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Sri Lanka cleared to play international cricket again but lose the rights to host the U19 World Cup

Sri Lanka has been allowed to continue playing internationally, but next year’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup will now be hosted by South Africa, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has ruled. The decision was one of several taken by the ICC including barring post-puberty birth males… Read More »Sri Lanka cleared to play international cricket again but lose the rights to host the U19 World Cup

Continuity, experience and raw speed: Australia’s 7s squad named ahead of Olympic campaign as Hooper inches closer for debut

Former Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper is set to make his rugby sevens debut in Perth in January after being official confirmed in the Australian men’s squad. After being overlooked for the Wallabies’ disastrous Rugby World Cup campaign earlier this year, the 125-Test veteran set his sights on… Read More »Continuity, experience and raw speed: Australia’s 7s squad named ahead of Olympic campaign as Hooper inches closer for debut

I knew Australia’s bunch of ‘no-hopers’ couldn’t win the World Cup, right up until I knew they would

Personally, I never doubted them for a second. Although in the interests of strict transparency I suppose I should make clear that that first sentence is technically only true if you don’t count any of the seconds that took place in the six months or… Read More »I knew Australia’s bunch of ‘no-hopers’ couldn’t win the World Cup, right up until I knew they would