Alex Carey’s heroic grab (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Australia’s Alex Carey pulled off a moment of brilliance in the fourth match of Champions Trophy 2025, executing a breathtaking one-handed catch to dismiss England’s Phil Salt early in the innings on Saturday. With Australia winning the toss and opting to bowl first, the jaw-dropping moment unfolded in…
The morning after Alex Bregman made his free-agent decision, Fred Petersen sent a text to his former boss with the Boston Red Sox, Amiel Sawdaye. “We got BERGMAN,” Petersen wrote. With that, a running joke between those who were with the Red Sox when the team drafted Bregman in 2012 came full circle. Sawdaye, now…
Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey delivered a stunning knock of 156 in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, surpassing former skipper Adam Gilchrist’s highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper-batter in Asia. Carey’s century, alongside stand-in captain Steven Smith’s 131, propelled Australia into a dominant position as they built a crucial first-innings lead. Carey’s knock…
Adam Gilchrist and Alex Carey (Credit: X / PTI) NEW DELHI: Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey etched his name in the record books by becoming the first from his team to score 150 runs in Asian conditions. This feat surpassed the previous highest score of 144 runs by the legendary Adam Gilchrist in Bangladesh and Sri…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Across seven hours on Friday afternoon, the Australian Open morphed into an American tennis trout farm. It was nearly impossible to watch a singles match without seeing a red, white and blue flag on the scoreboard, as two early-twenty-somethings and one teenager who looks even younger than his 19 years rumbled through…
NEW DELHI: Desert Vipers displayed an impressive all-round performance, securing a comprehensive 53-run victory over the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ongoing ILT20 at the Dubai International Stadium. Alex Hales‘ half-century, Nathan Sowter‘s three-wicket haul, and Luke Wood‘s exceptional fielding efforts, including three stunning catches, played pivotal roles in the Vipers’ triumph.Batting first, the…
Follow live updates on the Supreme Court ruling against TikTok. On Wednesday afternoon, executives at Meta held a Q&A session with some of its employees about the state of American politics. Alex Schultz, the chief marketing officer, addressed questions about Meta’s embrace of the incoming Trump administration and what he said was the company’s precarious…
World No. 2 Iga Swiatek was booed by the Melbourne crowd on Thursday, 16 January. She won hearts with a commanding performance in the Australian Open second round, defeating Slovakias Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena. However, her comments on Melbournes coffee culture during an on-court interview did not sit well with fans….
MELBOURNE, Australia — Here on the island that was once the center of the men’s tennis world — the land of Laver and Rosewall, Emerson and Newcombe and other gods of the game — the strangest of dynamics has emerged. The rest of the globe obsesses about Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Down here, it’s…
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided to make sweeping changes after visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago…