[BBC]In The Hundred, teams are allowed to field a maximum of four overseas players during a match.Teams are not permitted to have more than four overseas players contracted to their squad at any time.In Wednesday's match in the men's competition, London Spirit fielded five players not originally from the United Kingdom against MI London.Adam Zampa, Dewald Brevis, Adam Milne and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Spirit's four overseas men's players, all featured.Alongside the quartet was bowler Andrew Tye. The 39-year-old has played 39 times for Australia across one-day and T20 internationals.Upon signing domestically for Yorkshire earlier this year, Tye signed a contract qualifying as a domestic player due to having family links to the UK.When Tye replaced Adam Hose in the Spirit's squad, it was as a domestic player and not overseas.Another example from this season is pace bowler Mohammed Amir, who has played 159 times for Pakistan across all three formats and is part of the Trent Rockets squad this year.Amir holds a British passport as his wife is a UK citizen, so he therefore qualifies as a domestic player.And Dan Worrall, who has previously played three one-day matches for Australia, played for the Spirit across 2024 and 2025.As he holds a British passport, he too qualifies as a domestic player, and so the team did not require the use of an overseas spot.This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. This question was asked by Roger in Lincoln.London Spirit bowler Andrew Tye, who has previously played for Australia, is classed as a domestic player [Getty Images]More questions answered...Who owns the teams competing in The Hundred?How do you read a cricket scorecard?When is the next Ashes series?What has changed in The Hundred for 2026?

Indianapolis Colts General Manager Chris Ballard leaves the Mike Chappell Media Room after he spoke to the press in a pre-draft press conference Monday, April 21, 2025 at the Colts headquarters, the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. | Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesIt is hot outside in Indiana. As we complete July and head into the dog days of summer, everyone is feeling the heat. No matter how hot you get, no one is feeling it as much as Chris Ballard. At his press conference, he understands the pressure is on and only increasing. He just found a release valve that is going to ease things a bit and gained the upper hand on the Indianapolis Colts in the process.Would you sign a two or three-year contract for millions of dollars? Thats the question. For you and me, the answer is yes, assuming everything is above board. Ballard said he wasnt looking for an extension and would decline one regardless. In the last year of his deal, he feels he has too much to prove to sign one now, and it wouldnt be good for the organization without results this year to back it up. He has been around a long time and believes no one puts more pressure on him than himself.See what he did there? He just set the stage. Some of you may be yelling how dumb it is to turn down an extension. Take the money! Thats assuming there is an extension to be signed. This type of rhetoric leads one to believe there is no current offer from the Colts, no deal at all. He has been willing to sign an extension before. Wasnt he in the last year of that deal too? Maybe that had a fresh playoff win behind it, but the level of success hasnt necessarily taken a tremendous dip.He knows without a shadow of a doubt this is it. I highly doubt ownership has plans to extend him before the season. If things go well to start the year, they might, but not before. If things fall apart and Ballard is shown the door, he can leave with some sense of understanding, or at least perceived understanding, that he was part of that decision. Its like when someone at your company leaves and the corporate memo spins it, but you know they were canned due to performance.Maybe Chris Ballard is being noble. Maybe he feels he really doesnt deserve it. I am not in his brain. I have, however, seen a lot of sports professionals cash checks they really shouldnt get. He wouldnt be the first or last to do so. Turning any potential offer from the Colts down would be foolish. The only thing more foolish is expecting us to believe there was an offer on the table to begin with.

Players found guilty of discrimination face serving at least 10-game bans under enhanced Football Association rules.In past seasons, suspensions of between six and 12 games have been recommended for aggravated breaches defined as any misconduct including an express or implied reference to ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation or disability.The rules also apply to managers and other officials, and a statement read: The FA is committed to delivering a game free from discrimination.While significant progress has been made in recent years, discriminatory conduct continues to be a challenge across the game.Enhanced measures are necessary to tackle this abhorrent conduct, and The FAs updated sanction guidelines will now require Regulatory Commissions to impose a standard suspension of at least 10 matches in these circumstances.Sanctions of more than 10 matches can be imposed if significant aggravating factors are present, while lesser punishments are also possible if there are mitigating factors and the individual admits the breach at the earliest opportunity.Six matches would be the minimum ban in such cases, while the only situation in which a lesser sanction could be imposed would be if the aggravated breach took place in writing only.Any player or official committing a second aggravated breach, meanwhile, would face a stronger sanction than for their first offence.

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The WNBA continues to make news nearly daily, and most of it has nothing to do with the on-court product that packs arenas and sets television viewing records. The league posted and then deleted a video on social media featuring Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckersand Atlanta Dream forwardAngel Reeseduring All-Star Weekend. The two teams played on Wednesday, July 29, as the second half of the season got underway this week.In the video, Bueckers and Reese are shown talking about betting each other $400 over which team would win the game. The caption on the post read "We did?" with a laughing emoji, "Paige Bueckers on the bet she made with Angel Reese at All-Star Weekend on tonight's matchup."The WNBA deleted the post, but not before it was screenshot and reposted.The WNBA deleted a post endorsing players betting on games pic.twitter.com/2pNTgJYMnF BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) July 29, 2026The league's bylaws prohibit any wagering on games, as the new Collective Bargaining Agreement states in Article XIV, Player Conduct and Discipline section."Any player found by the Commissioner after a hearing to have been guilty of wagering (directly or indirectly), or of offering or attempting to wager, money or anything of value on the outcome, score, or any other aspect of any WNBA Competition shall, in the sole discretion of the Commissioner, be subject to a fine, suspension, and/or dismissal and disqualification from any further association with the WNBA," Section 5(c) states.The Dream ended up beating the Wings 82-81, and when Reese was asked about the wager during the post-game press conference, Reese replied, "I will be requesting her Apple Pay after this.Her response to the deleted video of her and Paige literally betting on the game is that shell be requesting her Apple Pay?! That was a choice pic.twitter.com/kw6AMjloJn allison (@_girltalk) July 30, 2026This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: WNBA deletes post of Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese betting each other on game

Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi before the pre-season friendly match at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Picture date: Wednesday July 29, 2026. (Photo by Robbie Stephenson/PA Images via Getty Images) | PA Images via Getty ImagesI already wrote about the biggest talking point from Roberto De Zerbis recent interview with Alasdair Gold on football.london the announcement of the mystery, unfinished transfer bomba that supposedly is coming in the next week. But theres a lot more in RDZs chat with Gold, particularly in the area of transfer departures. Several Spurs players have been linked with an exit from Tottenham this summer, including some heavyweights like Cuti Romero, Guglielmo Vicario, Lucas Bergvall, and England World Cup cult hero Djed Spence. Initial fan reaction (for most of them) was dismay that we would let these players, some of whom are fan favorites, depart the club when there are obvious holes in the squad that they could patch. In the case of Bergvall, its an unwillingness to let a player with an obviously high ceiling leave in pursuit of regular playing time. But in his interview with Gold, De Zerbi says hes not here to convince players to stay and play for Tottenham Hotspur hes here to make sure the players who ARE here are fully committed to the project. And if youre not, then youre free to go.At the beginning of my time, in April, I had, I dont know, one million individual meetings! And [the players] told me what was their idea. I said: Yes, help me to stay up, and then I help you to leave. If you dont help me to stay up, you stay underwater with me!But Romero with me was unbelievable. Top. In his behaviour, his respect, he suffered when he did not play the last game. It is not true that he wanted to leave for Argentina to prepare for their World Cup. Its not true.After the semi-final [against England] we text a message, but I never called him to convince him to stay. I respected what he told me. Like for Vicario, like for every player.What I say to you, is the same I said to Djed and to Lucas I would like you to stay, he explained. Not I want you to stay. I would like you stay if you want to stay. If you dont want to stay, if you want to leave, you have to leave. If you want to leave, speak with Vinai [Venkatesham] and Johan, because I dont manage the price, the sale.I can speak with Vinai and Johan about the best strategy, but I dont decide 30m, 40m, thats not my position and I dont want to change my position. Its tough enough to be a coach and I want to stay as a coach.But I respected the players ideas and opinions or projects. But if they stay, they have to stay following my rules, decisions on the pitch. After two games, three games, if one player is not playing and he starts to be sad or not correct with the other players, the coaches, staff, the club, we would make a big, big mistake because we didnt learn from the past season.The quotes about Cuti are illuminating. Its clear now Romero is ready for a fresh start, but its equally clear that one of the biggest catalysts for fan discontent against Romero Cutis supposed unwillingness to return from Argentina for Spurs final match of the season was complete fiction. At some level that doesnt matter the fans turned against him and still believe the background chatter that Romero only turned up at the last match because he was forced to rather than because he had always planned to be there. That will always annoy me the fan-based supposition that Romero cared more about Argentina than he did about Tottenham. Its been dis-proven over and over again, but I suspect the narrative will persist. Well have more about Cuti and his rumored exit later today. But in general principles, I dont have too many objections to how De Zerbi has handled himself here with regards to the players who supposedly want out. RDZ is showing himself, like Ange Postecoglou and Mauricio Pochettino, to be a manager who desires full buy-in to his tactics and ideas. Would he like players like Romero and Bergvall to stay and fight for a place in his squad? Absolutely. But if the player doesnt have that desire, hes willing to let them go to make space for players that do. I cant fault the reasoning, even if I wish players like Romero, Spence, and Bergvall would stick around. But thats on them. If they want out, they want out and De Zerbi isnt willing to let uncommitted players hang around just because theyre good.I suspect most of the players rumored for an exit will eventually leave, as theyve come to the determination that theyre better served at a club that can offer them more playing time. Theyre not necessarily wrong to make that determination! Players want to play and are often willing to fight to put themselves in the best possible position for their careers. I cant fault them for that, even if it means a few players that Ive come to love over the past few years depart for other pastures.

One thing became painfully obvious in 2025, and it was noticeable relatively early. The Baltimore Ravens' offensive line was a weak link in a strong chain. Had there been better options at midseason, Baltimore would have explored them, but alas, a retool would have to wait until the offseason rolled around this past March. The biggest news involved a subtraction. Tyler Linderbaum joined the Las Vegas Raiders.There were additions: John Simpson, Danny Pinter, Jovaughn Gwyn, Hakeem Adeniji. Vega Ioane and Evan Beernsten were drafted. Diego Pounds and Nick Dawkins were undrafted rookies who were added to the linebacker room after the selection meeting as undrafted rookie free agents.The retool has been discussed often. Their leader... Sure, we know who he is, but we frankly haven't mentioned him enough. Ravens camp will remedy that. As a matter of fact, it seems it already has. Dwayne Ledford wins over Ronnie Stanley.Dwayne Ledford joined Baltimore as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator in January as part of Jesse Minter's new staff. His coaching resume spans two decades. One of his best players, Ronnie Stanley, was asked about him. The praise was glowing as Stanley wasn't stingy in his admiration.#Ravens OT Ronnie Stanley on offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford: "He's done a great job of coming to the room, getting to know the guys outside of the football player that they are and just the person that they are." pic.twitter.com/rNfuwcXmNZ Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) July 28, 2026Ledford wants his teams to "play fast". He probably won't have any issues here. Not only that. Protecting Lamar Jackson is job number one. There's another statement that probably won't surprise anyone. Stanley's endorsement carries weight because it touched on more than just scheme or technique. Great offensive line coaches establish an identity. They know what is needed to connect with players, and that appears to be exactly what Ledford is doing.Creating running lanes for Derrick Henry isn't a revolutionary idea, but consistent execution is what separates good offensive lines from championship-caliber ones. Baltimore invested heavily in rebuilding its front five this offseason. Now, it's Ledford's job to mold those new pieces into a cohesive unit. If Stanley's early impressions are any indication, the Ravens believe they've found the right coach to lead that transformation. Baltimore's new O-line coach may wind up being one of the offseason's most important additions.This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Ronnie Stanley delivers strong endorsement of Ravens OL coach