Image by gov.uk The return of the England Test team comes amid a standout year for UK-Pakistan sporting and cultural ties, coinciding with the 75-year anniversary of UK-Pakistan relations, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, the England T20 Pakistan cricket tour and the World Cup T20 England-Pakistan final. The Tests mark a highpoint, as 2022 draws to a […]
Image by Oceanic Sports Glasgow based team G-Town International (GTI FC) has been crowned the winner of the first ever Scottish Minorities Football Cup (SMFC). This one day event was hosted by Oceanic Sports in partnership with The Well Foundation on the 20th of November at Dalziel Park Golf Club in Motherwell from 4pm to
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Anjan Luthra, Chair of Cricket Scotland (Image by Cricket Scotland) Cricket Scotland announced on Thursday, 17 November a number of significant changes in strategy that will underpin long-term success for the international teams and deliver a more sustainable governing body in the years ahead. For the first time, paid contracts will be offered to women’s
Image by Oceanic Sports Oceanic Sports is organising the first ever Scottish Minorities Football Cup (SMFC) on Sunday, 20 November. This one day event will be hosted at Dalziel Park Golf Club from 4pm to 8pm with the participating teams competing for the trophy until there are only two left to battle it out in
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Image by Facebook @ShehbazSharif Openers Alex Hales and Jos Buttler led Team England to an easy win by 10 wickets against Team India during the second semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia at Adelaide on Thursday. Following the crippling defeat, Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif outspokenly took a dig at the Indian team
Former cricketer for the Scotland team Majid Haq called for an investigation into racism in Scottish Cricket along with fellow Scottish cricketer Qasim Sheikh (Image by Getty Images) Cricket Scotland confirmed on 31 October that an initial high-level review of complaints raised as part of the independent review into racism in Scottish cricket is now
Image by ecb.co.uk The England and Wales Cricket Board today announces that Richard Gould will join as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Gould, 52, will take up the post at the end of January, moving from his current role as CEO of Bristol City Football Club. He brings significant leadership experience from major organisations across
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Image by Sky Sports Cricket Scotland announced the appointment of two new independent Non-Executive Directors last week as it continues to rebuild following the recent independent review into racism in the sport that forced the entire board to quit. Governance expert Anne-Marie Garner and Equality, Diversity and inclusion (EDI) specialist Ajit Trivedi are highly-respected figures
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Former boxer Amir Khan gave a pleasant surprise to his young fans after he turned up at the gym to meet them in Bolton recently. Khan, who was a boxing world champion, went to the Amir Khan Academy which surprised many training youngsters. He interacted with them, signed autographs, took pictures and imparted some of
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England Men\’s Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Image by ECB) England Men\’s selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan starting in December. England Men\’s Test squad includes the following players: Ben Stokes (Durham) captain James Anderson (Lancashire) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) Zak Crawley (Kent) Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire) Ben Foakes (Surrey)
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