The update comes not long after Mohammad Hafeez, the newly appointed Pakistan team director, had said that the priority for all centrally contracted Pakistan cricketers has to be the national team and not franchise-run leagues. Rauf is currently in Category B, the second-highest slab, of the PCB contracts, while Zaman and Mir are in Category D, the lowest category.
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By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff Here is our preview of Tuesday’s DFB-Pokal round of 16 clash between Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Wolfsburg, including predicted lineups. Two of the six Bundesliga clubs left in the DFB-Pokal will lock horns on Tuesday night when Borussia Mönchengladbach host VfL Wolfsburg at Borussia-Park. Gladbach continued their strong home form with a 2-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday, making it four wins in a row at Borussia-Park. Their DFB-Pokal round of 32 victory – a 3-1 win over Heidenheim – also came on home soil. Their opponents, Wolfsburg, will be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 3-1…
Joao Felix has admitted he celebrated his winning goal against parent side Atletico Madrid on Sunday out of “relief” following a summer of turmoil.Felix, who joined Barcelona on loan from Atletico late in the summer window, scored the only goal in Sunday’s game to down his primary employers, and he made no attempt to hide his celebrations.Asked why he declined to show respect to Atletico after the game, Felix insisted he was simply overcome with emotion after a challenging summer transfer window.”It was a spontaneous celebration,” he told Movistar. “In the end, you get into the heat of the game.”It…
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez was in blistering form as the club beat Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. The London giants have had another tough top-flight campaign and they have found wins hard to come by. The club ended a two-match winless run yesterday with a 3-2 triumph over Brighton. Fernandez was the star of the show with a brace. He opened the scoring for the Blues before converting a penalty which proved the match winner. Fernandez was not at his best with his distribution with 26 passes from 52 touches but made amends by…
Former Bellator flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez believes the Professional Fighters League has taken the right step in acquiring Bellator to battle the UFC for the top stop in the MMA sphere. Velasquez said on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast that the future is bright for both PFL and Bellator fighters after the former announced its acquisition of the latter in November. PFL will continue with its traditional season format in 2024, with Bellator running as an international circuit. “PFL is growing a lot,” Velasquez said. “These fights they’re doing, Francis Ngannou in boxing and these YouTubers, Jake Paul… I think…
(Photo: Getty) If you need a QB this offseason, there aren’t many with the pedigree of Dante Moore, who ranked as the No. 4 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting class. Moore is departing Westwood after just one season at the helm, telling 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz he will prioritize a place that can help him continue on his track towards being an early NFL Draft selection. “For these next upcoming years, I just want to go to a place where I can get developed,” Moore said. “That’s the main thing is really development, making sure you’re bettering yourself every day and having a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jarred Kelenic has not lived up to the great expectations that surrounded him when he was the top prospect the Mets used to acquire Robinson Canó and Edwin Díaz from the Mariners after the 2018 season. But the Braves are counting on him to benefit from the opportunity he will get next year while attempting to fill their left-field void. The Braves opened the MLB Winter Meetings by completing a five-player trade with the Mariners on Sunday night. They received Kelenic, left-handed pitcher Marco Gonzales and first baseman Evan White in exchange for right-handed pitchers Jackson Kowar…
“The problem I think with today is that we are so hung up on the yesteryear of the culture and the history that built the league, that we’re missing out on greatness right in front of us,” said Garnett. “LeBron James is 38 m—-f—— years old doing something we’ve never seen… we’ve got to get over this. Michael Jordan, Magic [Johnson], they are the past. We’ve got to embrace this new ish. We’ve never seen Stephen Curry. We ain’t never seen anything like Stephen Curry. We keep talking about Jerry West–shoutout to Jerry West, he was a super goon, did…
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2023, 04:08 PM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellNEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr left his team’s 33-28 loss to the Detroit Lions in the fourth quarter and did not return after being placed in concussion protocol. Carr…
Sarah Beckett scored the opening try for Gloucester-Hartpury after five minutesGloucester-Hartpury continued their Premiership Women’s Rugby title defence with a 12-0 win over Bristol Bears.Sarah Beckett opened the scoring before Emma Sing added the rest to claim victory at Shaftesbury Park.Kelsey Jones was sin-binned for dropping the maul in the 61st minute but Bristol Bears failed to capitalise.Gloucester-Hartpury are unbeaten in two matches so far this season while Bristol Bears have suffered back-to-back defeats.Friday’s outcome means Gloucester-Hartpury have won nine of their past 10 Premiership games against Bristol Bears.On Saturday, Saracens made it three from three against local London rivals…