Timothy Abraham

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Timothy Abraham

Welcome...published at 18:00 British Summer Time18:00 BST Harry Brook's tenure as England limited-overs skipper has got off to a flying start after a thumping 3-0 series win over West Indies in their one-dayers. Can his side carry that momentum into the shorter white-ball format? The tourists are ranked ninth in the world for ODIs but fifth for T20s so this should be a sterner test of Brook's captaincy credentials you would have thought.

2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Timothy Abraham

Plans to hold a European T20 franchise tournament this summer are to be shelved until 2026 because three potential owners are instead focusing on completing deals to buy team stakes in The Hundred. The European T20 Premier League (ETPL), part owned by Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, and involving city-based franchises from Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands, was set to start next month.

3 days ago | bbc.com | Timothy Abraham

Two Belgian men have claimed they hid in a toilet at Munich's Allianz Arena for 27 hours in order to watch last weekend's Champions League final for free. The pair uploaded a video, external on the social media platform TikTok which showed them sticking a homemade 'out of order' sign on two toilet cubicle doors before they waited in silence for more than a day as stadium staff used the facility. "We had a backpack with snacks and we played around on our phones to kill time," Remmerie said.

3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Timothy Abraham

Fallon Sherrock says she will not be back to her best for "a couple of years" and has indicated she plans to take a break from darts in 2026 for health reasons. The 30-year-old became ill after the birth of her son Rory in 2014 and has suffered from kidney problems since then. AdvertisementSherrock has been a pioneering figure in darts since she became the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship in 2019.

3 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Timothy Abraham

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead will step down from the role when his contract expires at the end of the month. The 53-year-old had already said he would quit as coach of the Black Caps' one-day international and T20 sides, but had remained interested in coaching the Test team. However, New Zealand Cricket decided they want one head coach across all three formats, which effectively ruled Stead out of the Test job.