Team GB men’s football team back on the Olympic table for Los Angeles 2028
Andy Anson, the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, wants a men’s football team to take part in 2028 but it will need agreement of four football associations
July 2024
‘Very strange speed dating’: ECB aims to accelerate Hundred investment
Potential investors have been invited to send delegations to games, while the ECB has met with the owners of every IPL and WPL team
ECB wants to keep the Hundred name even if it switches to Twenty20 format
A source involved in talks about the future of the Hundred says it wants to keep its ‘really powerful brand’ even if the format does change in 2028
Counties fear ECB is freezing them out of shake-up of women’s cricket
Only first-class proposals for tier-two teams in the women’s domestic restructure have been put forward, leading to claims of a ‘stitch-up’
May 2024
ECB appoints bank which sold United and Chelsea to sell Hundred shares
Major League Cricket’s expansion plan poses a threat to English competitions
Cricketers’ chief Lynch: ‘The Ashes could become like the Ryder Cup’
Profit trumps all in plans for the Hundred
Sportblog
Selling off the summer? Why Hundred plans should matter to all cricket lovers
Labour MP urges government to review ECB plans to sell stake in Hundred
April 2024
‘We have a superior product’: Dukes maker invites Rob Key for talks over ball
ECB denies Yorkshire ‘punished for past sins’ with women’s county team snub
Durham selected ahead of Yorkshire to host professional women’s county team
England’s Rob Key backs Kookaburra ball for full-time use in county cricket
March 2024
ECB advises clubs to stop using plastic balls over chemical make-up concerns
An ECB statement said the balls distributed through All Stars and Dynamos youth schemes ‘haven’t met the standards we’d expect’
February 2024
Icec chair slams ECB for lack of ‘moral backbone’ over Botham comments
The ECB showed a lack of backbone in failing to call out Ian Botham’s criticism of a report on discrimination, the chair of the report commission has told MPs
Sportblog
Failure not an option for the ECB as women’s cricket faces yet more upheaval
Raf Nicholson
England and Wales Cricket Board has learned from past errors and a radical shake-up offers hope to the women’s game
Graves calls for unity after 88% vote in favour of Yorkshire takeover
Colin Graves said he hoped ‘a line has been drawn in the sand’ after his controversial return to Yorkshire was overwhelmingly approved at an extraordinary general meeting
January 2024
Women’s cricket to undergo domestic shake-up with teams owned by counties
Graves’ return to Yorkshire cricket club would be a ‘disaster’, claims MP
