Sunil Gavaskar has heavily criticised Ben Stokes' England following their 4-1 Ashes series defeat in Australia, labeling them "paper tigers." He argued that the Bazball approach has lost its effectiveness, with teams now able to counter England's aggressive style, especially on challenging pitches. Gavaskar also pointed to a lack of accountability in the English batting lineup.

Cruz Hewitt finds some assistance from the net during the first round of qualifying.

Four crew members are scheduled to depart earlier than scheduled later this week after a medical issue involving an unidentified crew member.

Sharron Davies and Tracy Edwards have been hailed as "heroes" for protecting women's sport from the "dangerous trans agenda".Olympic medal-winning swimmer Ms Davies and legendary sailor Ms Edwards spoke at length to Bev Turner on Monday ahead of a major US Supreme Court review into bans on trans athletes.Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in two cases from Idaho and West Virginia where courts have blocked state laws to ban male-born athletes participating in women's teams.Ms Davies said men in women's sport was "anti-women and anti-girls" and warned: "The message that we're giving young girls is they're just not worthy of a level playing field anymore."And Ms Edwards lauded women all over the world for "fighting this evil ideology" which is "forcing men into women's sports, women's prisons, women's changing rooms, you know, women's awards and women's places".Campaigner Adam Brooks, back in London, hailed the duo as "heroes"."As a father of two daughters, I want to thank her people like JK Rowling... Because if it wasn't for women like that, we would be going down a terrible path with this trans agenda. It's dangerous," he said.WATCH SHARRON DAVIES AND TRACY EDWARDS SPEAK TO GB NEWS IN FULL ABOVE

Sheldon Rankins returned a fumble by Aaron Rodgers 33 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to highlight a dominant performance by the NFLs top-ranked defense, and the Houston Texans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 on Monday night for the first road playoff win in franchise history.The Texans (13-5) play at New England (15-3) in the divisional round on Sunday night.C.J. Stroud turned it over three times but also threw a first-half touchdown pass to Christian Kirk, who had eight catches for 144 yards. Woody Marks had 112 yards rushing for Houston, which had been 0-6 on the road in the postseason before shutting down Rodgers and the Steelers (10-8).Marks 13-yard touchdown run with 3:43 to go sealed it, and Calen Bullock added Houstons second defensive score with a 50-yard pick-6 less than a minute later on Rodgers final throw of the game and possibly his 21-year career.Rodgers passed for just 146 yards as the Steelers were held to 175 yards of offense. The four-time MVP will wait until the offseason before deciding whether to return next fall.While Rodgers play down the stretch was one of the reasons the Steelers won the AFC North, he struggled in much the same way his predecessors Russell Wilson and Mason Rudolph did as Pittsburgh lost its seventh straight playoff game and dropped a Monday night home game for the first time since 1991.His Hall of Fame career may have ended on a forced downfield throw that Bullock stepped in front of. Rodgers tried and failed to tackle Bullock on the way to the end zone.The Steelers defense, long the biggest problem during a playoff victory drought that is nearing a decade, forced Stroud into numerous mistakes and kept Pittsburgh in the game until late.The result, however, was the same as it has been for the Steelers and coach Mike Tomlin since they fell to New England in the 2016 AFC championship game, with a long walk to the locker room and a longer-than-hoped-for offseason to figure out what went wrong.Houstons 10th straight win was hardly a thing of beauty, as a thrilling opening weekend of the playoffs ended with a rock fight between two clubs trying to shed some ignominious playoff history.The Texans survived the way they have much of the season, by letting the leagues best defense smother their opponent.The Steelers failed to capitalize on the miscues from a jittery Stroud, who fumbled twice and threw a pick deep in Pittsburgh territory.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

In what is potentially the final game in the storied career of Aaron Rodgers, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback floundered and fumbled as he bowed out with a humiliating defeat.

Paul "HHH" Levesque holding a mic - Slaven Vlasic/Getty ImagesWWE is currently on a European tour that kicked off with a house show in Leipzig, Germany on January 8 and will end in Belfast, Ireland on January 19.During Friday's show in Berlin, the fans saw the controversial win by Drew McIntyre on "SmackDown". McIntyre faced WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes in a 3 Stages of Hell match with the title on the line. A returning Jacob Fatu attacked both McIntyre and Rhodes during stage three, a steel cage match. While Fatu attacked Rhodes, McIntyre fell out of the ring to win the match and the title.While they're on the European tour, one TNA talent's name has come up to compete. PWInsider Elite confirms that WWE had interest in bringing in TNA X-Division Champion, Leon Slater. While Slater has not been confirmed, PWInsider Elite reports that there has been a pitch to have him appear alongside Je'Von Evans. They originally reported that next week's "Raw" is in London. That is incorrect as the January 16 episode of "SmackDown" will take place at Wembley Stadium in London. Evans recently signed with "Raw" and Monday's episode will be at the SSE Arena in Belfast. Evans picked up a win over Bravo Americano on the January 12 episode.Oba Femi defeated Slater for the NXT Championship at New Year's Evil. Slater and Evans last teamed up to take on then Raw Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles and Dragon Lee on Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13. They also competed for the NXT tag titles against DarkState last November.Slater is reportedly under contract with TNA through the end of this year. While not announced to appear, Thursday Night iMPACT will make its AMC debut on January 15live from Dallas, Texas. He is scheduled to defend his title against Cedric Alexander and Moose at the Genesis pay-per-view on Saturday, January 17.Read more: 30 Best Wrestlers Under 30 In 2025, Ranked By Wrestling Inc.Don't miss any of the major wrestling headlines. Sign up to our free newsletter for the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. You can also add us as a preferred search source on Google.Read the original article on Wrestling Inc.

Dominik Szoboszlai produced a sublime goal and a ridiculous error as Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win over third-tier Barnsley to reach the FA Cup fourth round.

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Sherfane Rutherfords 27-ball 53 and a match-turning double-wicket maiden from Gideon Peters powered Pretoria Capitals to a 53-run, bonus-point win over MI Cape Town at Centurion. Dewald Brevis starred with bat and in the field as MI Cape Town collapsed from 46/2 to 55/6, leaving their playoff hopes on the brink.

After being fired by the Miami Dolphins following another tough season, coach Mike McDaniel is expected to be one of the hottest names on the coaching market.

Was that the end for Aaron Rodgers?