Tim Wigmore

Even FIFA would not claim that play-offs tacked on to the front of the World Cup are part of the main competition, as the ICC now are. The new ODI World Cup format locks out emerging teams, damages sporting integrity and risks abundant dead rubbers telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Swept aside for FIFA. The shame and brutality of American homelessness theguardian.com/football/2026/…

The average age of footballers starting matches this World Cup is 28 years and 113 days: the oldest in the history of the competition. Lionel Messi is an extreme example of how older players are shaping the World Cup telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Another pretty disappointing part of this whole schmozzle is practically all of the Associates at the ICC conference affected by this decision were kept in the dark until the announcement. It seems there was no consultation whatsoever.

Garfield Sobers, probably the greatest ever Test cricketer. These words from JB Priestley on his summer of 1966 capture his magic telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

@KhiladiEkNumber Yeah I've argued for a Euro Nations Cup before, important to cover that as you say - telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

@timwig why not write an article on why ECB blocked Euro Nations Cup? Your wimp of a cricket board doesn’t take any initiative to grow the game & keeps sending its minions to attack Indian Cricket.

Even FIFA would not claim that play-offs tacked on to the front of the World Cup are part of the main competition, as the ICC now are. The new ODI World Cup format locks out emerging teams, damages sporting integrity and risks abundant dead rubbers telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

@Shahtv6920 explained in the article?

@timwig How does it 'risks abundant dead rubbers'? Doesn't the new format reduces dead rubbers?

In World Cups in football and other sports, all countries enter the tournament at the same stage in the first round. Not in the next Cricket World Cup. @timwig says the new format is really a cynical cash grab ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…

Remarkable at a time when Football's move to a 48-team tournament has been widely applauded

There are discussions to cut back the 2027 ODI World Cup to 12 teams. The ICC announced in 2021 that the 2027 event would have 14 teams. There were discussions at the time of a 16-team World Cup after the 2019 and 2023 editions only had 10. cricketfj.com/p/reducing-the…

This is a very poor look from England

Not long into a period of upheaval in the cricketing board, Ireland beat India. Twice. A fluke or has change started to pay off? In other words, is the boom back? Not quite, but winning buys a new-look CI some time Story for @cricinfo ⬇️ cricinfo.com/story/are-irel…

Arthur Fery's rise from wildcard to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, where he grew up. Fery preferred to play on Court 18 for his round three match; now, he will surely never be able to play on Court 18 ever again. telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2026/07…

Even without Germany, Netherlands and Italy (who didn't even qualify) Europe still had 6 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the World Cup, up from 5 in 2022

@EastMidRailway Hi - I am due compensation from some journeys but the website is continually crashing, could someone help please?

A classic New Zealand victory: down to their eighth choice seamer, yet coming from behind to win the last two Tests by crushing margins. Series victories in India and England within 2 years is a special effort. Questions over the batting but the pace bowling depth is formidable.

New Zealand surely have more than enough already - the more their innings continues, the greater England's (slim) chances of escaping with a draw