Manchester Super Giants survived a late wobble with the bat to beat Trent Rockets by five wickets and win the franchise’s first Hundred title at Lord’s.
Super Giants needed a straightforward three off the last nine balls in pursuit of 159, before Mohammad Amir dismissed Heinrich Klaasen and Michael Bracewell and Ben Sanderson bowled two dot balls to bring the equation down to three off three.
But Liam Dawson held his nerve to hit the winning runs with a six over mid-wicket, sealing victory with two balls to spare.
The chase had been set up by New Zealand’s Tim Seifert, who struck a magnificent 72 off 38, featuring seven sixes and four fours in a brutal display of power.
Rockets had the chance to dismiss Seifert on 33, but Finn Allen’s astonishing relay effort on the boundary was ruled out because his foot had touched the boundary rope before he had jumped over, denying him a sure contender for the catch of the tournament.
The result meant the Rockets, who finished top of the table and so progressed straight into the final from their last group game on Monday, failed to become the first franchise to win both men’s and women’s competitions in the same edition of The Hundred.
Ben Duckett’s 31 gave them a solid platform, but, in the space of four deliveries, captain Sam Billings was run out for seven and Tim David fell first ball to Noor Ahmad as Super Giants took control.
Aneurin Donald blitzed 38 off 19 before quickfire cameos of 20 from Mitch Santner and 32 from Lewis Gregory lifted the Rockets to 158-8.
But it proved to be below-par as Seifert and Paul Walter, the Super Giants’ star in the Eliminator, added 66 off 31 balls for the first wicket before Jos Buttler briefly entertained a crowd of 27,416 with three sixes in his 23 off 14.
The Old Trafford-based side, renamed the Super Giants from this season having preivously been the Originals, lost two previous men’s finals, including to the Rockets in 2022, which remains their sole men’s title.
In what could end up being a massive blow to the New York Yankees’ starting rotation, co-ace Max Fried returned to the 15-day injured list Monday with a left elbow bone bruise — the same injury that sidelined him for two months earlier this summer.
The move was a surprise and came just hours after news broke that lefty Carlos Rodón (elbow inflammation) was expected to return from the injured list Tuesday and start on the road vs. the Baltimore Orioles.
Fried seemed fine Thursday after his last start, in which he gave up one run over five innings in a 1-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners. It was his fifth start since coming off an IL stint with the same injury that had him out from May 13 until July 22.
In that start, Fried didn’t show any signs of injury and his average fastball velocity (93.3 mph) was near what it had been all season (93.2 mph). But he did describe the outing as “a grind” and said that he “didn’t necessarily have my best stuff.”
“I was a little erratic,” he said at the time. “But I was able to make some big pitches.”
He added that he “wasn’t as in rhythm as I wanted to be. The execution was good at times, but I felt like I was in and out of it and didn’t really have a good rhythm to be able to maintain it from Pitch 1 to where I came out.”
A potential saving grace for the Yankees? The club didn’t put Fried on the 60-day injured list, which would have ended his season. The Yankees appear to be holding out hope that he could still return by only putting him on the 15-day IL.
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Fried is 4-4 with a 2.81 ERA in 15 starts this season. It’s fair to wonder if last season’s workload has caught up to him. In 2025 — his first season with the Yankees — he threw a career-high 195 1/3 innings in 32 starts, also a career-best.
Fried is in the second year of an eight-year, $218 million deal.
The Yankees had hoped to head into October with a rotation fronted by Cam Schlittler, Gerrit Cole and Fried. That might now be in jeopardy, though they have coverage in Rodón and lefty Ryan Weathers, who has been especially good of late (2.56 ERA over his last 11 starts).
The sudden departure of Fried makes it even more important that the rest of the Yankees’ stars return healthy — and soon.
Over the weekend, manager Aaron Boone said left fielder Cody Bellinger (left hamstring strain) could begin a rehab assignment either Thursday or Friday. Designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (right calf strain) has been hitting and running the bases, though Boone said he didn’t know when Stanton might attempt a rehab assignment. Boone added that Aaron Judge (first right rib stress fracture) began playing catch at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
Fried’s injury also should keep righty Will Warren in the rotation for now. The return of Rodón seemed sure to bump Warren to the bullpen or to Triple A at some point. It even seemed likely that Rodón would piggyback Tuesday’s start with Warren entering after him. But Warren likely will keep his spot in the rotation with Fried on ice.
The Diamondbacks placed Ketel Marte on the restricted list Monday. Edward M. Pio Roda / Getty Images
Amid a push for the one of the National League’s three wild-card spots, the Arizona Diamondbacks have placed second baseman Ketel Marte on the restricted list, the club announced Monday. The move came ahead of Arizona’s road opener against the Boston Red Sox.
The Diamondbacks did not disclose an official reason why the 32-year-old Marte was placed on the list. Nick Piecoro, who covers the team for the Arizona Republic, tweeted that Marte failed to show up to the ballpark.
In Marte’s place, the Diamondbacks recalled Jose Fernandez from Triple-A Reno. Marte, who was slated to DH on Monday, was replaced in the lineup by trade deadline acquisition Lars Nootbaar.
As MLB defines it, players on the restricted list remain under contract with their club, however, they are not with the club and thus no longer mandated to be compensated. A player’s placement on the restricted list is subject to approval by MLB.
Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have held talks about selling their shares in Chelsea to Clearlake Capital.
Clearlake currently owns 61.5 per cent of the club, while Boehly, Walter and Hansjorg Wyss each own a 12.8 per cent stake.
Clearlake, under the leadership of Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano, effectively run the club even though Boehly is the chairman.
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Chelsea bosses are considering whether to leave Stamford Bridge or to expand, with Earl’s Court seen as a possible new location.
All options are being evaluated, with the project said to be complicated by the limited space in London to build.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Boehly said: “We have to think long term about what we’re trying to accomplish.
“We have a big stadium development opportunity that we have to flesh out. That’s going to be where we’re either aligned, or we ultimately decide to go different ways.”
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There had been tensions too between Boehly and Clearlake in 2024.
Sky Sports News reported in September 2024 that Boehly had been unhappy with the way the club is being run and that he did not want Mauricio Pochettino to lose his job as head coach in May 2024.
Enzo Maresca replaced Pochettino and went on to win the Conference League and Club World Cup, but he left at the start of 2026, with Chelsea eventually finishing 10th and without European football.
Xabi Alonso was appointed as the new manager this summer, with the Blues spending over £280m on 12 new signings.
‘Boehly exit would be positive for Chelsea’
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Daily Mail’sRiath Al-Samarrai speaking on Sky Sports News’ Paper Talk:
“It’s been a very uneasy alliance, almost from the get-go.
“There have been some pretty notable sort of differences in opinion. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I always go back to one of the sort of turning points: Pochettino leaving.
“All the information we had was that Boehly wanted him to stay, but Clearlake were on the other side of that, and that’s a fairly sort of big one for an ownership group not to be agreeing on.
“I actually think this will be a positive thing for Chelsea. I’m not necessarily sure either of them are particularly loved, but if he goes, then it creates maybe a little bit of clarity behind the scenes.
“But this is still contingent on Clearlake stumping up the money for him to accept.
“We know as well that his real kind of control of the club, the chairmanship, is going to expire next summer. There was always that thought in the background that that would be a point when there might be a natural parting of the ways, but it appears to be coming a little bit sooner.”
It’s been another summer of change at Chelsea – and on the eve of a new Premier League season, there is so much to analyse at the club, with Alonso’s reign kicking off, big-money transfers to be settled and a search for success on the pitch in their sights.
In a special Sky Sports podcast – A big summer for… Chelsea – Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports News reporter James Savundra and Sky Sports football journalist David Richardson to discuss the key talking points at the club, including Enzo Fernandez’s future amid interest from Manchester City and a £120m price tag.
The arrival of £117m Morgan Rogers and his partnership with Cole Palmer was also on the agenda, along with Alonso’s new tactical set-up and the surprise signings of experienced pair Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, which signalled a shift in the club’s transfer policy.
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