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London, Sep.19 (ANI): With an historic 7-0 whitewash of their one-day series against England firmly within their grasp, Australia’s cricketers head to Durham.

No team has ever swept a seven-match series, but Tim Paine, the stand-in wicketkeeper-batsman whose maiden international century led Australia to a 111-run victory and a 6-0 lead at Trent Bridge on Thursday, [...]

London, September 15 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist has found that prehistoric man navigated his way across England using a crude version of a satellite navigation system, which was based on stone circle markers.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the research, by historian and writer Tom Brooks, shows that Britain’s Stone Age [...]

London, Sep.15 (ANI): Australian middle-order batsman Michael Hussey has revealed that skipper Ricky Ponting has told the team not ease off against England in the ongoing one-day series despite taking a series-winning 4-0 lead.

“Ricky’s been on our hammer already basically about trying to maintain our momentum. We’ve also identified some areas we need to improve. [...]

London, Sep.13 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has made it clear he wants to return to England for the 2013 Ashes.

Ponting said that having made the decision to retire from Twenty20 cricket internationally, he was hopeful about prolonging his Test career and making it to the 2013 Ashes squad.

“It’s hopefully going to give me a [...]

London, Sep 12(ANI): Australian all-rounder Cameron White reckons that Australia can finish their Ashes-losing England tour with a flourish by defeating their arch rivals seven-nil in the on-going ODI series.

Australia lost the five-Test campaign 2-1, but they are leading 3-0 in the seven [...]

London, Sep 11 (ANI): Ravi Bopara, who has been struggling with his batting form, remains convinced that he will become an international star despite a desperate struggle against Australia.

He has already been dropped from England’s [...]

London, Sep 11 (ANI): Indian origin England Batsman Ravi Bopara and his teammate Owais Shah have been accused of playing for their places rather than for the team, as the team trails Australia 0-3 in the seven match ODI series.

Gloucestershire [...]

London, Sep 10 (ANI): England coach Fabio Capello after watching his team crush Croatia 5-1 has said that now they can win the World Cup.

“If we can keep everyone fit and play with the spirit we showed against Croatia, then we can be real contenders. We are one of the best teams in the world [...]

London, Sep 5 (ANI): Fabio Capello will be England football team’s manager even after next year’s World Cup finals.

There are fears that he will quit as boss if England fails to reach the quarterfinals. But the Italian has a 6 million pound-a-year deal with the Football Association until 2012.

“The target is to respect [...]

London, Sep 4(ANI): Stand-in Australian ODI captain Michael Clarke has declared that paceman Brett Lee, who has had a frustrating tour of England so far, is raring to have a go at the England batsman.

Lee, who missed the entire Ashes series, displayed a glimpse of frightening pace during their rain-affected Twenty20 series in Manchester, and [...]

London, Sep.1 (ANI): Croatia have accused England of a conspiracy to deliberately nobble their star players.ccording to The Sun, Croat FA president Vlatko Markovic set the tone by claiming his Premier League-based players have been targeted.

Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric is out for six weeks after fracturing his right leg on Saturday, while Arsenal striker [...]

Lahore/London, Aug.28 (ANI): Pakistan will play a ‘home’ Test series against Australia in England next year. It will also play a series against England.

Pakistan will play six Test matches in the two series, a statement released by the England and Wales [...]

London, Aug. 24 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has refused to rule out being back in England in 2013 after losing the Ashes here again.

Ponting has probably played his last Ashes Test in England however he conceded he could have unfinished business here.

He would be 38 at the time of the next Ashes in England.

“Who [...]

London, Aug 21 (ANI): English pop singer Lily Allen was spotted cheering for England at the Ashes decider on August 20, with a St George’s Cross painted on her cheek.

Allen, 24, was seen with decorating firm boss boyfriend Sam Cooper watching Freddie Flintoff, Andrew Strauss and [...]

London, August 21 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has uncovered what they believe could be remains of the only medieval stone castle in South Northamptonshire, UK.

According to a report in the Northampton Chron and Echo newspaper, archaeologists from Northamptonshire made the discovery at The Mount in Alderton, near Towcester, after they picked up where Time [...]

London, July 6(ANI): Football legend Franz Beckenbauer, who is in the FIFA committee that picks the venue for 2018 and 2022, gave hopes of England hosting the 2018 football World cup.

“England would be ready tomorrow. As a UEFA member, I would like to see it in Europe but it is an open race,” The Sun [...]

London, July 5 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting claims that his team is itching to rip apart England in the First test to be held at Cardiff on Wednesday.

Though, the Aussie skipper was disappointed with his squad’s performance against the English Lions in a four-day game at Worcester, but he was delighted to see key [...]

London, July 3 (ANI): Wicketkeeper Matt Prior believes his conversion from wannabe sledger to England’s Mr. Cool can help secure Ashes glory this summer.

The wicketkeeper-batsman copped some serious stick for his motor mouth antics when he first broke into the Test team in 2007, reports The Sun.

But having spent 2008 out of the side, [...]

London, July 2 (ANI): As many as 8,000 cases of forced marriage were reported in England last year, according to a Government report.
According to The Telegraph, the study published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families claims that the overwhelming majority of victims are teenage girls from Pakistan or Bangladesh.

They are often coerced into [...]

London, June 28 (ANI): Former England captain Michael Vaughan is expected to announce his retirement from cricket this week.

According to the News of The World, the 34-year-old Yorkshire batsman and England’s most successful skipper, had hoped to regain his place in the national squad this summer, but the selectors snub this week, convinced him [...]