Essex CCC: County rename stands in honour of Graham Gooch and Sir Alastair Cook

Graham Gooch ... Tests and 125 one-day internationals, captaining his country 34 times. He was England's all-time leading Test run scorer for more than 20 years - until he was overtaken by protege ... Read More

Essex rename stands after Sir Alastair Cook and Graham Gooch in tribute to county greats

For two decades, Gooch was England's all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket with 8,900 runs, until he was overtaken in 2015 by Cook, who still holds the record at 12,472. Stream Sky Sports ... Read More

10,000 miles and 352 days later, endurance athlete reaches his goal of running the length of Africa

“It’s quite hard to put into words, 352 days on the road, long time without seeing family, my girlfriend,” Cook told Sky News as he started running Sunday, accompanied by supporters who’d ... Read More

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Harry Kane's England goalscoring record and Three Lions' all-time top scorers

But exactly how many goals has Kane scored for England and how does he compare to the other top goalscorers ... Lineker at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The striker’s first major tournament ... Read More

Sam Northeast hits highest ever score at Lord's as Glamorgan captain racks up 335 not out - including 190 in boundaries - to surpass Graham Gooch's 34-year record

hitting an unbeaten 335 to surpass Graham Gooch’s 333 against India in 1990. The new high in 210 years of action at the world’s most famous cricket ground followed the unbeaten 410 the 34-year ... Read More

Premier League top scorers 2023-24: Erling Haaland and Cole Palmer just ahead of Alexander Isak

Behind those sit Newcastle’s Alexander Isak and Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins (both 19), while Dominic Solanke and Mohamed Salah are further back on 18 and 17 respectively. English duo Jarrod Bowen ... Read More

England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt named Wisden’s leading women’s cricketer in the world

Sciver-Brunt also thrashed a 66-ball hundred against Sri Lanka, a new English record, having previously been named player of the final and second top run-scorer ... into England’s World Cup ... Read More

Football: CAF Confederation Cup Leading Scorers

CAF Confederation Cup leading scorers after quarter-finals on Monday ... (Rivers Utd/NGR), Zizo (Zamalek/EGY) afp The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content ... Read More

Women's Six Nations 2024: Final standings, results & top try-scorers as England win Grand Slam

England won their third successive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam by beating France in Bordeaux in the title decider. Ireland overcame Scotland to finish third and secure early qualification for ... Read More

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