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Jonathan David: 'We've matured and got better' ahead of 2026 World Cup

Jonathan David: 'We've matured and got better' ahead of 2026 World Cup

CBC11-06-2025
Anastasia Bucsis sits down with Canadian soccer star Jonathan David to talk about the 2026 World Cup, captaining at the Gold Cup, transfer rumours, and his impact at Lille in France.
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English cricket star coming to Edmonton for youth clinic aims to teach, grow game in North America

England's Liam Plunkett plays a shot off the Australia's Marcus Stoinis during the Cricket World Cup warm up match between England and Australia at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Liam Plunkett's aim: To grow the game of cricket in North America through the grassroots. The star English cricketer who has moved across the Atlantic Ocean in part to promote and grow the game, and to continue playing it professionally in the United States for at least one more season, says his foray into Canada, in particular to Edmonton this coming Sunday, is to try 'to get people who've never seen the game before to come and enjoy it, and showcase what cricket is.' The 40-year-old bowler who was a key part of England's World Cup-winning squad in 2019 has partnered with TD Bank through its Young Wickets program to bring a cricket clinic to Clarke Stadium on Sunday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Young Wickets aims to teach Canadian children how to play cricket, provide free equipment and create safe environments to get them involved in the sport that has a sizeable international following and is considered the second-most popular spectator sport in the world after soccer. Plunkett said TD Bank was 'very keen to get on board, and I had a program ready to go into schools, into youth cricket, into grassroots cricket," he told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday. 'I think there aren't many people who were doing that and looking to do it properly.' Cricket Australia's Marcus Stoinis, left throws the ball to run out England's Liam Plunkett, right, during the Cricket World Cup warm up match between England and Australia at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Alastair Grant/The Associated Press) And by that, he means he doesn't see introducing cricket to more people and expanding its following as something that happens quickly. 'It wasn't a quick fix in terms of 'do it tomorrow.' We want to plan over many years, and we want to do this properly and roll it out properly, so we're both aligned on that, and that led to me bouncing around Canada, doing different camps.' Plunkett, who plays for the San Francisco Unicorns of the six-team Major League Cricket while performing his grassroots duties, taught at a clinic in Vancouver this past weekend and will be there again this coming weekend as well as at the Edmonton clinic. 'It's great to see kids enjoy cricket who've never seen cricket before and to get to meet those who don't get to meet many professional cricketers,' he said. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Sasha Pietramala

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