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Sky Sports to broadcast all World Cups in UK from 2024-2031
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Friday, 27 January 2023 07:11
Sky Sports will broadcast all World Cups in the UK and Ireland under an exclusive eight-year deal struck with the ICC for an undisclosed sum.The arrangement marks the first time the two organisations have shared a direct contractual relationship and forms part of the ICC's drive to sell media rights individually in key markets.Last August, Disney Star* bagged the broadcast…
India to face England in Women's U-19 T20 World Cup final
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Friday, 27 January 2023 08:36
It was heartbreak and ecstasy in equal measures in Potchefstroom as India and England made the final of the inaugural Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup to be played on Sunday. While India comfortably beat New Zealand in the first semi-final, tensions swayed one way and then the other before England edged Australia out by three runs in a low-scoring thriller.Defending…
Wahab Riaz named Punjab Sports Minister
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Friday, 27 January 2023 04:41
The relationship between Pakistani cricket and politics has thrown up another candidate set to straddle the two, with fast bowler Wahab Riaz named as the caretaker Sports Minister of Punjab. Wahab, who is currently playing for Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League, will take his oath of office once he returns home.There is no official word on what this…
Tom Harrison, ECB's former chief, takes up new role as head of Six Nations Rugby
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Friday, 27 January 2023 04:24
Tom Harrison, the ECB's former chief executive, has switched sports following his unveiling as the new CEO of Six Nations Rugby.Harrison, 51, stepped down from his cricket role in May 2022 after a controversial seven-year tenure that was defined by his driving-through of the Hundred, the ECB's new city-based white-ball competition that has proven especially divisive in the first two…
Derbyshire sign Pakistan international Haider Ali for 2023 season
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Friday, 27 January 2023 04:29
Haider Ali, the Pakistan batter, will join Derbyshire for the 2023 county season.The 22-year-old Ali has played 35 white-ball matches for his country, including two appearances at the recent ICC T20 World Cup, where Pakistan were runners-up to England. In 33 T20I appearances, he has scored 499 runs, including three half-centuries, one of which came against England at Emirates Old…
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