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12 minutes ago
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Gout Gout put on notice as Japanese teen obliterates his PB and Usain Bolt record in sizzling 100m run
Japanese teen phenom Sorato Shimizu has put Gout Gout and the world on notice after running a blistering 10.00 100m at a local meet in Hiroshima, Japan. The 16-year-old tore up the track, striding right away from his rivals late in a performance that has raised more than a few eyebrows. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. His 10-second flat run obliterated Gout's personal best time of 10.17 and is also faster than any 100m time recorded by Usain Bolt as a 20-year-old. It was so fast that it set a new world record for the fastest 100m time ever achieved by an athlete under the age of 18. Shimizu beat the previous record jointly held by American Christian Miller, and Thai ace Puripol Boonson, who both previously ran 100m in 10.06 seconds. You can watch the Shimuzu's incredible 100m dash in the player above. Following his achievement, Shimuzu said: 'I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. 'I'm happy to have set a high school record. I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it.' Does Gout Gout have a new rival? Gout is the rising star of athletics but the fact a boy younger than him has achieved a time he hasn't is sure to get his competitive juices flowing. Similarly to Usain Bolt, Gout has suggested the 200m event is more suited to his running style, due to his slower start and trademark acceleration – similar to that of Usain Bolt. But the Aussie will still be competing at several 100m events in the coming months and years, and is sure to have noticed the young Japanese phenom. Gout has gone under 10 seconds twice in his young career but both runs were wind assisted, meaning Shimizu has got one up on the Aussie sensation, at least for now. With Gout shining at the Diamond League and Shimizu clocking a world record time it is only a matter of the time until the pair do battle on the track.
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3 hours ago
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‘Shameless': Cricket world turns on England captain Ben Stokes over handshake drama
The cricket world has turned on Ben Stokes after the Englishman attempted to prematurely end the fourth Test against India, which would have denied two Indian batters their well-deserved centuries. The England captain offered to shake hands and declare the fourth Test a draw during the final drinks break, but with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar nearing their well-deserved hundreds, India made England bowl till the duo reached their milestones. 'This will not please the England captain,' former England bowler Stuart Broad said on Sky Sports commentary. The 34-year-old was clearly upset by India's refusal to accept the draw despite having no chance at victory as India finished on 4-425 in their second innings – with a lead of 114 runs. Watch England vs. India Test Series LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on Fox Cricket, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. Stokes and his fellow Englishmen could be heard on stump microphones swearing at the batters, in particular Sundar who was trying to earn his maiden Test century. 'You want to get a Test hundred against Harry Brook?' Stokes quipped sarcastically at Jadeja. England opener Zak Crawley continued: 'Just shake your hand.' Fellow Englishman Ben Duckett said: 'How long do you need, an hour?' You can watch the handshake drama in the player above Jadeja smashed an absolutely shocking Brook delivery for six to complete a 182-ball century, but the Yorkshireman, who intentionally was bowling garbage, then attempted to interrupt the all-rounder's celebration by offering his hand to Sundar on 92. He was ignored. 'The England players are not applauding the century here, they are standing with arms folded,' former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said on Sony Sports Network following Jadeja's hundred. 'I'd ask them to keep batting and keep the team on the field for the full 15 overs.' In the end, a Sundar two off Brook took him to a 206-ball hundred, which was the last act of the match. Post-match, Stokes and his English brigade were still fuming at what unfolded. 'I don't think there would've been too much more satisfaction from walking off 100 not out, getting your team out of a tricky situation, than walking off at 80 or 90 not out,' Stokes said post-match. ' … All the hard work was done by India, and there was only one result … I wasn't going to risk any of my bowlers, (Liam) Dawsey had bowled a lot of overs and his body was tiring. 'I wasn't going to risk any of my frontline bowlers.' Cricket world slams 'shameless' Ben Stokes India head coach Gautam Gambhir said in response to Stokes' actions that he believes England would have done the exact same thing if they were in their shoes. 'If someone is batting on 90 and the other one is batting on 85, don't they deserve a hundred?' Gambhir asked post-game. 'Would they have walked off? If someone from the England side was batting on 90 and 85 and someone had the opportunity to get his first Test 100, wouldn't you allow him to do it? They weathered the storm. 'It's up to them. If they want to play that way, nothing more to say. I think both those guys deserved a 100 and fortunately they got it.' It also didn't sit well with former English captain Nasser Hussain. 'I didn't have a problem with it. I mean, I know England seemed to have a problem with it,' Hussain said on Sky Sports. 'They're a little bit tired — tired bowlers, tired legs — they wanted to get off. The two lads had worked hard to get into the 80s and 90s; they wanted Test match hundreds. 'Stokes didn't have to bowl Brook and it looked a bit silly at the end there.' And fans also were quick to slam Stokes. 'Every time I think Ben Stokes has earned a fan in me with his all-round brilliance, he or England do something that reminds me exactly why I hesitate. That was utterly shameless from the English captain, not what you expect from a player, let alone a leader,' one fan wrote on X. ' Stokes is a massive doos England is a factory for unlikeable sportsmen,' another added. ''You want to get a hundred against Harry Brook': Ben Stokes to Jadeja. Such pathetic words from a Captain. Literally played a tremendous innings to save the game, played all their main bowlers easily and Stokes really thinks, the hundred is going to be because he played Brook,' a third wrote. England remain 2-1 up in this five-match contest ahead of a quick turnaround to Thursday's start of an Oval finale and if Sunday's action is anything to go by, it is sure to be fireworks.
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5 hours ago
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Glenn Maxwell says Australian T20 team has never had power hitters like Cam Green, Tim David
The injection of big-hitting powerhouses Cameron Green and Mitch Owen into the batting order alongside Tim David could turn Australia into an unstoppable T20 powerhouse according to veteran star Glenn Maxwell. Australis is undefeated in four games in the West Indies having twice chased down totals of more than 200 to win, with David's freakish 37-ball century in the third game a standout performance. But Green, who has come in at No.3 in all four games in a new move, is his team's leading run-scorer with 173 runs, including three half-centuries, and is average 86 at a strike rate above 160. His 12 sixes is the most of any teams and Maxwell, who opened the batting but said he was only warming the seat for absent Travois Head, said the emergence of the new crop of power hitters, including Owen, who made a half-century on debut in the opener, was exciting for Australian cricket. 'It's been great to see the growth of some of the guys and 'Greeny' in this series has been absolutely outstanding (with three half-centuries in four innings),' Maxwell said. 'We're seeing him turn into a really consistent and solid T20 player and it's just so exciting for Australian cricket to see these guys with this sort of power and it's going to be dangerous for a lot of teams heading forward.' Maxwell said the sort of hitting provided by the likes of Green and David, who has 11 sixes in just two innings in the series, plus Owen and even Josh Inglis, could be the missing link to significant Australian success in the format with Head to return. 'I think the way we're probably going to set up our T20 side heading forward is you've got Travis up the top, you've got Mitch Marsh who is captaining us brilliantly at the moment. ''Ingo' (Josh Inglis) is doing a great job at No.3 and the rest of the order falls into place around that. 'We've got some unbelievable power hitting at the moment, we've seen some guys really put their hand up – Tim David, Mitch Owen and Cameron Green – throughout the middle. 'They're three pretty big blokes with big reach and they hit the ball an absolute mile, so it's great to have those guys with that extra bit of power in the middle order. 'It's not something we've had an abundance of over the years and to have that at our disposal at the moment is pretty exciting.'
