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  • Real Sociedad coach to leave at end of season

    Spanish Primera Liga football club, Real Sociedad have confirmed that coach Philippe Montanier will leave the club at the end of the current season. The side from the Basque city of San Sebastian issued a communique Tuesday in which they admit Montainier has turned down the club's offer of a new contract, reports Xinhua. According to the club, Montanier has "communicated to Real Sociedad the ...

  • Uganda signs new national football coach

    Serbia-born Sredojevic Milutin has been confirmed as the new coach of Uganda's national football team. He signed a two-year contract Tuesday and will start his work with an away friendly game to Libya June 1, reports Xinhua. The Federation of Uganda Football Association, the country's football governing body, unveiled the coach at its headquarters in the capital here. The appointment follows ...

  • Andy Flower bans England on Ashes talks

    England coach Andy Flower has prohibited England's cricketers from public discussions about the Ashes until next month. The players will face disciplinary actions if they speak in interviews or write on Twitter about the two-test series against Australia, Sydney Morning Herald reports. Sources said that Flower wants the players to focus on New Zealand series and the ICC Champions Trophy ...

  • Ahmeds chances of playing Ashes dependent on Citizenship Act changes

    Cricket Australia (CA) has said that it hopes for changes in the Citizenship Act by next month that will allow leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed to play his first Ashes Test in England. The Pakistan-born spinner will have to wait for applying for a passport until any legislation change takes place in the four sitting weeks of parliamentary session before the election and the cricket series begins, ...

  • Whatmore backs Misbahs batting skills

    Pakistan cricket team coach Dav Whatmore has backed captain Misbah-ul-Haq's batting skills. PakPassion quoted Whatmore as saying that Misbah has inspired other batsmen with his efforts and performance, although rotation and change in the battiing order is always an open option. Whatmore said that Misbah's enthusiastic zeal has motivated other players to bring the same passion to their ...


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  • Oz women cricketers Down Under on top of world after hefty pay-hike

    Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that the country's top female cricketers will now earn up to 80,000 dollars within a year. The women team has won Women's World Cup and the T20 trophy, prompting CA to consider female cricket as professional, News.com.au reports. CA chief executive James Sutherland compared the women's cricket team to the men's cricket club, saying that the association ...

  • Warner to face Cricket Australia hearing via teleconference

    Australian opener David Warner is expected to plead guilty before a Cricket Australia (CA) hearing via teleconference from India with regard to a series of hostile tweets that he directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn while playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Warner could face sanctions ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or ...

  • Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei

    It will be a do-or-die match for Indian women's football team when they face Chinese Taipei in their next group D match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Wednesday. The Indian team despite giving a good account of themselves against Myanmar in their opening game of the have their backs to wall after a 0-2 reversal. Against Chinese Taipei, who pumped in six goals against hosts ...

  • David Warner fined $5750 for twitter rant

    Australia's opening batsman David Warner was Wednesday found guilty of breaching the Cricket Australia (CA) Code of Behaviour and was fined $5,750 for his twitter rant. Warner, who pleaded guilty, received the maximum financial penalty for a first offence under rule 6 of CA's Code of Behaviour, CA said in a statement. "In hindsight, clearly I let my frustrations get the better of me and posted ...

  • SACA appoints Mohammad Arifi its multicultural ambassador

    Twenty-one-year-old Mohammad Arifi's love for cricket convinced the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) to appoint him as their first multi-cultural ambassador. According to news.com.au, Arifi will help (SACA) run multi-cultural cricket programs, including a Come and Try Day at Brahma Lodge Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday, especially targeting new arrivals. Arifi said that he will ...

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