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An oft agonising eight-year wait for a title ended for Shubhankar Sharma after a commanding victory at the Boulders Classic. As the winning putt settled the contest, he allowed himself a pause before being engulfed by celebrations, with friends rushing onto the course to soak in a cherished triumph. It was a finish that felt both cathartic and familiar in equal measure, but one that carried the…

It was a relieved Ben Stokes bidding good riddance to more than a decade of pain for English cricket in Australia on Saturday as his ‍team rallied from the depths to complete a drought-breaking test win in Melbourne. Under fire after losing the ​first three Ashes tests, and amid reports of players treating a mid-tour ‌break in Noosa as a hard-drinking “stag do”, there seemed little prospect of…

Justin Greaves produced a nine-and-a-half-hour batting masterclass before walking into Caribbean lore after his maiden Test double hundred secured an unlikely draw for West Indies in the opening Test against New Zealand on Saturday. The 31-year-old’s unbeaten 202 was the bedrock of West Indies’ 457 for six, the second-highest fourth-innings total in Test match history, in pursuit of an improbable…

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Jun 24, 2025, 09:46 AM ET Spain’s Alexia Putellas has mentioned she is a “higher Alexia now” as she seems to be to show some extent at this summer season’s European Championship after lacking the final one via damage. Putellas, 31, tore her ACL on the eve of the event in England three years in the past and was subsequently sidelined for one of the best a part of a…