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London, Mar. 20 (ANI): After turning 21 on Tuesday, Arsenal winger Theo Walcott received everything – from an expensive bracelet to a bird feeder – as birthday presents, but winning a trophy is something the England star is hoping to get as gift this year.
“Mum always said what does she get a footballer who can [...]

London, Mar. 20 (ANI): Fast bowler Steve Harmison who was left out of the England squad to South Africa and Bangladesh insists that seeing England’’s new batch of bowlers in Bangladesh performing well is lessening his pain.
“I still think I have something to offer but watching guys like Tim Bresnan and Steven Finn coming through [...]

London, Mar.20 (ANI): Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini wants full back Wayne Bridge to use his month-long injury lay-off to reconsider his decision to quit England.
Bridge, 29, is out of action after undergoing a hernia operation.
According to The Sun, Eastlands boss Mancini has urged him to think carefully about doing a U-turn as he believes [...]

The touring England rugby squad will play two mid-week matches against an Australian Barbarians side boasting established internationals and emerging Test contenders during their visit in June.
Adding to a schedule headlined by their Cook Cup showdowns with the Wallabies on June 12 in Perth and June 19 in Sydney, England will also play the Australian [...]

London, Mar 19 (ANI): England manager Fabio Capello has confirmed that injured David Beckham has been invited to the World Cup.
Beckham, 34, was ruled out of the finals after snapping an Achilles tendon injury while playing for AC Milan last Sunday.
England still wanted their former skipper to join the camp, but Beckham has still to [...]

London, Mar 19 (ANI): The Achilles tendon injury of ace midfielder David Beckham can heal in time to enable him to play his fourth World Cup in South Africa, according to a top sports professor.
Beckham’s hopes of making the England squad for South Africa in June looked over after he tore an Achilles tendon while [...]

Turku (Finland), Mar 16(ANI): The leading surgeon who operated on England and AC Milan midfielder David Beckham, has said that there is “no chance” of him playing in this summer’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Beckham was operated on less than 24 hours after rupturing his left Achilles tendon during AC Milan’s Serie A game [...]

David Beckham’s World Cup hopes hung in the balance after the England midfielder went off with a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon late in AC Milan’s 1-0 Serie A win over Chievo on Monday (AEDT).
Beckham was getting ready to kick a ball unchallenged when he suddenly pulled up and signalled to the bench despite second-placed Milan [...]

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 5 (ANI): England captain John Terry has increased the pressure before the World Cup qualifier against Croatia by insisting that their Arsenal striker Eduardo is a diver.

Terry leads his men out to face Slovenia today in a friendly at Wembley but it is very much a warm-up for the main event, The [...]

London, Aug.24 (ANI): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who is to go under the knife on Tuesday, will take his wife Rachael, parents and kids out for dinner, to celebrate the return of the Ashes with the 197-run victory over Australia at The Oval.

“I will take the missus out for dinner and spend the day with [...]

London, July 14 (ANI): England star midfielder David Beckham has opened the door for a dramatic return to the Premier League.

Becks, 34, has admitted he would come back to England if it boosted his chances of getting into Fabio Capello’s 2010 World Cup squad.

“I would definitely consider it. Never say never. When I [...]

Cardiff (Wales), July 6 (ANI): England has taken the threat of Australian opener Phil Hughes so seriously that it commissioned a secret dossier on his technique in the lead-up to the first Ashes Test, starting here on Wednesday.

If the recent tour match against the England Lions in Worcester was anything to [...]

London, July 4 (DPA) Striker Michael Owen completed his free-transfer move to English football champions Manchester United Friday.
The 29 year old underwent stringent medical tests before signing a two-year contract on what is believed to be a pay-as-you-play basis with a basic weekly wage topped up by bonuses.
“Michael is a world-class forward with a proven [...]

London, May 26 (ANI): Australia captain Ricky Ponting is closely monitoring the progress of England all rounder Andrew Flintoff, who played a key role in his team’s victory in Ashes 2005 and is currently recovering from keyhole surgery to his right knee.

Flintoff has failed to find his 2005 form, but has [...]

Sydney, May 14 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes both Michael Vaughan and Steve Harmison will find a spot in the England squad during the upcoming Ashes series.

Vaughan, who captained England to Ashes glory in 2005, and pace bowler Harmison, who was one of the stars of that series, are currently out of an [...]

London, Apr 29 (ANI): England’s batsman Ian Bell has vowed to make himself “undroppable” when he gets his next Test call up.

The selectors meet today to pick the 12-man Test squad with the number three position being contested by Bell, former captain Michael Vaughan, Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah.

Warwickshire batsman Bell impressed the management with [...]

London, Apr.29 (ANI): Michael Vaughan is unlikely to make it to the England team that is to play the West Indies when the squad is named on Wednesday morning.

According to The Telegraph, the selectors have looked to reward form rather than past records, and this should be good news for Ian Bell, who is [...]

London, Apr. 23 (ANI): England ’s cricket selectors are likely to show the door to Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies, though as of now, there is nothing official about it.

Apart from Bell, three [...]

London, Apr.16 (ANI): Former England batsman Ian Bell has said that it hurts that he is not in the national squad, and has answered his critics by smashing an unbeaten 84 for Warwickshire yesterday.

According to The Sun, the batsman had not played competitively for two months after losing his England place to Middlesex’s Owais Shah. [...]