Jos Buttler hit a half-century to put England in a strong position on Day 3 of the fourth Test against India at Southampton on Saturday.
Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's crumpled cheat sheet that helped him save penalties against Argentina in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final shootout raised one million euros ($1.3 million) for charity on Saturday.
England, set a massive target of 628 in their second innings, were 56 without loss at stumps on day three, a tidy start but still facing the daunting prospect of surviving two more days in Bridgetown.
England out for lowest score in Barbados, WI in strong position
The England-India series has brought the bowler back into what has been turned into a batsman's game, says Aakar Patel.
Images from Monday's action at the Australian Open.
Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali made a comeback to Test cricket as they were included in England's 13-man squad for the first Test against India, starting in Edgbaston, on August 1.
Germany entered the World Cup semi-finals, beating Argentina via a penalty shoot-out 4-2, after the first quarter-final ended 1-1
The Norwegian side expressed interest in joining the project and sought details from the Indian side.
Indian shuttler Sourabh Varma stormed into his third successive summit clash after notching up a straight-game victory over local favourite and top seed Hsu Jen Hao in the men's singles semifinals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix badminton tournament, in Taipei City, on Saturday.
An inspired second half goal from Edison Mendez was enough to give PSV Eindhoven a slender 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round match
South Africa fought back in the afternoon session on the third day of the fourth Test on Sunday, reducing England to 138 for six in their second innings and restricting the hosts to a lead of 274.
Arsenal's captain will miss next week's Champions League qualifier due to a lack of pre-season training, while keeper Jens Lehmann is suspended for the third round, first leg tie.
Two wickets from successive balls in Ben Stokes's third over removed Quinton de Kock (5) and Faf du Plessis (0) and ended faint South Africa hopes of mounting a rearguard action in pursuit of their nominal target of 492.
A dominant India will be eyeing to clinch the five-Test series against England with yet another comprehensive victory when the two teams square off in the fourth match of the series starting from Thursday. With an unassailable 2-0 lead after three Tests, the confidence of the Virat Kohli-led team is sky high and they would like to regain the Anthony de Mello Trophy which they had lost to Alastair Cook's side back in 2012. Even if England manage a draw, India will win the series after the visitors' hat-trick of wins- 2011 in England, 2012 in India and 2014 in England again.
The US has not ruled out discussions with the Taliban on a prisoner swap as it tries to bring home its soldier held captive by the militants.
England beat Sri Lanka by 42 runs in the third and final Test in Colombo, on Monday, to complete a 3-0 series sweep.
Images from Day 4 of the fifth and final Test between England and India at The Oval in London on Monday.
Norway on Thursday offered its expertise and cooperation to help India meet its energy needs even as its Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said
Germany's squad for the World Cup finals comprises the following 23 players.
Rummenigge also said Kahn had been devastated by the decision of Germany coach to relegate him to second put him on the bench behind Lehmann.
The Indian captain, who has scored 544 runs in his eight innings this series, is 11th in the list of best ever in terms of rating points, just one adrift of a group of four -- Gary Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Vivian Richards and Kumar Sangakkara.
'This is for the first time home loan rates have dropped below 7 per cent,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
New Zealand edged Australia 22-18 to win the Four Nations title in Wellington on Saturday in a stunning upset of rugby league's traditionally dominant world power.
Germany's No. 1 goalkeeper Jens Lehmann said he is prepared to sit out the third-place match against Portugal to give Oliver Kahn a final taste of the World Cup.
Reiterating the desire for establishing peace and stability in the region, Aziz said Pakistan was seeking resolution of all differences with India.
Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is the first player ever to be sent off in a European Cup final.
The Spanish champions came back from a goal down to beat 10-man Arsenal 2-1 and win their second European Cup.
Arsenal beat Villarreal on a 1-0 aggregate after the second leg semi-final ended goalless.
Four goals from Michael Ballack helped Germany restore pride with a 7-0 demolition of Malta in a Euro 2004 warm-up.
