Amazon Prime top of the table to bag Liverpool documentary rights August 14, 2024 Amazon Prime are in pole position to pick up the UK rights for the Liverpool documentary based on Jurgen Klopp’s last six months at Anfield. City A.M. has learned that Amazon have entered advanced negotiations with the club and production company Lorton Entertainment to show the documentary, which was filmed over the second half of [...]
Jimmy Anderson: Bowler could return to white-ball cricket after decade August 13, 2024 England’s record wicket taking pacer James Anderson could make a sensational return to white-ball cricket a decade after his last short-form game. Anderson has been a stalwart of England’s Test team since 2003 but was retired this summer by his team just a handful of wickets short of the great Shane Warne. But the 42-year-old, [...]
English cricket mourns ‘beloved’ batter and coach Thorpe after he dies aged 55 August 5, 2024 Thorpe scored more than 9,000 runs for England in 100 Tests and 82 one-day internationals.
England call up uncapped batter to replace injured Crawley for Sri Lanka series August 4, 2024 Crawley has been ruled out of the three-match series, which is due to begin on August 21.
Ed Warner: Is the ‘Wrexham Effect’ actually hurting lower league finances? August 1, 2024 One week until the football league kicks off and Wrexham AFC will hog the League One spotlight.
Ahead of the Game: Six Nations facing compensation fight over £800m deal snub July 31, 2024 In his first weekly sports news column, Matt Hughes reports on the row between the Six Nations and southern hemisphere chiefs over the Nations Championship, the value of Team GB’s new deal with Adidas, Everton’s tensions with the Premier League, and England cricket chiefs’s latest hire. The Six Nations are facing potential demands for tens [...]
Flintoff in frame after England cricket coach steps down immediately July 30, 2024 Australian Mott held talks with England managing director Rob Key last week, following the team’s failure to defend their T20 World Cup crown.
Stokes hits record 50 as England take 3-0 series win against West Indies July 28, 2024 Captain Ben Stokes hit the fastest ever Test 50 for England yesterday as his side beat the West Indies by 10 wickets at Edgbaston to take the series 3-0. His half-century came in just 24 balls, having opened the batting alongside Ben Duckett in the fourth innings, chasing down 82 to win the Test match [...]
US multi-sport group interested in Hundred team despite concerns July 22, 2024 An American multi-sport ownership group has expressed interest in investing in the Hundred – but has concerns over the feasibility of buying a controlling stake in a franchise. The 100-ball competition kicks off its fourth season this afternoon at the Oval in what is set to be the final year of teams being jointly owned [...]
Thank you Jimmy Anderson. Watching you bowl has been iconic July 14, 2024 Sitting in the Mound Stand at Lord’s as a punter and hearing “bowling from the Pavilion End, James Anderson” was genuinely goosebump-worthy. Mere minutes before the 41-year-old, who had been handed a forced retirement by the England and Wales Cricket Board, finished his career just four wickets shy of Shane Warne’s total, he walked out [...]