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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Ahmed's 'game of a lifetime' for promotion-chasing Leics
"It was probably the game of my life." England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed got straight to the point when describing what it was like to take 13 wickets and contribute a century with the bat in Leicestershire's dominant County Championship win against Derbyshire last since the Victorian age has a Leicestershire player taken 12 wickets or more and registered a ton in the same last to do so was Fred Geeson in 20-year-old Ahmed, the once-in-a-125-year performance was a headline-grabbing way of underlining what sort of cricketer he aspires to progression in the game been likened to that of Steve Smith's, who debuted as a leg-spinning all-rounder for Australia but established himself as a world-beating the comparison was put to Ahmed after he career-defining performance at Central Co-op County Ground, his reply was fused with confidence."I want to be a proper leg-spinner and proper batsman, and there is nothing stopping me apart from myself," he told BBC Radio Leicestershire."This is probably the game of my life so far, and it's just nice to know the practice that you are doing is working."It was great fun out there." For some, this was a clear message from Ahmed to England selectors, external ahead of the Ashes series in Australia starting later this last featured in a Test match for England in day one against Derbyshire, Ahmed put on a show that had him anointed as 'Star-med' by the was one of three Foxes players to score a century, with Lewis Hill top-scoring with 151 and Peter Handscomb contributing 101, in Leicestershire's first inning, which set the Division Two leaders up for the 189-run win that has them edging towards 115 from Ahmed was his third consecutive hundred in the followed that up on day two with a masterful display of spin, taking 6-51 from 20 overs to help bowl the hosts out for put on a quickfire 26 with the bat after that to help put Leicestershire in command of the game, before completing his match-winning performance with 7-93 to take his bowling figures to an astonishing 13-144 from 60 overs. It was a huge haul in what was a top-of-the-table clash of regional rivals who are both challenging for promotion."This week was my week, but also it was Pete's week - he got a100 and Lewis Hill got a massive 150," Ahmed said after the match."We are all loving each other's performances, and as long as we keep doing that we'll be sweet."
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Hard work ahead as Foxes adapt to Cifuentes'
Leicester City's trip to Austria has no doubt been a success for Marti the final day of the camp will have left the new Foxes boss with some questions he needs to find the answer defeat by FC Koln in Graz highlighted the fact that the Foxes are not yet fully symbiotic with the Catalan's style. They struggled to adapt to a different tactical idea from the German side - and it proved to be their downfall as they fell to a 3-1 was a sentiment echoed by both Cifuentes and goalscorer Kasey McAteer, who admitted more work on the training pitch is needed to fully implement the new the general mood around the camp has been lifted entirely following last season's relegation from the Premier League. Cifuentes has instilled a confidence and has been fierce in his methods of doing will not settle for anything less than best - from his players or Foxes, now back on home soil, have plenty of work to do to get them ready for the beginning of the new Championship season.
Daily Record
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Conor Coady sees Leicester close Rangers escape route as wait for key transfer trigger continues
Russell Martin and sporting director Kevin Thelwell have been keen on the centre-back throughout the summer Boss Marti Cifuentes has dropped a major hint that he wants to keep Conor Coady at the club amid interest from Rangers. The defender has been a target at Ibrox all summer - with both the Scottish Premiership giants and Coady had keen to make a deal happen. The England cap had been keen to link up with Russell Martin in time for the Champions League qualification double-header against Panathinaikos. However, he has remained with the Foxes following the arrival of Cifuentes as they prepare for the English Championship campaign after Premier League relegation. The 32-year-old has remained as captain going into the new season - and was handed his first 90 minutes of pre-season during the 3-1 defeat to Cologne. With the league opener against Sheffield Wednesday less than two weeks away, Cifuentes admits that the players handed a run-out for the full game are being considered as starters this term. Cifuentes told club media: 'According to where we are in pre-season, it will be a direct competition from day one to see who would be in the starting line-up against Sheffield Wednesday. "It must be a healthy competition between all the players. Today has been a step forward in the right direction in that sense. 'In the first game I wanted to share minutes to give an opportunity to everyone. But today was about as many players as possible getting 90 minutes. It will be very valuable. 'It's not only in terms of approaching the next couple of weeks, but as well for me learning about where we are as a team.' The Leicester Mercury report that Coady will only be allowed to leave the King Power Stadium if the cash-strapped club can find a replacement. The Foxes have yet to make their first signing of the summer with reports south of the border suggesting goalkeeper Asmir Begovic could be coming through the door before a new centre-back. It is noted that an experienced replacement for Coady is on the agenda - but appears to be some way off at this stage of the window. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
Time Out
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Sofia Coppola to host Sunday night film series at A24's new movie theater this summer
The Cherry Lane Theatre, an intimate space tucked in Manhattan's West Village—which has also been a brewery, a silo, a box factory and a gay bar— will reopen this September under the leadership of indie film studio A24. Though it will officially reopen on Monday, September 8, the first announced event will be held on the following Sunday, September 14, with the first installment of a new screening series called Sundays with Sofia, hosted by New York-born filmmaker Sofia Coppola. The writer-director, an Oscar winner for the seminal 2003 film Lost in Translation, will present and discuss some of the movies most important to her, beginning with Adrian Lyne's Foxes. (The cult 1980 coming-of-age drama, starring Jodie Foster, focuses on a group of teenage girls in Los Angeles, familiar territory for fans of Coppola's gorgeous variations on this theme.) The 167-venue will then empty out onto the precious Commerce Street for a block party after the screening. Coppola's last two films, On the Rocks (2020) and Priscilla (2023), were made by A24, and though the company did not produce The Bling Ring (2013), it was the fourth movie it ever distributed. The indie wunderkind is expected to loop in many of its returning talents to Cherry Lane's programming. A24 purchased the historic space in 2023, and it has remained shut since. But the company has announced that it will present theatrical productions, stand-up comedy, staged readings, film screenings and other special events. They've also outfitted it with a new bar and restaurant (from the Frenchette team) and concessions booth with merchandise and snacks. A special message recorded by Barbra Streisand, who had a backstage job there in the 1950s, will welcome audiences. The building first went up as a farm silo in 1817, before a group of people (including famed candle-burner Edna St. Vincent Millay) turned it into a playhouse. It is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York and is often credited with making off-Broadway a thing. Edward Albee debuted a number of works there, with works by dramatic heavyweights like Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry and Sam Shephard also playing at the small venue. Titans from other disciplines also tried their hand at theater there, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso and Gertude Stein, and Bob Dylan performed concerts there.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Positive feeling' as Cifuentes gets to know his players
Tucked away in a secluded part of the Austrian countryside, a couple of hours from Vienna, is Stegersbach. It's where Leicester City have based themselves for an important period of their pre-season hot and humid. The sort of days where you'd rather be relaxing by a pool, but a passionate Marti Cifuentes is making his players work. is though, a positive feeling around the camp, a flavour of optimism not seen since the last time they found themselves in England's second get the sense that the players are buying into his ideas too. Today we spoke to Caleb Okoli and Ben Nelson for the When You're Smiling podcast, and both praised their new managers enthusiasm and tactical are two players desperate to find themselves in the starting line-up and helping lead this club back to the Premier League. This club belongs there, according to though, they leave Austria. But only once they've completed their final checkpoint, of two fixtures back-to-back in two different arenas en route back to could prove a real indication as to where the Foxes are in the Cifuentes-Masterplan.
