Belligerent late order batting, notably from Chris Jordan, took England to 247 for six in their rain-marred one-day international against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Thursday. The tourists were left needing a Duckworth/Lewis adjusted target of 259 to go…
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Mali was in crisis Thursday after admitting it had lost the flashpoint town of Kidal to Tuareg separatists in a humiliating defeat forcing the government to call for an “immediate ceasefire”. Ministers have not revealed how many lives have been lost…
Floodwaters crept lower in the shellshocked Balkans Thursday to reveal widespread devastation after the region’s deadliest natural disaster since records began more than a century ago. As thousands of relief workers began an immense clean-up operation…
The leader of Thailand’s pro-government “Red Shirt” movement called Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law. Jatuporn Prompan said he made the proposal a day earlier during…
England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Paul Downton gave his most detailed explanation yet on Thursday for the controversial decision to end the international career of the “frustrating” Kevin Pietersen. The South Africa-born batsman, England…
US Vice President Joe Bidens met Cyprus leaders Thursday to spur talks on ending their island’s 40-year division and seek support for threatened sanctions against Russia. After talks with President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish…
Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes will leave White Hart Lane next month, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. Brazil international Gomes arrived in north London in 2008 in a £7.8 million transfer from Dutch team PSV Eindhoven and played…
Chinese online retailer JD.com rallied Thursday in its Wall Street debut, suggesting an appetite for its larger rival Alibaba. The company, trading under the symbol JD on the Nasdaq exchange, jumped 10.5 percent to $21 from its initial public offering…
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton overslept his alarm and had to be roused by two team members banging on his door on Thursday morning. But this delayed start to his working day did nothing to slow him down as he went on to clock the fastest…
The United States deployed 80 military personnel to Chad on Wednesday to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as Nigeria probed its deadliest attack ever with the militant group the main suspect. In a letter to congress, US President Barack…
Britain said Nigeria’s deadliest ever bomb attack, which killed at least 118 people, would strengthen the international community’s resolve to defeat terror in Africa’s most populous nation. Islamist militant group Boko Haram was blamed for two car…
Boko Haram gunmen killed more than 50 people in three separate attacks, including two near Chibok, the Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack on Monday afternoon…
Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was officially presented as a Barcelona player on Thursday after signing a five-year contract at the Camp Nou. The 22-year-old arrives from Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach on a deal worth a reported…
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla is to replace Graeme Smith at Surrey after the former Proteas captain was ruled out for the rest of the English season with a fractured right knee. Smith is now set to return to his native South Africa, with Gary Wilson…
England striker Wayne Rooney said Thursday there would be no excuses if he failed to deliver for his country at the 2014 World Cup. Rooney broke through on the international stage at the 2004 European championships as an 18-year-old where his performances…
Nigeria on Wednesday probed its deadliest ever bomb attack, with Boko Haram blamed for the atrocity that killed at least 118 people and fresh attacks near the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped. Emergency services picked through the…
Former Manchester United manager David Moyes was being investigated by police on Thursday over allegations he assaulted a man in a wine bar. An incident between Moyes, 51, and a 23-year-old man is said to have happened in the Lancashire town of Clitheroe…
England received some good news ahead of their troubled tour of New Zealand when full-back Mike Brown declared himself fit for the first Test against the world champion All Blacks on June 7. With fly-half George Ford set to miss the tour because of…
Wales manager Chris Coleman on Thursday named a 23-man squad for the international friendly against Holland in Amsterdam on June 4, with Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey an absentee. Coleman has decided to rest the scorer of the decisive extra time goal…
Protesters on Thursday were taking their call for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to Nigeria’s president, as US military personnel headed to Chad as part of the rescue effort. Demonstrators said they were intending to…