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It’s victory time for Australia as they hammer the ICC World XI, consisting of cricket’s biggest stars from all around the world… Criticised relentlessly since their return from the Ashes tour, the determined Australians sought redemption, compiling a competitive 255 for eight off their 50 overs and then running through the World XI for 162 […]
Continue ReadingIt’s victory time for Australia as they hammered the ICC World XI, consisting of cricket’s biggest stars from all around the world… Criticised relentlessly since their return from the Ashes tour, the determined Australians sought redemption, compiling a competitive 255 for eight off their 50 overs and then running through the World XI for 162 […]
Continue ReadingIt’s victory time once again for Australia as they hammered the ICC World XI, consisting of cricket’s biggest stars from all around the world… Criticised relentlessly since their return from the Ashes tour, the determined Australians sought redemption, compiling a competitive 255 for eight off their 50 overs and then running through the World XI […]
Continue ReadingInjured striker Michael Owen should be fit to play in England’s crucial World Cup matches this week, his Newcastle boss Graeme Souness says… Owen missed the 0-0 draw at Portsmouth with a dead leg but the striker should be fit in time for the meeting with Austria at Old Trafford on Saturday. "We had to give […]
Continue ReadingGolden girl of women’s tennis, Maria Sharapova, and her rise to world Number One sees a new generation of Russians heading to the court to emulate her success… "The phone has been ringing around the clock for registrations since mid-August," says Igor Volkov, a coach at Moscow’s famous Spartak tennis academy. The academy now has 190 places […]
Continue ReadingThe World XI will tap into England’s successful Ashes strategies against Australia next week, skipper Shaun Pollock says… England upset the odds when their well-executed tactics unhinged the fancied Aussies to regain the Ashes in an unforgettable series earlier this month in England. "We’ve got Tim Boon from England, who’s the analyst for them, who’s […]
Continue ReadingFernando Alonso becomes Formula One’s youngest ever world champion while Juan Pablo Montoya claims an empty victory for McLaren in the Brazilian Grand Prix… Spaniard Alonso, 24, was outclassed as Montoya led team-mate Kimi Raikkonen home to score McLaren’s first one-two in more than five years but the Renault driver did enough to secure the six […]
Continue ReadingChelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho has admitted he might one day be ready to coach the England football team… But he was keen to stress he felt the FA should choose an English-born manager to replace Swedish coach Sven Goran Eriksson. "Part of me feels like an Englishman now," he said adding that at the […]
Continue ReadingEngland all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s claim he was shot at during a one-day international in New Delhi in 2002 are scoffed at by Indian cricket officials… Flintoff, who inspired England to an Ashes triumph over Australia earlier this month, makes the startling revelation in his forthcoming book ‘Being Freddie’ whose extracts were carried by The Times […]
Continue ReadingMiddlesex coach John Emburey has described England’s failure to pick Owais Shah for the tour of Pakistan as ‘criminal’… Karachi-born Shah has been the leading batsman in English county cricket this summer and Emburey said he deserved to have been rewarded with a recall to the one-day squad that will tour Pakistan from next month. […]
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