Dirk Nannes (3 for 21) and Shaun Tait (3 for 30) ripped through the West Indies batting line-up to help Australia to a comfortable 38-run victory in the opening Twenty20 international at Hobart.
Substitute Jermain Defoe struck twice after the break to spare the blushes of England's defenders and earn Fabio Capello's side a 2-2 draw in a friendly with the Netherlands on Wednesday. European champions Spain struck three times in a devastating five-minute spell to come from behind and beat Macedonia 3-2, while striker Luis Fabiano scored just before halftime as Brazil beat Estonia 1-0 in a friendly.
Substitute Jermain Defoe struck twice after the break to spare the blushes of England's defenders and earn Fabio Capello's side a 2-2 draw in a friendly with the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Wednesday. England were punished for two blunders at the back in the first half as they fell 2-0 behind through opportunist strikes from Dirk Kuyt and Rafael van der Vaart.
Liverpool suffered another blow to their Premier League title hopes as a scrappy 1-1 home draw with Manchester City on Sunday left leaders Manchester United seven points clear.
The Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils at Buffalo Park in East London on Friday has all the makings of a showdown in the high street -- Dirk Nannes, rated as one of the fastest bowlers around will be up against two of the most dangerous openers the world of cricket has seen.
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3-0 at Anfield on Sunday to maintain their pursuit of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table and send Newcastle deeper into relegation trouble at the bottom. Second-placed Liverpool moved to 77 points with three matches to play. Leaders United have 80 points and four matches remaining.
Left-arm pacer Dirk Nannes, who had fine match in the six-wicket win over Deccan Chargers on Thursday, admitted that initially he was little nervous to replace the legendary Australian pacer in Delhi Daredevils' playing eleven.
A number of players scheduled to compete in the CLT20 have qualified to compete for multiple teams and will face a tough decision as the final squad deadline looms.
Melbourne-born Dutch pacer Dirk Nannes said he found it "bizarre" after Australia named him in their Twenty20 team even as his wife was "jumping up and down" at the news.
Liverpool battled to a 3-1 victory at 10-man Hull City on Saturday to keep the pressure on Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League. Chelsea maintained third place on 71 points with a low-key 1-0 victory at West Ham United courtesy of Salomon Kalou's goal.
Chelsea and Liverpool continued setting a hot pace at the top of the English Premier League with emphatic away victories on Saturday. Liverpool briefly went top courtesy of a 2-0 victory at Bolton Wanderers with goals from Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard before Chelsea responded by thrashing bottom club West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at the Hawthorns.
Liverpool took full advantage of an early kickoff at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, winning 2-0 to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
Winger Albert Riera struck a stoppage-time winner for European champions Spain who came from behind to win 2-1 in Turkey and maintain their 100 percent record in 2010 World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday.
Steven Gerrard scored a hat-trick as Liverpool maintained their stunning recent form by crushing Aston Villa 5-0 at Anfield on Sunday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United to just one point.
Rafa Benitez's risky decision to start Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt on the bench looked like a masterstroke on Saturday after the strikers came on late to earn a 3-2 victory at Portsmouth which sent Liverpool top. Liverpool's grandstand finish moved them one point clear of Premier League champions Manchester United, at least until Sunday when Alex Ferguson's side visit West Ham United for one of their two games in hand.
Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup in stunning fashion on Saturday when Championship (second division) Barnsley beat them 2-1 at Anfield with a last-minute goal by Brian Howard.
Liverpool took full advantage of an early kickoff at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, winning 2-0 to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
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Companies from Unilever to Proctor & Gamble, Nestl, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have all alluded to lockdown challenges in India and the globe as well as the impact it will have on April-June as well as full-year numbers.
Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Anfield on Tuesday after a stoppage-time own goal from the home side's John Arne Riise. Dutchman Dirk Kuyt gave Liverpool the lead after 43 minutes.
Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Sunday while Liverpool kept pace after an astonishing comeback earned them a 3-2 win at Manchester City.
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a pulsating 1-1 draw while Fenerbahce came from behind for a 2-1 home win over Chelsea in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg matches.
Steven Gerrard is to have surgery on his groin that is likely to rule him out of England's opening two World Cup qualifiers next month.
Liverpool reached the Champions League after a Dirk Kuyt goal deep into extra time gave them a 1-0 aggregate win over plucky Belgian rivals Standard Liege.
Netherlands qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with a 4-1 win over France which left the hopes of the World Cup runners-up hanging by a thread on Friday.
The presence of phosphine in Venus's thick atmosphere has revived the age-old question: Are we alone?
Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at home while Chelsea scored an identical win over Middlesbrough in the EPL.
When you can travel globally is when tennis can come back, from a pro level. From a local level, we can start right away and that's what we would be focused on at the beginning, says Tennis Australia head Craig Tiley.
In another match at the Port of Rotterdam tournament, Feyenoord and Porto drew 0-0.
Leonard, who also won the award in 2014 while playing for the San Antonio Spurs, joins basketball greats Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players in NBA history to win Finals MVP with two different franchises.
The result left the top positions in the Premier League unchanged. Arsenal lead the standings with 47 points, followed by Manchester United (45).
Liverpool beat Everton 2-1 in a dramatic EPL Merseyside derby on Saturday at Goodison Park.
The Liverpool coach was at a loss of words to explain his team's scrappy performance in the Champions League match at Porto.
Liverpool won the third qualifying round tie 5-0 on aggregate against Toulouse in the Champions League.
Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez said his team's chances were dashed due to the shorter than expected stoppage time.
Midfield mastery holds the key in the European Cup Champions League final.
Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven 4-0 on aggregate to set up a meeting with Chelsea in the semi-finals.
Goals from Dirk Kuyt and Xabi Alonso helped Liverpool secure a 2-0 home win.
Celebrity Big Brother organisers later said Jo would not be taking part in a press conference with Cleo for similar reasons to Jade. Jade had faced career meltdown over her treatment of Shilpa.
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