Women's cricket

Jack Laugher defends diving gold at Commonwealth Games

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 04, 2022 04:06 PM EDT

England's Alex Yee, right, New Zealand's Hayden Wilde, left, and Australia's Matthew Hauser celebrates after winning the gold, silver and bronze respectively in the men's individual triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Yee wins 1st gold medal of this year's Commonwealth Games

By Courtney Walsh Jul. 29, 2022 10:32 AM EDT

Barcelona to build 1st cricket pitch thanks to women’s push

By Hernán Muñoz Jul. 15, 2021 07:50 AM EDT
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The crack of leather on willow is not a sound one associates with Spain. There will be a connection from 2022, however, when Barcelona...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. ...

FILE - In this March 8, 2020, file photo, Australian players celebrate their win over India in the Women's T20 World Cup cricket final match in Melbourne. A three-match one-day international series between the Australia and India women's cricket teams has been postponed indefinitely and likely won't be played until 2022. (AP Photo/Asanka Ratnayake, File)

3-match Australia-India women's ODI cricket series postponed

Dec. 30, 2020 08:44 PM EST

India's Virat Kohli, center, shakes hands with Australian players on the third day of their cricket test match at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Australia won the match. (AP Photo/David Mariuz)

Australia plans no changes for 2nd cricket test vs India

Dec. 23, 2020 09:53 PM EST

Women's Cricket World Cup schedule released

By Steve Mcmorran Dec. 15, 2020 12:23 AM EST
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host a floodlight final of the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2022. The...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:30 PM EST
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

Australia's Alyssa Healy, right, stumps Katie Perkins of New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Brisbane, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The Australian women's team beat New Zealand by 232 runs Wednesday to record its 21st consecutive win in one-day international cricket and equal a world mark set by Ricky Ponting's Australian men's team in 2003. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Aussie women match Ponting-era record with 21 straight wins

By John Pye Oct. 07, 2020 04:47 AM EDT

In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 photo, Alena Waqar, a female journalist from local tv channel Geo News, gives live reporting during a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Social media attacks against Pakistan's women journalists have been vile and vicious, some threatening rape, others even threatening death and the culprits are most often allied to the ruling party, even prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists to issue a statement on Friday condemning the relentless attacks. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Vile social media attacks target Pakistani women journalists

By Kathy Gannon Sep. 18, 2020 11:19 AM EDT

Jordan Thompson, right, of Australia, plays against Borna Coric, of Croatia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Plans for fans to return for iconic Melbourne sports events

Sep. 14, 2020 01:57 AM EDT

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:30 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2015, file photo, Southern Utah celebrates with the trophy after defeating Northern Arizona in an NCAA college football game for the Big Sky Conference title Cedar City, Utah. The Big Sky Conference postponed its football season on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic and called for the FCS playoffs to be moved to the second semester as well.(Jordan Allred/The Spectrum via AP)

The Latest: Darlington approved for fans for Southern 500

By The Associated Press Aug. 07, 2020 04:25 AM EDT

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:08 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

Indian Premier League set to start next month in UAE

Aug. 02, 2020 06:36 PM EDT
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Premier League is set to be staged in the United Arab Emirates from Sept. 19 to Nov. 10, subject to government approval. ...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 04:56 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

Australia plans for India series after T20 World Cup delay

Jul. 21, 2020 03:39 AM EDT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Now that the Twenty20 World Cup has been postponed, cricket officials in Australia are focusing on plans to host a test series...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 20, 2020 04:19 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

Australia's domestic T20 season set to start in December

Jul. 15, 2020 12:55 AM EDT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia has optimistically announced a Dec. 3 start to the domestic Twenty20 competition which is set to begin the same...