If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. This weekend, boxing promoters Premier Boxing Champions travels to Las Vegas for prime title bout between two world-class fighters. American southpaw Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC super welterweight championship belt against Albanian fighter Ermal
Hampshire and Scotland seamer Brad Wheal has retired from professional cricket after a succession of injuries. Wheal, 30, took 51 wickets in 44 appearances in a decade-long international career and featured at four T20 World Cups, most recently in India earlier this year. He has also played for Hampshire from 2015, helping them to win
England paceman Jofra Archer has signed a one-year contract extension with Sussex, extending his stay at Hove to 12 seasons. The 31-year-old made his debut for the county in 2016 and has taken 223 first-class wickets at an average of 25.17. Following numerous injuries, Archer missed four years of red-ball cricket before returning for Sussex
Former championship-winning Kent and England bowler Alan Brown has died aged 90. The ex-miner from Mansfield took 707 first-class wickets for Kent in 237 appearances from 1957 to 1970. Brown helped Kent win their first County Championship title in 57 years in 1970, which proved to be his final season. He is ranked 17th on
The ECB confirmed at least one ethnic minority candidate was part of the process when Stephen Fleming became Test head coach in July. In April 2025, then director of women’s cricket Clare Connor did not use an open recruitment process or the Rooney Rule when she named Charlotte Edwards head coach of the England women’s
Teenager Thomas Rew has been named England Lions captain in the same week he earned his first senior call-up and central contract. It is thought the 18-year-old will become the youngest captain in Lions history when he leads the side in three T20s against West Indies A in St Kitts and Nevis in November. Rew
