Ahead of a possible last-16 meeting between England and Germany, football legend Franz Beckenbauer also known as Der Kaiser has increased the pressure on The Three Lions by saying that their coach Fabio Capello, had taken the team backwards.
Ian Botham has heaped praise on Indian captain Rahul Dravid, saying he was different from his fellow players good only in their own backyards.
The Australian team on paper holds slight advantage on a bouncy track at The Oval but both Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting believe that the Indians are better prepared.
Just how an England team which arrived in Perth last October confident of winning a fourth straight Ashes series ended up capitulating 5-0 will be subject of much soul-searching over the next few months.
Sehwag, Gambhir to lead Gujarat Giants and India Capitals in LLC
'At school, on August 15, the Indian flag was raised. There was no national anthem at that time and we sang Rise India Thy Millions Lead,' recalls military legend Major General Ian Cardozo (retd).
'We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.'
Cricket fraternity took to social media to extend Christmas greetings
Ricky Ponting believes that English pacer Stuart Broad, who announced his retirement after the ongoing fifth Ashes Test, is the 'ultimate Ashes warrior'.
Australian legend Shane Warne believes England have no chance of regaining the Ashes without Kevin Pietersen, who is a doubtful starter for the series owing to his Achilles heel.
The England-India series has brought the bowler back into what has been turned into a batsman's game, says Aakar Patel.
England football captain Steven Gerrard has banned his hot and sexy wife Alex Curran from going with the team to the FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Liverpool legend has reportedly tagged players' wives and girlfriends (WAGS) 'a distraction'.
China's two-time Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan, one of the sport's greatest singles players, announced his retirement on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who won the Olympics singles titles in Beijing in 2008 and the 2012 London Games, has won all the sport's major titles, including five world championships' gold medals.
Rajneesh Gupta brings all Yuvraj Singh's numbers from different formats of cricket.
Some of our favourite looks of girl who will soon be riding the Band Baaja Baaraat juggernaut.
Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam has come out in Virat Kohli's support after the latter's slump in form.
Indian team boasts of world's best spinners and it has enough experience in both bowling and batting to outwit hosts England during the upcoming series, said former coach Anil Kumble.
West Indies legend Michael Holding analyses India's showing in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa.
BCCI ended days of crisis after the broadcaster apologised and reinstated Gary Lineker as the host of his show the 'Match of the Day;
The complete lack of live action due to the COVID-19 pandemic is a 'good break' for modern cricketers spending most of their time on the road, feels legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Aabbas. He was supposed to be with his wife in London, but got stuck in Karachi due to the travel ban in the wake of the virus outbreak.
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between India and Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Thursday, October 19.
Virat Kohli has scored 8,043 Test runs at an average of 50, scoring 27 centuries and 7 double hundreds.
'It's a relief for other teams that Bumrah and Harshal aren't playing this Asia Cup!' Irfan told Waqar.
Spin legend Shane Warne feels that the world number one side England have the capability to surpass the outstanding bunch of Australian players of the late 1990s and early 2000s and dominate the world.
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has revealed that spin legend Shane Warne's useful tips helped him dismantle England batting line-up and clinched the three-match Test series 2-0 in the United Arab Emirates.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who achieved the landmark 100 Test matches, got a specially created 100th Test cap from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon? A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's must-read book, The Great Indian Cricket Circus.
Ten years ago, Prakash Padukone had predicted the rise of Lakshya Sen.
After Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard returned to the Premier League club as caretaker manager.
Connor's nomination was announced by her predecessor, Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, at the Annual General Meeting last year but she had to wait for a year to take charge due to COVID-19.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Cricket legend A B de Villiers is set to pick up a set of golf clubs and tee off with former tennis World No 1 Ashleigh Barty at the Icons Series golf event in the US.
The cricketing life of Martin Crowe, who passed into the ages on March 3.
The Twenty20 league mooted by Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and spin champion Shane Warne could be a risky proposition.
India's first-ever Olympic medallist in women's boxing Mary Kom has been honoured with the Global Indian Icon of the Year award at the annual UK-India Awards in Windsor.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
To celebrate India's glorious World Cup win on June 25, 1983, Paymentz launch The 1983 World Cup Opus exactly 39 years later.
Legends Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan plotted the course for Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara led the way for Rajasthan Royals.
The Indian cricket legend was felicitated on the same date July 13 when he led India to Natwest final win in 2002
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