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In a huge setback for football fans, the European governing body on Tuesday decided to postpone the Euro 2020 tournament to next year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has brought the whole world to a standstill. UEFA said that the 24-team tournament, which was due to be staged in 12 nations across the continent from June 12 to ...

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle says he wants to carry on playing until he is 45 and he is available for selection for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup. The 40-year-old announced his retirement from one-day internationals in February but reversed his decision after the World Cup. Gayle has not played an ODI since his 301st game for West Indies against ...

Shaheen Afridi will play for Hampshire in next year’s Vitality Blast. Shaheen, who has become an important part of Pakistan’s seam attack in all formats over the past 18 months, is expected to be available for the duration of the T20 competition as an overseas player. “I am delighted to sign with Hampshire for the upcoming Vitality Blast competition,” Shaheen ...

Ellyse Perry, the premier allrounder in women’s cricket, has won two of the three top annual ICC awards for 2019: the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for women’s cricketer of the year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year award. Alyssa Healy, meanwhile, has taken home the Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award for the second year in a row. In ...