The amateur cricketer whose finger-clicking wicket deception has sparked a global cheating storm apparently once used the same trick to win his team a trophy in a title decider match, the Daily Mail can reveal. Brian Devine – now known as ‘Clicky Ponting’ – seems to have hoodwinked umpires to get three opponent batsmen out … Read more
Gianni Infantino’s humiliating downfall is almost complete after his friend and ally Donald Trump denied all knowledge of the FIFA president’s disastrous plot to try and sell off the World Cup to private investors. Infantino had devised a $20 billion commercial subsidiary plan, backed by Joshua Kushner – whose brother Jared is the US Special … Read more
A Tuvaluan boxer has won her country’s first-ever Commonwealth Games medal – without winning a fight. Tarona Taafaki, 20, has put the tiny South Pacific island nation on the map with her feat in the women’s 75kg category in Glasgow. Taafaki had received a bye to the semi-finals as there were only five entrants, so … Read more
Gemma Owen missed out on claiming her first win in jockey’s silks as she finished fourth in ladies-only charity race the Markel Magnolia Cup at Goodwood Festival on Thursday. Owen started out wide on the near side and lost ground in the early stages but as the pack neared the post, gained impressively on her … Read more
The amateur cricket team at the centre of the ‘Clicky Ponting’ cheating scandal have been dumped out of a cup competition on Wednesday – after they conceded their forthcoming match. Saltburn second Xl had been expected to take on Marton seconds on Wednesday evening in a 100-balls-a-side match. But with backlash from the cheating row … Read more