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Sri Lanka spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been handed a one-year ban from all forms of cricket for breaching the anti-corruption code. Jayawickrama was charged with three breaches of the code by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in August after failing to report an approach to fix matches and obstructing an investigation. The 26-year-old subsequently admitted to breaching the anti-corruption code. …

On Thursday, Larne’s dream of European football becomes a reality. But as Lynch says, “why shouldn’t we be here?”. Thursday’s game in mountainous western Norway is the first of six extremely difficult fixtures. Larne will also face Shamrock Rovers, St Gallen, Olimpija, Dinamo Minsk and Gent in their first European campaign. Now a leading side in Northern Ireland, they will …

Emery’s shrewd strategy also unsettled Bayern, with a more direct approach targeting defender Dayot Upamecano with Ollie Watkins running in behind. He was also aware of Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer’s habit of playing as a sweeper keeper, which led directly to Duran’s goal. The ploy worked to perfection. Mention what Emery brings and one Villa insider told BBC Sport: “Attention …

While the goals of Diaz and Salah have grabbed the headlines as the Reds have gone top of the Premier League, reached the last 16 of the Carabao Cup and made a perfect start to their Champions League campaign, Gravenberch has been a key part of the team and made a case for being the most improved player. “You’d be …

After making a steady start to their innings, South Africa suffered setbacks as they lost Tony de Zorzi (12), captain Temba Bavuma (4) and Rassie van der Dussen for a duck in three consecutive overs to lie 39-3 by the end of the ninth. Rickelton smashed 91 off 102 balls, including three sixes and seven fours, as his partnership with …

Great Britain moved closer to securing a place in the America’s Cup for the first time since 1964 as Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia team took a 6-4 lead over Italy. The British team require one more point to win the first-to-seven Louis Vuitton Cup series after edging two tight races amid choppy conditions off the coast of Barcelona on Wednesday. …

The details of Cheika’s issues with the match doctor and the circumstances around the incident are not known with the full judgement yet to be released by the RFU. “The panel found that Michael Cheika disrespected the Independent match day doctor in challenging the decision he had made that a player was subject to an IPR (Immediate Permanent Removal),” said …

Two-time Super Bowl champion Von Miller has received a four-game suspension without pay for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. It comes after the Buffalo Bills linebacker turned himself into police in Dallas on 30 November 2023 after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Police accused Miller of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. No charges were filed against Miller and …

Head coach Christian Ilzer is the man who has implemented that philosophy on the pitch, pushing his team to play “dominant, aggressive, attacking football” and looking to win the ball back quickly. When he arrived in 2020, the goal was to bring down a “league giant” in Red Bull Salzburg. “On the one hand it was teamwork, very good coordination …

Pembrokeshire-born Allen was a highly influential figure for Wales before retiring, winning 74 caps and earning a place in Uefa’s team of the tournament at Euro 2016 as Wales reached the semi-finals. He said in the lead-up to Euro 2024 – which Wales ended up missing after a play-off defeat by Poland – that he would “never say no” to …