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Mitchell Marsh BBL officials hope the introduction of a new "designated batter and fielder" rule next season will allow cricket's most explosive hitters and biggest names to stay in the league for longer. Adapted from baseball, the new rule, which has been contemplated by the BBL for the past few summers, will permit teams to pick players who are allowed to bat without being required to field. It could help prolong the careers of older batters, such as Adelaide Strikers' reco

Aman Mokhade slammed an unbeaten 150 off 121 balls Aman Mokhade  is in the middle of a dream run that has fuelled Vidarbha's stellar showing in the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Heading into Thursday's semi-final against Karnataka, his 643 runs from eight innings are second only to Devdutt Padikkal's chart-topping 721 runs. This surge has been built on continuity that eluded Mokhade through much of 2024-25. With Atharva Taide, Yash Rathod,  Karun Nair  and Danish Malewar formi

Martin Zubimendi scored Arsenal's third goal in their first leg win over Chelsea Liam Rosenior's first home game as  Chelsea  manager ended in defeat as  Arsenal  edged a thrilling  Carabao Cup  semifinal first leg 3-2 at Stamford Bridge. The visitors had looked well set for the Wembley final in March after goals from  Ben White  and  Viktor Gyökeres  put them into a two-goal lead early in the second half. It was the first serious test of Rosenior's tenure and he responded wi

Andy Robertson Liverpool  defender Andy Robertson has admitted he doesn't know whether he will be at the club next season ahead of his contract expiring in the summer. Robertson was almost an ever-present at Anfield under former manager Jürgen Klopp and was a key member of the squad that romped to the  Premier League  title under Arne Slot last term. However, the left-back was linked with a move away from Anfield last summer following the £40 million (($54m) signing of  Milos

Amelia Valverde As they prepare for a massive assignment at the AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia in March, India's senior women's national team is all set to have a new coach in 39-year-old Costa Rican Amelia Valverde. Valverde has quite the CV for someone coming into Indian Football. She's twice managed Costa Rica at FIFA World Cups, and now she's the one to lead the Indian dream, as they attempt to get out of the group, which would get them a shot at, at least, the interc

FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final, instead of being asked to pay $4,185. FIFA said Tuesday that $60 tickets will be made available for every game at the tournament in North America, going to the national federations whose teams are playing. Those federations decide how to distribute them to loyal fans who have attended previous games at home and on the road. The num

Samuel Eto Cameroonian Football Federation president Samuel Eto'o has been suspended for four games for alleged misbehavior during his team's loss to  Morocco  at the  Africa Cup of Nations . The federation, known as FECAFOOT, said Wednesday that it had taken note of the decision from the disciplinary committee of the Confederation of African Football to suspend its president along with a $20,000 fine, but that it "lacks any explicit justification." "FECAFOOT further notes th

Chelsea boss Rosenior  Liam Rosenior has urged  Chelsea  fans to blame him for  Robert Sánchez 's two mistakes that helped  Arsenal  to a  3-2 victory  in Wednesday's  Carabao Cup  semifinal, first leg at Stamford Bridge. Sánchez failed to deal with a seventh-minute corner as  Ben White  nodded in from close range to give the visitors the lead, which  Viktor Gyökeres  then doubled four minutes after half-time courtesy of another error from the Blues goalkeeper. Chelsea rallie

Gerard Pique Barcelona legend Gerard Pique has sent out a message after seeing rivals Real Madrid dumped out of the Copa del Rey last 16 by lowly Albacete. Los Blancos were beaten 3-2 on Wednesday night in what turned out to be a nightmare first game in charge for new boss Alvaro Arbeloa. The result did not go unnoticed by Pique who responded on social media. “Good debut for the new Madrid,” he wrote on the King’s League Twitch channel, per Mundo Deportivo. Madrid’s exit cont

Bangladesh cricket plunged deeper into crisis yesterday as the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh demanded the immediate resignation of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and Finance Committee chairman M Najmul Islam, threatening a complete boycott of all matches from today if he fails to step down. At an emergency online press conference, the association’s president Mohammad Mithun issued an ultimatum, saying all cricket activities-including the Bangladesh Pr

Major League Baseball When a free agent signs a new deal or a big-name player gets traded, there's always a big question everyone will ask: What's next? A player's new deal will have ramifications for his team (whether it's a new one) and the overall free agency market. The same goes when a top player gets traded to a ring-chasing contender or a rebuilding club.  We're breaking down all angles of the notable MLB deals as the offseason rolls on. And check out who we think are 

England's Conor Gallagher Tottenham Hotspur has announced the signing of Atlético Madrid and England midfielder Conor Gallagher, with the former Chelsea man signing a long-term contract with the club.  Spurs saw off competition from Premier League rivals Aston Villa to secure the 25-year-old's signature, with his arrival a major boost for manager Thomas Frank especially after Rodrigo Bentancur was ruled out of action for three months through injury. Gallagher signed for  Atle

New Zealand's Sacked Coach Robertson Scott Robertson has been sacked as head coach of New Zealand after two years in charge. Robertson, 51, replaced Ian Foster after the World Cup in 2023 and led the All Blacks to 10 wins out of 13 Tests in the 2025 season. But the former Canterbury Crusaders coach came under pressure following an away defeat by Argentina and a record  43-10 loss to South Africa  in the Rugby Championship in Wellington. There have also been reports of tension

Golf Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Cam Smith have all indicated they will remain with LIV Golf rather than rejoining the PGA Tour. Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka was recently accepted back on the American circuit after he quit the Saudi Arabian-backed series to prioritise "the needs of his family". The  PGA Tour subsequently opened the door  for fellow major winners Rahm, DeChambeau and Smith to follow Koepka under a new returning member programme, open until 2 Februa

Mo Salah and Sadio Mane When Mohamed Salah leads out Egypt in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) semi-final against Senegal, he will feel both the weight of expectation from his nation and his own personal pressure to deliver a place in the final. The North Africans are record seven-time continental champions but the most recent of those successes came in 2010, a year before the Liverpool forward's international debut. The 33-year-old was a losing finalist at the 2017 a

VAR System Video assistant referee errors have risen in the first half of the Premier League season. Data collected by BBC Sport taken from the Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel shows mistakes have increased 30% season-on-season from 10 to 13. It is still a marked improvement on previous years, with 20 errors at this stage of the 2023-24 campaign and 23 in 2022-23. All but two of the mistakes are missed interventions, up from seven to 11, when the video assista

Jordan Smith Amateur player Jordan Smith would have been "happy winning just one point" - but walked away with A$1m (£496,835) and bragging rights over world number two Jannik Sinner as he triumphed at the Australian Open's Million Dollar One Point Slam. The innovative format offered amateur players the opportunity to win the prize money by playing a sole point against some of the sport's top talent and other famous faces. Smith was the star of the show on Rod Laver Arena, al

FIFA President FIFA received over 500 million ticket requests for the 2026 World Cup, but safety fears and political unrest in the United States are causing withdrawals among global fans. FIFA has indeed reported receiving more than 500 million ticket requests during the recent Random Selection Draw phase for the 2026 World Cup, which closed on January 13, 2026, marking a record level of global interest in the expanded 48-team tournament hosted across the United States, Canad

FIFA World Cup 2026 Soccer's organizing body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year's World Cup. Soccer's organizing body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Po

Jan Henric Buettner Jan Henric Buettner, the German billionaire entrepreneur behind the ambitious Freestyle Grand Slam Tour, revealed to this newspaper how the months-long feud with FIDE was finally resolved as the Freestyle Chess World Championship was announced. After more than a year of confrontation and stand-off, Freestyle Chess and FIDE have finally decided to bury the hatchet and join forces, announcing that they will host the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in