England 267 for 3 (Salt 119, Buttler 55, Livingstone 54*) beat West Indies 192 (Russell 51, Pooran 39, Topley 3-37) by 75 runsWhoever said “don’t answer back” had never been overlooked for a big pay cheque, or found the belligerence of Phil Salt. Responding to his IPL auction snub and resuming where his unbeaten century in the third match had kept England alive in this series, Salt thrashed a 57-ball 119 to set West Indies an eye-watering target of 268 if they wanted to end it now. They couldn’t, falling to a 75-run defeat in Taruouba as England drew level…
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By Ben Sully @SullyBen Stuttgart will look to extend their unbeaten home run to six competitive matches when they play host to Augsburg on Wednesday. Photo: Jeollo, Vfb-exklusiv.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 Stuttgart Having enjoyed significant success this season, Stuttgart were given a reality check in Saturday’s away clash with Bayern Munich. A Harry Kane brace and a Kim Min-jae effort condemned Stuttgart to a 3-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena, which brought an end to a five-game unbeaten run. Despite dropping down from third to fourth position, die Schwaben still boast a handy four-point cushion over fifth-placed Dortmund. Stuttgart have…
Chelsea booked their place in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup with a dramatic victory over Newcastle United on Tuesday evening.Having handed Callum Wilson an opening goal with some of the worst defending imagineable, Chelsea snatched an equaliser in stoppage time through Mykhailo Mudryk, whose 92nd-minute effort sent the tie to penalties.Chelsea netted all four but Kieran Trippier struck wide and Matt Ritchie’s decisive effort was denied by goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, whose safe hands steered Chelsea through to the final four.How the game unfoldedConor Gallagher struck the crossbar from range with the game’s first real chance six minutes in. Lurking…
According to respected journalist Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal are aware that Brentford striker Ivan Toney wants to join them during the January transfer window. The English striker is currently serving an 8-month ban for breaching FA betting rules, but he is expected to return to competitive action from January 17. Toney has been working on his fitness behind the scenes in training sessions but it remains to be seen whether he will stay at Brentford or join a new club next month. In his Caught Offside column, Romano has revealed that Toney would be interested in joining Arsenal and the London giants are…
Aljamain Sterling has seen plenty in his fighting career, but his UFC 296 experience was a first. The former bantamweight champion expected to be inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena for the UFC’s last pay-per-view event of 2023, but when he and his crew arrived at the venue they were told there were no tickets available. Sterling commented on the situation on social media, apologizing to fans who he may have brushed off as he waited outside. Sorry to the fans asking to take pictures while we were stuck outside. Just a bit annoyed that we found out our tickets were…
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This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. If it feels like the entire Mets offseason has been held up by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, that’s because it essentially has. Two paths are still open before the team. One includes Yamamoto. The other does not. How president of baseball operations David Stearns proceeds will depend in large part upon whether the Mets get their man. Their interest in Yamamoto is not only obvious, but has already been discussed ad nauseum in this space. The…
Discussing Green on the his new podcast “The OGs,” Udonis Haslem went into details about how Green had gone too far. “Draymond, man, you’re out of pocket,” Haslem said on the first episode of the new show from Playmaker. “You’re out of pocket. I f*** with Draymond, man. There’s only so many warriors in this league, guys that are going to take that tech, going to take that foul, and protect their teammates. But we don’t start that s***. We don’t start it. We ain’t bullies. We don’t look for it. We don’t initiate it. We are guys that prevent…
Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterDec 19, 2023, 06:00 AM ETCloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson dropped back to the Jacksonville Jaguars 40-yard line and sensed danger — linebacker Dawuane Smoot…
Rob Herring (centre) is tackled by Cameron Woki and Will Rowlands during Ulster’s win over Racing 92Venue: Kingspan Stadium, Belfast Date: Friday, 22 December Kick-off: 19:35 GMTCoverage: Watch live on BBC Two NI, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, with text updates, report, reaction and highlights on the BBC Sport websiteUlster hooker Rob Herring has been ruled out of Friday’s United Rugby Championship interprovincial game against Connacht at Kingspan Stadium.Herring suffered an ankle injury in the second half of Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup win over Racing 92.Fly-half Billy Burns is a fitness doubt after sustaining an arm…