Cricket Mourns Death Of Matthew Hobden Aged Just 22

England’s bowling coach said he was “certain” Matthew Hobden would have played for England.

Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden has died at the age of 22.

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Sussex Cricket announced his death in a statement issued on Saturday night without giving a cause of death.

"Matthew was an exciting young cricketer with a big future ahead of him in the game. He was a fantastic individual who had progressed through Sussex's Youth and Academy ranks, having been born locally in Eastbourne," the statement said.

"Sussex would like to offer their deepest condolences to Matthew's family and friends at this difficult time. Players and staff will be offered as much support as is possible and we would like both Matthew's family, and everyone connected with Sussex Cricket, to be respected with privacy at this time."

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I Got My Mum To Try And Beat The BBC's Expert At Predicting Football Scores

I am so proud of Sue.

My mum, Sue Beech, is not a football fan. The only football match she has been to was a pre-season friendly between Bristol Rovers and Leicester City about 10 years ago.

Me and my dad told her it'd be a fun day out, but she hasn't gone to a football match since...

(That's my mum at my graduation, by the way. My haircut was "of the time").

Richard Beech

Despite my mum's lack of interest in football, I asked her if she'd have a shot at beating the BBC's official "football expert" Mark Lawrenson in a game of Premier League predictions, for matchweek 20 of the season.

Premier League predictions, in case you don't know, involves trying to predict the score of every match in the Premier League on a given weekend. Each week, Mark Lawrenson takes on a famous celebrity or sports star in attempting to predict the football scores.

While visiting my parents over the holidays, I asked Sue Beech if she'd be up for the task of taking on Mark Lawrenson, and she was more than happy to oblige.

Lawro, as he is known in the football world (because men can only show affection to each other by putting vowels on the end of their names) was unaware that Sue "Beechie" Beech would be going head-to-head with him in matchweek 20.

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So, now to tot up the scores. I decided to use the same scoring system as used by the BBC each week in their Premier League predictions game.

So if my mum was correct in predicting that Liverpool would beat West Ham, she would score 10 points, but if she was also right in predicting the score would be 2-1 to Liverpool, this would leap up to 40 points.

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How Many Of These Defunct English Football Grounds Have You Been To?

From Highbury to Ninian Park – did you visit these now-defunct grounds before it was too late?

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Man With Meat Cleaver, Stun Gun In Car Arrested Near Sports Stadium

Police confiscated several sharp-edged weapons in the parking lot near Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.

Police arrested a man on Friday after recovering a stun gun, a meat cleaver, and several other sharp-edged weapons from the trunk of his car, which was parked near Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Foxborough police were alerted around 11 a.m. on Friday to suspicious activity in the employee parking lot of Gillette Stadium during the Winter Classic hockey tournament, a spokesman confirmed to BuzzFeed News.

The 48-year-old suspect, Matthew Bromson, was arrested after police found the weapons in his trunk. He has been charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, possession of an electric stun gun, and three charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.

A Foxborough police officer told BuzzFeed News that the incident was isolated, and that there was never a threat to people inside the stadium. The venue serves as the home to the New England Patriots football team, the Boston Bruins hockey team, and the New England Revolution soccer team.

This isn't the first time Bromson has run afoul of the law.

In September 2014, Bromson was arrested after he barricaded himself in his home during a nine-hour standoff with police, and threatened to shoot one of them, The Republican reported.

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This Kid Ate A Whole Watermelon At The Cricket And Became A Huge Star

The first Australian hero of 2016 ‪#‎watermelonboy‬.

A boy brought a watermelon to Melbourne's Big Bash cricket derby, and became an instant legend.

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The Hardest 2015 Football Quiz You'll Take This Year

How good is your (recent) memory?

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New York Knicks Player Shot In The Knee During Robbery

Cleanthony Early, a 24-year-old forward for the Knicks, is in stable condition after the incident.

Cleanthony Early during a game on March 12, 2015.

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A New York Knicks player was shot in the knee Wednesday morning after three cars surrounded him after leaving a strip club, officials said.

BuzzFeed News confirmed with the Knicks that Cleanthony Early, 24, was one of the victims in the incident, which took place shortly after 4 a.m. in Queens, New York.

"We are aware of what occurred with Cleanthony Early this morning and are relieved that he is not in a life-threatening situation," a New York Knicks spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.

According to the NYPD, who did not specifically identity Early, officers were called to the scene around 4:18 a.m. Two individuals, a male and a female, had left CityScapes Gentlemen's Club in Queens and got into an Uber.

Minutes later, three vehicles surrounded the Uber and assailants burst inside, robbing the passengers of jewelry and an unknown amount of cash. In the midst of the scuffle, the male was shot in the right knee.

He was rushed to Elmont Hospital and is in stable condition, the NYPD said.

The police department did not comment on whether or not the male was targeted incident.

Early, a 24-year-old Bronx native, was drafted to the team in 2014. He is a small forward, and an alumna of Wichita State.

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