Stevenage release midfielder Forster-Caskey
Stevenage have released Jake Forster-Caskey following the expiry of the midfielder's contract.The 31-year-old moved to the Lamex Stadium from Charlton Athletic in January 2023, and he headlines a list of four first-team players who will the leave the League One club.Forward Kyle Edwards, defender Kane Smith and midfielder David Hicks also depart.Nick Freeman and Elliott List remain in negotiations over a new deal to stay at the club beyond the summer.
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Reuters
8 minutes ago
- Reuters
Lack of test preparation no bother for South Africa head of WTC final
LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - A lack of preparation for the World Test Championship final will be no problem for South Africa as they get set to take on Australia at Lord's, opener Aiden Markram said on Sunday. South Africa last played a test in January when they beat Pakistan to book a place in the WTC final and their hopes of an extensive warm-up last week were stymied as their four-day match with Zimbabwe was largely rained out. "A lot of our series have been two test series, so in order to win them, you can't start slow, so I suppose there's a little bit of that that's helped us along the way," Markram told a press conference at Lord's, where the WTC final begins on Wednesday. "We know the importance of starting well, trying to get ahead of the game early and how important each session is going to be, because there's no second dip at it. "We have to make sure we hit the ground running and are nice and sharp come day one," he added. South Africa qualified for the final with a seven-match winning streak but also having played seven tests fewer than Australia, who are defending champions. "We've had a lot fewer games, so I suppose every time you get in, everyone's obviously getting super pumped up to play test cricket because we don't play as much of it," Markram said. South African cricket has a long history of coming close but failing in limited overs tournaments, but Markram felt that would have no impact on their first WTC final. "This team's obviously very different (in) personnel to what the white-ball squad was, so we haven't addressed it too much," he said. "The few of us that have been a part of previous ICC events that didn't go our way, have dealt with it. We've obviously chatted to each other and made sure we've buried it nicely and taken some good lessons from it. "But besides from that now it's more about the excitement of having another opportunity to actually do the job. So it's pretty much where the mind is at the moment. If we play good cricket, you give ourselves at least a fairly good chance of winning."
BBC News
20 minutes ago
- BBC News
Hope attacks after Wood strikes for England - text, radio & clips
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Scottish Sun
26 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
Aberdeen secure FOURTH summer signing as Australian international joins for free
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ABERDEEN have landed their FOURTH signing of the summer as their early business continues. He's the third Australian to be added to Jimmy Thelin's ranks as he looks to build on his team that beat Celtic to this season's Scottish Cup. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 League One winner with Portsmouth Kusini Yengi has signed a pre-contract with Aberdeen Credit: Getty 4 He's scored six for the Australian national team Credit: Getty 4 He joins fellow new Aussies at Pittodrie Nick Suman, left, and Nicolas Milanovic Credit: Getty Striker Kusini Yengi has signed a pre-contract agreement to join the Dons for free from Championship side Portsmouth, where he has been for two years. He impressed Down Under which earned him the English move, where he went on to score 13 goals in 31 appearances and lift the League One title. He's also netted six for the Australian national team in 11 matches. Pittodrie boss Thelin said of the signing: 'We were quite specific about the type of profile we had identified to play as a striker for Aberdeen and Kusini has a lot of the qualities we were after. 'He is tall, strong and quick, he will work hard for the team and lead the line. "He has also proven at both Portsmouth and with the Socceroos that he can score goals on a consistent basis. 'It is important for us to have different profiles of players who can bring specific strengths to our shape and how we want to play. "With European group stage football and a busy domestic schedule, he will play a vital role for us in what we hope will be a competitive squad.' And the forward has already sat down with the club to discuss the move, saying: 'It feels great to be an Aberdeen player and I can't wait to get started. 'I'm looking forward to playing here for several years. The manager and staff have all been very positive and their enthusiasm was one of the main reasons I chose to come here. Aberdeen fans react to historic Scottish Cup win 'I loved the project that was pitched to me. What the manager and coaches want to achieve and what they stand for. Where they think they can utilise me as a player to help the Club, so I was very excited. 'Every kid dreams of playing European football and playing for big Clubs like Aberdeen so I am very excited to play in those competitions and represent Aberdeen.' Two fellow Aussies are joining him for next season, the first being goalkeeper Nick Suman. He was signed from Cove Rangers as a replacement for Parkhead-bound Ross Doohan, who just received his first Scotland call up. The other is Western Sydney Wanderers winger Nicolas Milanovic who was secured as early as May 12. The final player to give his signature to Pittodrie already is young Schalke left-back Emmanuel Gyamfi, who said it is 'a dream to play in Europe'. 4 Jimmy Thelin has also signed up Emmanuel Gyamfi Credit: Getty Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
