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West Indies vs England: Liam Livingstone embracing ‘new career’ after going from dropped to stand-in ODI captain | Cricket News
This is quite some turnaround for Liam Livingstone. After initially being dropped by England for September’s one-day internationals against Australia, he now finds himself captaining his country against West Indies in the same format. Jos Buttler’s calf injury – an ongoing issue that means the regular white-ball skipper has not played an innings since June…
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Jos Buttler: England captain to miss ODI series against West Indies as injury recovery continues | Cricket News
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler will miss the upcoming one-day international series against the West Indies after a setback in his recovery from injury. Lancashire all-rounder Liam Livingstone will instead captain England for the first time in the three-day ODI series, which starts on October 31 in Antigua. England said Buttler, who missed England’s T20…
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England vs Greece: John Stones to captain Three Lions with injured Harry Kane beginning Nations League game on bench | Football News
John Stones will captain England against Greece at Wembley on Thursday, with interim boss Lee Carsley revealing usual skipper Harry Kane will begin on the bench due to a “small knock”. Kane limped out of Bayern Munich’s final fixture before the international break and has trained away from the main group of England players over…
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Alec Stewart: Former England captain takes Surrey high-performance advisor role | Cricket News
Alec Stewart has accepted a new role as high-performance cricket adviser at Surrey from the start of next year, with a “significant reduction” in his workload. The former England captain recently ended an 11-year spell as director of cricket at Surrey after they clinched a historic third successive County Championship in order to spend more…
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James Tavernier: Rangers captain on transfer links and fan criticism after Celtic loss in Scottish Premiership | Football News
Rangers captain James Tavernier insists he still has “a lot to achieve” at Ibrox following a summer of transfer speculation. The 32-year-old was wanted by Trabzonspor, while also being linked to clubs in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, however, no offer arrived that met the Ibrox club’s valuation for the right-back. Speaking to Sky Sports ahead…
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Presidents Cup: USA captain Jim Furyk splits up Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay pairing in opening fourballs | Golf News
United States captain Jim Furyk says the decision not to pair Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay together in the opening fourballs of the President’s Cup was made in the best interests of the team. The Ryder Cup-style tournament which sees the US take on a non-European international side begins in Montreal, Canada on Thursday with…
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Heung-Min Son: Tottenham captain criticises increasing number of fixtures and wants workload reduced | Football News
Tottenham captain Heung-Min Son has criticised the increased workload on players and has urged the football authorities to take the issue “really seriously” amid speculation players could take strike action. Son has become the latest player – including Man City duo Rodri and Manuel Akanji, and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker – to voice concern over…
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Ben Stokes: England’s Test captain says he will definitely accept a white-ball call-up under Brendon McCullum | Cricket News
Test captain Ben Stokes has said he will definitely accept a call-up to play in England’s white-ball teams under new head coach Brendon McCullum. McCullum will officially take over as white-ball coach alongside his role as Test team head coach from January 2025, in time for the white-ball tour of India and the ICC Champions…
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Solheim Cup 2024: Team USA captain Stacy Lewis explains ‘issues’ with ‘awkward’ European team room location | Golf News
Team USA captain Stacy Lewis has played down any “bad beef” with Team Europe, despite describing the closeness between their team rooms as “awkward” and causing “a few issues” ahead of the Solheim Cup. Both teams are using houses as their on-site bases at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, where the United States are looking…
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Moeen Ali backs Brendon McCullum to bring best out of England white-ball captain Jos Buttler | Cricket News
Moeen Ali believes Brendon McCullum’s attacking approach to cricket will bring the best out of England white-ball captain Jos Buttler following the New Zealander’s appointment as head coach. McCullum’s work with England’s Test team over the past two years will see the white-ball set-up come under his leadership from January next year as well following…
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