that first day , when 17 wickets fell in Perth, there has been intrigue in this Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Even the game ruined by rain in Brisbane threw up something unexpected – a sudden retirement. Now as a hard fought, highly entertaining series comes to an end, Australia have the chance to …

Sri Lanka 218 for 5 (Perera 101, Asalanka 46) beat New Zealand 211 for 7 (Ravindra 69, Asalanka 3-50, Hasaranga 2-38) by 7 runs In the end, Sri Lanka did enough. That’s not something you’d expect to say about a team that had racked up 218 runs in their first innings, but it speaks towards just how well New Zealand …

Left-arm fast bowler Aamer Jamal. — AFP/File The second Test of the ICC Test Championship between Pakistan and South Africa is set to begin on Friday at Newlands, Cape Town. Following a two-wicket loss in the first Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion, the Pakistan team is expected to make just one change for the second Test. Right-arm fast bowler Mir …

Jacob Duffy‘s international career has been a stop-start one. Since making his T20I debut in December 2020, he has largely been on the bench, with Tim Southee ahead of him in the pecking order. Till 2023, he did not play more than four T20Is in a calendar year. But in 2024, he was given more chances, and that’s helped him …

Katie Boulter gave world No 2 Iga Swiatek a huge scare before suffering a 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-4 defeat as Great Britain were knocked out by Poland in the quarter-finals of the United Cup. Boulter battled back from 4-1 down in the first set to take it on a tie-breaker and found herself an early break up in the deciding set before …

India coach Gautam Gambhir was strong in saying he has “everything under control” in the dressing room but admitted he had “honest” conversations with the team after losing the MCG Test to go 2-1 down in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the days between that Melbourne defeat and the New Year’s Test in Sydney, there was a report citing Gambhir had …

“The head coach is here. That should be enough,” Gambhir said to a room full of reporters wondering why Rohit was not at the pre-match press conference. Rohit had skipped it before the third Test in Brisbane too – Shubman Gill spoke to the press then – but the explanation then was that he had not come for the optional …

The NFL has released a statement promising “comprehensive security plans” for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans following the terrorist attack that took place in the city on Wednesday. Fifteen people were killed and at least 35 others are injured after a man drove into a large crowd of people in the early hours of New Year’s Day, authorities have …