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Dean Elgar has spent most of his career doing the part of batting that modern cricket increasingly tries to escape. Leaving balls. Taking blows. Surviving movement. Making fast bowlers come back for another spell. Turning an ugly 35 into something more valuable than a beautiful 20. Now one of the
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Kevin Keegan, the two-time Ballon d’Or winner who became one of English football’s most celebrated players, managers and personalities, has died at the age of 75 following a battle with cancer. Keegan died on July 20, 2026, surrounded by his wife and daughters. His family described him
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For cricket fans who watched international matches during the late 2000s and early 2010s, Hot Spot was once one of the most recognizable parts of the Decision Review System. A black-and-white thermal replay would appear on screen, and a bright white mark on the bat, pad, glove, or
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Cricket has lost one of the rare figures for whom the word legend never felt sufficient. Sir Garfield St Aubrun “Garry” Sobers, the Barbados-born West Indies icon widely regarded as the most complete cricketer the game has known, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 89. His
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Norway’s emphatic 5–0 victory over Israel in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier produced one of the national team’s most memorable sporting nights in years. Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick, passed 50 international goals and moved Norway significantly closer to its first World Cup appearance since
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Ben Stokes ended his international career as one of the most influential, dramatic, and versatile cricketers of the modern era. He produced unforgettable innings, delivered crucial bowling spells, took spectacular catches, captained England through a radical transformation, and repeatedly appeared at the center of cricket’s biggest moments. Yet one
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As of the latest reliable reporting, FIFA had not issued a clear public explanation for the most controversial incidents in Argentina’s dramatic 3-2 win over Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16. Reuters reported that the Egyptian Football Association had criticised the officiating and submitted
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Some players join a football club. Others become part of its history, its identity, and the memories supporters carry for the rest of their lives. Mohamed Salah became all three. After nine extraordinary years at Liverpool, the Egyptian King has walked away from Anfield with 442 appearances, 257 goals, eight
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Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran has passed away at the age of 38 following a prolonged battle with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, commonly known as HLH. Zadran died on July 7, 2026, just one day before what would have been his 39th birthday. He had reportedly been receiving treatment in India
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Diego Maradona was never famous for carefully polished opinions. He spoke emotionally, directly, and often provocatively. He could be insightful and unfair within the same sentence. His comments frequently generated controversy, but they also reflected his fierce belief that football belonged first to players and supporters—not executives, sponsors, broadcasters,
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Happy Birthday to Kemar Roach, one of the finest and most resilient fast bowlers of the modern West Indies era. Born on June 30, 1988, in Saint Lucy, Barbados, Roach celebrated his 38th birthday in 2026 with perhaps the most fitting gift of his distinguished career: membership in the exclusive
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Some cricketers are remembered by numbers. Ben Stokes will be remembered by moments. That is not because the numbers were small. They were not. Across formats, across years, across injuries, across pressure, across chaos, Stokes built a career that stands among the most influential England have ever seen. Runs, wickets,