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The Spin | ‘Deep, minging, unpleasant’: cricket’s flooding problem is getting worse

ECB has been in touch with 27 clubs so far this storm season as the climate crisis bites. What can game do to stay afloat?. The water started flowing into the New Road practice area at about 4pm on ...

The Guardian - 6h

Daily glass of milk may cut bowel cancer risk by fifth, research finds

Largest study into diet and disease suggests extra 300mg of calcium a day is associated with a 17% lower risk. Having a large glass of milk every day may cut the risk of bowel cancer by nearly a ...

The Guardian - 6h

Men on secret 1970s pro-paedophile list could still work with children today

A small number have been identified from a 300-strong group of adults who called for legal sex with children.

BBC News - 10h

Ottawa Senators Lose For Fifth Time In Six Games, Absorbing Tough Overtime Loss In Detroit

The Senators picked up a valuable point but gave up ground to a streaking Atlantic Division rival.

Yahoo Sports - 13h

Is two-tier Test system 'greedy' or will it help cricket survive?

After a report by the Melbourne Age suggests that plans for a two-tier World Test Championship would be discussed later this month, BBC Sport looks at the reaction so far.

BBC News - 1d

West Indies great Clive Lloyd ‘disturbed’ by two-tier plan for Test cricket

Talks ongoing on dividing sport into two divisions ‘I think it will be terrible for some countries’ The West Indies great Clive Lloyd is “disturbed” by the idea of a two-tier structure for Test ...

The Guardian - 1d

Dignity and humanity of Afghan women must be worth more than game of cricket | Jonathan Liew

The Taliban uses the success of its men’s team as propaganda – cricket’s powerbrokers should pursue a collective boycott. “There’s all types of lines you can draw. We’ve drawn a line.” So explained ...

The Guardian - 1d

India rescuers race to save men stuck in flooded 'rat-hole' mine

Nine men were trapped on Monday morning after water flooded the narrow hole manually dug to extract coal.

BBC News - 1d

What we learned as Kings win fifth straight in double OT vs. Heat

Tristi Rodriguez delivers the takeaways from the Sacramento Kings' 123-118 overtime win over the Miami Heat on Monday night at Golden 1 Center.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Men's basketball AP poll: Tennessee holds strong as Florida, Oklahoma finally drop

Tennessee is the last remaining undefeated team in the nation.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase becomes fifth NFL player since 1970 merger to accomplish this feat

The wideout ended the regular season with 1,700-plus yards

CBS Sports - 2d

Robinson named U.S. men's player of the year

United States men's national team and Fulham defender Antonee Robinson has been voted the 2024 U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year.

ESPN - 2d

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey

The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be. In years to come, we might call it the Steinbeck ...

The Guardian - 2d

Having conquered the cricket world Pat Cummins must now bridge the generations | Jack Snape

Winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade means Pat Cummins’ Australian side has won every Test trophy on offer to them. But his ageing side is crying out for new blood. ...

The Guardian - 2d

The real-estate holdings of 5 of the world’s richest men

These men have amassed an incredible array of real estate holdings, spending some of their enormous fortunes on swanky homes across the U.S.—and beyond.

MarketWatch - 4d

Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened

India reach 141-6 at stumps on day two to lead fifth Test by 145 runs Australia quick takes four wickets while Pant blazes half-century 6th over: Australia 15-1 (Konstas 11, Labuschagne 2) ...

The Guardian - 4d

‘My call’: India captain Rohit Sharma insists he was not axed for fifth Test

Opener stands down after scoring 31 runs in three Tests Tourists need win at SCG to level series against Australia A defiant Rohit Sharma says he made the call to drop himself for the fifth ...

The Guardian - 4d

The Crime Series Drawing Young Men Into Bookstores

C.J. Box makes the rounds on fishing, hunting and rodeo podcasts and media to reach readers for the Joe Pickett books.

The Wall Street Journal - 4d

Six stats that show the SEC's men's college basketball dominance

Just how good has the SEC been this season? These numbers tell the story.

ESPN - 5d

This play's abortion scene made grown men faint – and I’m thrilled it’s about to get a bigger audience | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Annie Ernaux’s The Years is transferring to the West End. It’s about time the arts confront the way women’s bodies work. Following a sold-out run at the Almeida theatre, this month The Years – a ...

The Guardian - 5d

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