Aston Villa look to increase Champions League hopes as they face Brighton, Chelsea play West Ham plus Liverpool take on Tottenham in the Premier League.
Players wore black armbands in memory of Josh Baker, the Worcestershire all-rounder, on another rain-swept dayGreat enthusiasm under lights being showed by the children let out of the classroom today at Old Trafford. Not every Friday morning that you get to see England’s opener knocking boundaries around. Testing out there though, Kent 27-0.Essex slumping most unexpectedly. Now 35-3, two to Coverton – Jordan Cox the last man out after one dreamy drive for four. Continue reading
Surrey closed in on what would be a second win of the season with Ollie Pope’s fielding to the foreThere’s justice in there somewhere. Worcestershire get onto the green first.To sum up: play abandoned for the day at Grace Road, no play anywhere now, no play before lunch at The Oval, but, like a snowdrop in January, a pitch inspection at 11.30 at Bristol. Continue reading
St Mirren host Rangers, before Dundee take on Celtic in the Scottish
Joe Root and Harry Brook helped Yorkshire to maximum batting points at Headingley to leave Derbyshire in a tricky spotBen Raine giving Dean Elgar a thorough working over from the Lumley end. But he survives. Essex 33-0.Gets there with a single, what riches after a run of lowish scores. High praise for Duckett yesterday from both his teammate (Ben Slater) “Ben batted really well. We know how good he is. I think he has been a bit annoyed to miss out in the first couple of games, but he has had a...
FULL TIME: West Ham United 2-2 Liverpool. Jacob Steinberg was at the London
Clockwatch: Join Scott Murray for live updates from the Championship to find out who will be promoted alongside Leicester and who will be relegated
Colin Ackermann, David Bedingham and Ollie Robinson sparkled for Durham at Chester-le-StreetAnd Porter snaffles the first wicket at CLS, a nice little scoop and dive by Harry Duke behind the stumps. He’s immediately surrounded by back slapping team-mates. Durham 11-1.Div One Continue reading
Clockwatch: Join Tom Davies for live updates from crucial Premier League
Tom Grant will take charge of a Leeds Rhinos game for the first time in the 2024 season when they visit Catalans Dragons on Saturday. James Vella is his video assistant. Chris Kendall and Aaron Moore have both been in the middle for four Rhinos games this year, Jack Smith two and Liam Rush one. Jack Smith will referee Castleford Tigers’ home game against St Helens on Friday. Appointments for Super League round 11 are: Warrington Wolves v Hull KR - James Vella (video Marcus Griffiths); Castleford...
The visit of Betfred Super League’s bottom side is not one of Sky Sports’ main games so live coverage will be available on the competition’s own SuperLeague+ streaming service. It will also be on Sky Sports Mix, with a limited build-up from 7.55pm - five minutes before kick-off. Here’s where and when to watch all the latest Super League action. Thursday, May 2: Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons, Sky Sports Arena (from 7.30, 8pm kick-off). Friday, May 3: Leeds Rhinos v London Broncos, Sky Sports...
Chris Wilder has signalled his intention to give more Sheffield United young players game-time before the end of the season with the Blades on the brink of returning to the Championship. Defeat at Newcastle United tomorrow will seal the Blades’ fate, while they could even be relegated with victory if their rivals also pick up three points. Wes Foderingham is set to retain his place after coming back in for Ivo Grbic at Manchester United on Wednesday, and putting in a man of the match display in...