Australia will be greeted by blazing sunshine and a venue where they lost only once last century when they arrive at Lord’s on Thursday for the second Ashes Test against England determined to level th

England captain Alastair Cook said team spirit could never be taken for granted as Australia battled to present a united front after accusations of dressing room disharmony made by ex-coach Mickey Art

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Brian Lara ahead of Sachin Tendulkar as he feels the West Indian batsman enabled his team win more matches.

Chris Xuereb, the masseur and fitness advisor of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, has denied providing the two Jamaican sprinters with performance-enhancing drugs and said they should take responsibi

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged by German prosecutors with alleged bribery in connection with the sale of a stake in the global racing series.

Britain’s top actors joined Scotland Yard in issuing an appeal for information about British actor of Indian origin, 53-year-old Paul Bhattacharjee, who has been missing from London since July 10.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.

The Pakistani Taliban have set up a base in Syria to assess “the needs of the jihad” and at least 12 of its “experts” in warfare and information technology have visited the strife-torn country, a media report said.

The Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips and her husband, rugby player Mike Tindall are expecting their first baby in the New Year, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday.

They’ve both played 92 Tests, they are both world-class batsmen and they both scored a hundred on Test debut, in each case away to India.