Tag: Northern
Johnathan McKinstry interview: The Gambia to AFCON? Northern Irishman is a globetrotting coach with a unique story | Football News
Johnathan McKinstry’s guidance counsellor at school told him it was unrealistic to think he could become a football manager. “I was told that I should focus on becoming a PE teacher but that is not what I wanted to be,” he tells Sky Sports. “I had to go abroad.” By 27, the boy from Belfast…
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World Champion Kyren Wilson trounces world No 1 Judd Trump in Northern Ireland Open final | Snooker News
Kyren Wilson wins the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open, crushing Judd Trump 9-3 to lift the Alex Higgins trophy and £100,000 at Waterfront Hall in Belfast; “It’s good for the future of snooker,” says ‘The Warrior’ Wilson Last Updated: 27/10/24 9:27pm Kyren Wilson demolished Judd Trump to claim the Northern Ireland Open title World Champion Kyren…
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Ronnie O’Sullivan: Seven-time world champion withdraws from Northern Ireland Open due to medical reasons | Snooker News
Ronnie O’Sullivan has pulled out of the Northern Ireland Open, having already withdrawn from the British Open and Wuhan Open in recent weeks; Seven-time world champion last featured at the English Open in September Last Updated: 20/10/24 11:00pm Ronnie O’Sullivan withdrew from the Northern Ireland Open ahead of his first round match Seven-time world champion…
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Scorecard: Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers in The Hundred
Scorecard as Welsh Fire take on Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. Watch every match from the competition live on Sky Sports.
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The Hundred: Northern Superchargers beat Southern Brave for Andrew Flintoff’s first win as head coach | Cricket News
Andrew Flintoff claimed his first Hundred win as Northern Superchargers head coach after Nicholas Pooran inspired his side to a seven-wicket victory over Southern Brave at Headingley. West Indian Pooran smashed 62 off 34 balls as the Superchargers reeled in 147 to ensure Flintoff, who has been linked with the vacant England white-ball head-coach job…
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The Hundred: Northern Superchargers and Southern Brave make history with first women’s tie | Cricket News
Kate Cross scrambled two runs off the final ball to level the scores and secure a dramatic tie between Northern Superchargers and Southern Brave in The Hundred. On a slow and used wicket, boundary-hitting never looked easy and Superchargers’ chase of 100 was a nervous and fraught affair throughout, off the back of a first-innings…
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The Hundred: Andrew Flintoff’s Northern Superchargers fall to defeat against Trent Rockets in men’s competition | Cricket News
Andrew Flintoff’s first game as Northern Superchargers head coach ended in defeat as they went down by 47 runs at home to Trent Rockets on Friday. The Rockets made 185-5 in their innings after being made to bat first at Headingley, with Tom Banton leading the way after clattering 66 from 38 balls, including nine…
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The Hundred: 2023 runners-up Northern Superchargers crash to defeat against Trent Rockets after Alana King’s magic ball | Cricket News
Last year’s Hundred runners-up Northern Superchargers slipped to a 20-run defeat to Trent Rockets at Headingley with a wicket from visiting spinner Alana King earning comparisons to Shane Warne’s ‘Ball of the Century’. Superchargers crumbled to 64-8 and were bowled out for 103 chasing 124 to win, with Australian seam bowler Heather Graham taking 3-13…
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The Hundred: Harry Brook named Northern Superchargers captain | Cricket News
England star Harry Brook has been named Northern Superchargers men’s team captain for the 2024 edition of The Hundred. The middle-order batter burst into the England team during 2022 and continued his good form into 2023, scoring big in Pakistan and New Zealand for Ben Stokes’ Test side. His form in The Hundred also started…
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Chris Nicholl: Former Aston Villa, Southampton and Northern Ireland defender dies aged 77 | Football News
Former Southampton and Northern Ireland defender Chris Nicholl, who captained Aston Villa to League Cup glory, has died at the age of 77. Nicholl, who also managed Southampton before taking charge of Walsall, had been living with dementia, specifically chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which he attributed to brain damage caused by repeatedly heading balls over his…
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