SA's Mokoka defends Cape Town Marathon title, Van Dyk 2nd in wheelchair race
South Africa's Stephen Mokoka defended his title as he clinched his third Cape Town Marathon title on Sunday.
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Trans athlete researcher rejects open category proposal at conference, says most would 'quit their sport'
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‘Feels Incredible’: DP World ILT20 auction sees Muhammad Rohid and Junaid Siddique lead UAE surge
DUBAI: UAE pace bowlers Junaid Siddique and Muhammad Rohid were among the most coveted cricketers at the DP World ILT20 Season 4 player auction on Oct. 1, landing blockbuster deals worth $170,000 with Sharjah Warriorz and $140,000 with MI Emirates respectively.
American cricket in jeopardy, a victim of poor governance
On occasions, this column has expressed its concerns about governance standards in cricket. Sadly, another occasion has arisen. On Aug. 21, following a board meeting, USA Cricket announced the termination of its commercial agreement with American Cricket Enterprises, citing “multiple material breaches of the term sheet signed between the parties in May 2019.”
Rashid Khan’s star continues to shine
Rashid Khan is a cricketing superstar who will play for the Oval Invincibles in The Hundred this summer. Before joining the team, he added brand ambassadorship to his cricketing prowess — on July 3 in Dubai, he was revealed as the face of leading real estate company, MH Developers.
UAE’s ‘giant-killing’ of Bangladesh not as unlikely as some might think
“Giant-killing” in sport is often associated with cup competitions in soccer, when a team from a lower division beats one placed in a higher division.
Prosecutors demand Rubiales forced kiss trial be re-run
MADRID: Prosecutors on Thursday requested that the trial of Spain's ex-football federation chief Luis Rubiales for his forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso be annulled and re-run, notably questioning the judge's impartiality. Spain's top criminal court last month found Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for the kiss and fined him 10,800 euros ($11,670), sparing him jail in a sentence considered lenient by feminist groups. The sentence fell well short of the demands of prosecutors, who had sought a total of two and a half years in prison for Rubiales, one year for sexual assault and 18 months for allegedly coercing Hermoso to downplay the kiss. Hermoso is appealing the sentence, which also cleared Rubiales and three other defendants of coercion, including former women's team coach Jorge Vilda and two senior ex-federation officials. The prosecutors said in a statement that they were appealing the sentence and requested the trial be declared null and void and "held again by another judge not tainted, to say the least, by an appearance of bias". They said judge Jose Manuel Fernandez-Prieto "unduly" prevented the prosecutor in the trial, Marta Durantez, from posing certain questions and cited the "arbitrariness" of his sentence. The statement added that the judge "made no mention in the sentence" of key evidence brought up during the trial, "as if such evidence had not existed". Fernandez-Prieto attracted attention during the trial for his brusque attitude, frequently interrupting and scolding participants. Rubiales was also banned from going within a 200-metre radius of Hermoso and from communicating with her for a period of one year.
A potential new dawn for cricket in Europe
Into the existing global jigsaw of T20 franchise tournaments, in which the pieces do not quite fit together, another piece has been added. The International Cricket Council has sanctioned a league in Europe, to be known as the European T20 Premier League. It is made up of a partnership between the national cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.
The DP World ILT20 is maturing
LONDON: After much jostling for position between the eight teams in the round robin group stages of ILT20 2025, the two finalists which emerged were beaten finalists in the two previous years.