England pace bowler James Anderson admits he and his team-mates must take more responsibility as they look to bounce back from a woeful Ashes defeat against Australia. Anderson and company will be led by a new coach this season, with the new man set…
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Dutch rider Wouter Poels of the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday as Alberto Contador maintained his overall lead. However, Spanish star Contador, of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, saw his compatriot…
Norwich captain Russell Martin insisted the team hadn’t ‘stopped playing’ for Chris Hughton after the Canaries manager was dramatically sacked by the Premier League strugglers. Hughton was dismissed on Sunday after Norwich’s 1-0 loss at home to West…
Sri Lanka fans at home burst firecrackers and danced on the streets as the national team won the World Twenty20 title beating India by six wickets in Dhaka on Sunday. Instant celebrations broke out at cricket grounds and public parks in the capital…
Fulham breathed new life into their bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League as Hugo Rodallega’s late strike sealed a crucial 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Saturday. Felix Magath’s team began the day bottom of the table, but they moved up to 18th…
Hull eased their fears of relegation from the Premier League as George Boyd’s header earned a 1-0 home win against Swansea on Saturday. Steve Bruce’s team moved nine points clear of the bottom three after Boyd bagged the winner in the first half at…
When radio sports talk-show hosts wander into the realm of grown-up issues, like crime and politics and medicine, they tend to show how little they know. Such was the case this week when Daniel Murphy, a player with the New York Mets baseball team,…
England manager Roy Hodgson has promised his team will go on the offensive at the World Cup after being criticised for a cautious approach at Euro 2012. Hodgson’s side kick off their World Cup campaign against Italy in Manaus on June 14 in a rematch…
Manchester United manager David Moyes insists all his focus is on his team’s Premier League performance at Newcastle United following what he described as one of his best nights in football. United’s 1-1 draw with Champions League title-holders Bayern…
Stevie Wonder will top the bill at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, with other headliners including Pharrell Williams, Damon Albarn and Massive Attack, organisers said on Thursday. The festival team said that bringing soul icon Stevie…
Britain’s former Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins will race the Tour of Flanders on Sunday for the first time since 2005, his Sky team have confirmed. The 33-year-old who became the first British rider to win the fabled Tour de France in 2012…
Lawyers for Apple and Samsung exchanged barbs as a major new patent trial opened Tuesday, debating the role of a company not even part of the case — Google. Apple’s legal team vowed to prove that Samsung flagrantly copied iPhone features and should…
The face of national team football has been altered this week by UEFA, and it may be just the beginning of sweeping changes designed to improve the sport immensely. The UEFA Nations League, which will look to start in September 2018 for the European…
Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel expressed disappointment on Wednesday after a goal that he thought he had scored was instead officially attributed to one of his team-mates. “What a shame,” Schmeichel wrote on Twitter. “All can see it was…
Mercedes underlined their superiority in the new Formula One season as first Lewis Hamilton and then Nico Rosberg led the timings in the Malaysian Grand Prix practice sessions on Friday. Hamilton topped the opening session with his team-mate third,…
How do recovery teams map a search zone for plane wreckage? CNN’s Brian Todd interviews an expert whose team has done it.
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…
England full-back Mike Brown was on Friday named player of the 2014 Six Nations, beating off competition from Ireland legend Brian O’Driscoll. Brown, a key member of the English team that finished second behind Ireland, secured more than 34 percent…
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has potentially opened the door on a return to Atletico Madrid after expressing an interest in working under former team-mate Diego Simeone. “In football, you never know,” he told the Friday editions of several British…
South African captain Faf du Plessis and spearhead Dale Steyn will undergo fitness tests ahead of their opening World Twenty20 game in Chittagong, the skipper said Friday. Both du Plessis and Steyn took part in team practice on Friday but have not fully…