The official record for the longest six in cricket history belongs to Australia’sBrett Lee, who crossed the rope by some130-135 meters. This came against the West Indies in 2005 in a Test match at the Gabba. Facing Daren Powell, Brett Lee sent the ball over the roof of the stands and...
In the 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis, a retired cricket professional named George Lyon won a gold medal as one of just three Canadians competing in an event that included 71 Americans. (No other nations participated.) Who was the next man to win an Olympic gold medal in Lyon’s...
Winning successive matches in the English top flight is never an easy task. ThePremier Leaguehas begun and so has the excitement of fans who have waited for over two months.Manchester Cityand a new-look Tottenham look very convincing.ChelseaandArsenallacked a spark even though they did win the...
John HILL: We have just over1,800shops in the U.K. But we also have a strong online business, as well. As a company, we take bets on football, horse racing — they’re two of our core products. But we take bets on more or less everything, whether it’s cricket, whether it’s...
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in what has been termed by many the greatest (or worst) choke in sports history, rather than scoring the Falcons ended up having to punt after a sack and a holding penalty pushed them out of scoring range. The Patriots then tied the game, pushed it to overtime and scored, winning Super...
” Confined to a concrete-block apartment in a cramped corner of the city, she looks after her two younger sisters, far from the simple country life she knew, spent playing in apple orchards and watching cricket matches with her family. Now, she is haunted each day by ...