Under-pressure Ricky Ponting was today appointed captain of the Prime Minister's XI to face the West Indies in January, suggesting his international career still has legs.

The former Australia skippe

Former England cricket hero Andrew Flintoff has found himself on the back foot even before he throws his first punch for money in the boxing ring on Friday night.

Freddie, as he is fondly known in Br

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is demanding a return to the ruthless accuracy from his strikers that fired the club to their first league title since 1968 in May.

City travel to the DW Stadi

Ferrari gate-crashed Sebastian Vettel's triple world title party by insisting that Spaniard Fernando Alonso should have been crowned champion in an acrimonious, season-finale parting shot.

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Rangana Herath grabbed two big wickets to lead Sri Lanka's fightback on the second day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Monday.

The left-arm spinner

A high-profile Pakistani journalist and television anchor escaped an assassination bid on Monday when police defused a bomb planted under his car in Islamabad, police and his channel said.

Debutant Faf du Plessis batted throughout the final day for a defiant unbeaten century to guide South Africa to a thrilling draw against Australia in the second Adelaide Test on Monday.

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Daniel Flynn hit an impressive half-century as New Zealand reached 396-8 in their first innings at tea on the second day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.

The middle-order bat

Rory McIlroy has promised a repeat of his stunning 2012 after he finished the season with five birdies in a row to win his fifth title of the year and a $2.33 million pay-day in Dubai.

The 23-year-ol

Red Bull team bosses on Monday hailed world champion Sebastian Vettel after the German survived retirement-threatening damage to his car on his way to finishing sixth at the season-ending Brazilian Gr