The coronavirus pandemic has spread to 146 countries with the worldwide death toll from the virus surpassing the 7,000 mark on Monday. Among the more than 1,73,000 cases recorded globally are government officials, celebrities and sports personalities as authorities around the world grapple to contain the spread of coronavirus. Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and singer Rita Wilson, British actor Idris Elba, and Sophie Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are some of the most well-known faces to be infected so far.
South Africa fast bowling great Allan Donald will join Australia as bowling coach for their tour of Sri Lanka this year, local media reported on Wednesday.
England's Chef de mission Craig Hunter said the arrangements at the Delhi Games Village are much better as compared to the Beijing Olympics.
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League on goal difference after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Southampton at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
In a scientific breakthrough, US researchers have created artificial life by developing the first bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome.
Consistency and confidence were the twin buzzwords in the England camp as they marched to Twenty20 World Cup success and no-one encapsulated those qualities better than Kevin Pietersen.
Craig Kieswetter scored a cracking half-century as England thrashed Australia by seven wickets to win the ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados, on Sunday. The wicketkeeper-batsman, later named man of the match, smashed 63 from 49 balls, with the help of seven boundaries and two sixes, and added 111 runs in 68 balls for the second wicket with Pietersen, who scored 47 from 31 balls, to help England secure their first global trophy.
World No 1 Australia scored three goals in the final quarter to register their second consecutive win in Pool B at the Kalinga Stadium.
Mikel Arteta hauled struggling Everton another point clear of the Premier League drop zone on Monday with a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Sunderland that denied the hosts a place in the top six.
Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy and Manchester United defender Gary Neville both escaped charges from the Football Association on Tuesday following their antics in Sunday's highly-charged Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
Nepal secured a historic entry into the upcoming World Cup qualifiers after a sensational last-ball one-wicket victory over Canada in the ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Windhoek (Namibia) on Wednesday.
Russia was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years on Monday, a period that includes the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for tampering with doping-related laboratory data. The World Anti-Doping Agency concluded that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats.
New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham will miss the second Test against India in Kolkata due to the rib injury that kept him out of the first match in Kanpur, coach Mike Hesson said on Wednesday.
Led by skipper Virat Kohli, the Indian Test squad sans opener Lokesh Rahul and coach Anil Kumble arrived in Kolkata along with the New Zealand team ahead of second cricket Test starting on Friday. Rahul has been ruled out of the match because of a hamstring injury while Kumble is slated to join the team on Wednesday morning ahead of their practice session at Eden Gardens in the afternoon, local manager said.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Ian Bell hit an unbeaten 84 on his first one-day international appearance since November 2008 to guide England to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday.
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England are planning to send a huge contingent of more than 500 athletes for the October New Delhi Commonwealth Games as they view it as a developmental stepping stone to Olympics.
Paul Collingwood and Alastair Cook hit half-centuries for England who cruised to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first One-day International on Sunday.
New England captain Rio Ferdinand has withdrawn his appeal against a one-match ban handed down after what the FA termed a 'frivolous' appeal against a violent conduct charge, Manchester United said on Tuesday.
Craig Kieswetter stole the limelight after a cracking innings of 63 as England ended their title drought at ICC global events by crushing Australia by seven wickets to win the ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday.
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been charged with violent conduct following an incident during Saturday's Premier League game against Hull City, the Football Association (FA) said on its website on Tuesday. The England international was involved in a clash with Hull striker Craig Fagan during the second half of United's 4-0 win.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur, on Saturday
Manchester City forward and Wales captain Craig Bellamy has moved to Championship (division two) club Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal and says he wants to lead them to the Premier League.
Manchester City have grabbed the spotlight on the eve of the Premier League season, with Robinho named in their 25-man squad list on Friday and Mario Balotelli flying in for a medical.
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Eoin Morgan struck a brilliant unbeaten century to lead England to a four-wicket victory over Australia in the first One-day International on Tuesday.
Captain Andrew Strauss hit 61 from 43 balls as England warmed up for next week's limited-overs series against Australia with a seven-wicket win over Scotland in a one-day international in Edinburgh on Saturday.
Opener Craig Kieswetter scored his maiden one-day century as England romped to a 45-run victory over Bangladesh on Friday to win the one-day series 3-0. South African-born Kieswetter, who completed his four-year qualification process last month and was added to the one-day squad after impressing for the England Lions, blasted 107 for the tourists, who piled an imposing 284 for five.
An American national, who was blacklisted and deported from Pakistan in 2011 after he was allegedly caught spying on sensitive installations, has been arrested after he arrived at the airport in Islamabad.
Harry Kane's injury-time goal gave England a 2-2 draw after a crazy finish to their World Cup qualifier against Scotland on Saturday with Leigh Griffiths having struck twice for the home side in the final three minutes.
Tomic slams 'disrespectful' Tennis Australia.
"I tried not to show it. I was just trying to breathe and relax and stick to what we have been doing at training."
Former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson has described the current Australian bowling attack as the worst he has seen in 30 years.
Local favourites Royal Challengers Bangalore and New Zealand's Otago Volts, smarting from their defeats at the hands of Cape Cobras in their tournament openers, would be desperate to put their campaigns back on track when they face-off in the Group C match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Bangalore, on Monday. It is a virtual knockout match for both Anil Kumble-led Royal Challengers and Craig Cumming's Otago Volts as the winners will progress to the League Stage.
New Zealand's Twenty20 champions Otago Volts enter the tournament as a strong contender for the title. Brendon McCullum is a proven match-winner, while all-rounder Dmitri Mascarenhas is capable of making a difference with both bat and ball.
A blistering 94-run second wicket stand between Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen helped England decimate South Africa by 39 runs in their Group E Super Eight match and qualify for the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
