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Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr celebrate PFA awards – Friday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
PAUL NEWMAN: Root has to be No 1 for England's best modern batsman
It was a question, posed after the Lord's Test by ESPNcricinfo on social media, that does not have a definitive answer. You can pick only one, said the website, alongside pictures of Joe Root, Sir Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen.
Rashford gets to work as celebs bat for charity – Tuesday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
"He'll Go Miles Past My Record": Sir Alastair Cook On Joe Root
Joe Root had played an unbeaten knock of 115 runs to help England chase down 277 against New Zealand in the Lord's Test to go 1-0 up in the three-match series. England were in a spot of bother at 69/4, but Root, Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes fought it out and, in the end, the hosts scripted a five-wicket win. Along the course of his innings, Root brought up the landmark of 10,000 Test runs and he is the joint-youngest with Cook to achieve the milestone.
Juan Mata bids farewell to Manchester United – Thursday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Old faces James Anderson and Stuart Broad embrace new approach to run through New Zealand top-order
As they prepared to bowl their opening deliveries at the start of England’s home summer of 2022, both James Anderson and Stuart Broad received generous applause at Lord’s. Nothing new about that, of course, only this time felt a little different: the greeting seemed like an endorsement - and a repudiation, therefore, of England’s two highest wicket-takers being dropped from the tour of the West Indies in March.
Renowned cricketers rally behind hospitalised SA cricketer: 'Lovely young man with a big heart'
The global cricket community has rallied around the hospitalised former SA Under-19 cricketer Mondli Khumalo, who was assaulted on Sunday morning following a club game in the UK.