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BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2025
June17-21 1st Test, Galle (05:00 BST)25-29 2nd Test, Colombo (SSC) (05:00 BST) July2 1st ODI, Colombo (RPS) (d/n) (10:00 BST)5 2nd ODI, Colombo (RPS) (d/n) (10:00 BST)8 3rd ODI, Pallekele (d/n) (10:00 BST) 10 1st Twenty20 international, Pallekele (d/n) (15:00 BST)13 2nd Twenty20 international, Dambulla (d/n) (15:00 BST)16 3rd Twenty20 international, Colombo (RPS) (d/n) (15:00 BST)NB Fixtures and start times are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made
Khaleej Times
02-06-2025
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Rajeev Shukla to be BCCI interim president: Indian media
Rajeev Shukla is set to be the acting president of the Indian cricket board (BCCI), according to Indian media, quoting BCCI sources. This comes as the current president Roger Binny will turn 70 on July 19, surpassing the age cap set out in the BCCI constitution.
Khaleej Times
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
India: Shubman Gill to be new Test captain, says cricket board
Shubman Gill will be the new Test captain for the Indian team, according to cricket board BCCI. This comes after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the white-ball series earlier this month. The squad for the England tour has also been announced.
National Post
20-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Canada finds itself on a sticky wicket after two losses in World Cup qualifiers
Like a new ball losing its shine after a few overs, Canada's national team finds itself in a similar position in the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two. Article content Article content After that outstanding showing in the World T20 Cup last year, things have not gone as smoothly as one would expect as Cricket Canada has had to duck a barrage of bouncers. Article content Beyond the boundary lines, the parent body has been placed under investigation by the International Cricket Council for the way it conducts its business. Article content And on the field, the players find themselves under intense pressure to excel despite not being given the tools it requires because Cricket Canada keeps interfering in the coach's job. Article content CC suffers from amnesia from time to time and deliberately overrides the coach, who since last year has been relegated to a figurehead. He has to bend down to instructions from the CC blazers. Article content At the global T20 finals last year, the blazers parachuted their own players into the squad against the wishes of then-coach Pubudu Dassanayake. The result was disastrous, ending with the world-class coach getting his marching orders. Article content 'They had my hands tied down and essentially made life very hard for me,' Dassanayake recalled. Article content His contract clearly stated his pact would be extended to 2027 if the team qualified for the World Cup in 2027, which it did. But CC reneged on the deal and it was sued for wrongful dismissal. The case comes up in June, but in the meantime Dassanayake was signed to a 3.5-year contract by the United States. Article content Article content It paints a sad picture, especially since Canada parades a top-class squad that can defeat the best of the second-tiered teams on any given day. Article content Article content The problems off the field have creeped on to the field with Canada losing its first two World Cup League Two encounters in Lauderhill, Fla., in hot and steamy conditions. Article content In the opener of the three-country tourney, Canada was thrashed by a record 169 runs by the United States. Batting first, the host nation piled on 361 for just three wickets in 50 overs with Smit Patel playing a sensational knock of 152 off just 137 balls. His innings included 12 fours and four sixes and Patel received solid support from skipper Monank Patel (47) and Saiteja Mukkamalla (30). Article content Canada was favoured to top Oman in the second match, but fell short by 15 runs in an exciting finish. Article content Oman elected to bat first and finished on 217 for six, while Canada managed 202 with six balls left. The star for Canada in a losing cause was Pargat Singh, who struck 85 before losing his wicket in the 38th over.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Civil servants threaten legal action and strikes in transgender toilets row: Union says guidance is 'segregating our trans and non-binary members'
Civil servants are threatening legal action and strikes over what they claim is the 'segregation' of transgender people in Government toilets and changing rooms. Activists in Whitehall's biggest trade union are calling for 'possible industrial, legal and human rights challenges' to guidance which had the effect of 'segregating our trans and non-binary members in the workplace'. They want to 'ensure' such guidance is 'vigorously opposed', after the Government said transgender women would have to use male facilities in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union also oppose 'the segregation' of trans women in sport, in light of governing bodies including the Football Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board banning those born male from female teams. Delegates at its annual conference later this month will be asked to agree with the statement that: 'Conference rejects biological essentialism and reductionism. Conference believes LGBT + and women's liberation are interlinked and that our bodies do not define who we are, who we love or what we are capable of. 'Conference believes any Cabinet Office guidance which prevents trans and gender non-conforming workers from fully accessing their workplace should be opposed in coordination with other civil service unions.' The motion also states the Cass Review into gender treatment for children used 'highly flawed methodology' which led to 'apparently politically motivated and pre- determined conclusions'. And it opposes Health Secretary Wes Streeting's 'confirmation of the Tory puberty blocker ban'. It was tabled by the Sheffield branch of the Department for Work and Pensions, led by transgender activist Saorsa-Amatheia Tweedale, who the Mail revealed had linked women's rights groups to the far-Right. It also emerged staff had complained that Tweedale, co-chairman of the LGBT Civil Service Network, wears 'gothic' clothes to work which some likened to 'fetish gear'. A second motion, tabled by a DWP branch in Edinburgh, calls on delegates to agree 'trans and non-binary people should have equal access to all services and facilities according to their gender identity'. It also calls for people to 'determine their own legal gender without having to endure any costs, invasive medical processes or bureaucratic hurdles'. Helen Joyce, from the charity Sex Matters, said: 'If PCS members pass a motion that denies the biological fact there are two sexes, it will indicate the union has descended into the depths of extreme gender ideology. Describing single-sex facilities as segregation is grossly offensive, suggesting women's need for safety and privacy from men is comparable to the horrors of apartheid.'
