Bishop refused to compare the Indian unit to the fearsome West Indians of the past.
A proposal for new world record ratification rules that could have a retroactive effect faced opposition from the World Olympians Associations (WOA) on Friday, who said it would cast suspicion on all past performances.
West Indies batting legend Vivian Richards feels Australia's Brett Lee is the most fiery fast bowler the sport has seen after the intimidating Caribbean quartet of Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Curtly Ambrose. Lee became the fastest bowler to claim 300 wickets in one-day internationals when he reached the milestone in his 171st match.
A new study explains why men felt sad, tearful or irritable following sex.
Teenager Joel Matip made a dream Bundesliga debut on Saturday, heading in Schalke 04's equaliser to help his team draw 1-1 at Bayern Munich and remain in fourth spot, four points off the pace.
Chanting "hands up, don't shoot" and "no justice, no peace", the crowd, estimated to be over 60,000, along with 16 members of Floyd's family, some of whom flew down to Houston, marched about a mile from Discovery Green Park to City Hall under the scorching sun.
In Burn After Reading, prepare to be bowled over by Chad, the man with a ridiculously botched highlight job. And he's played by Brad Pitt.
After registering a win against Dolphins in the last encounter, Pakistan champions Lahore Lions will go a for the kill to qualify for the semi-final when they lock horns against a formidable Perth Scorchers in the Oppo Champions League T20 in Bangalore.
England out for lowest score in Barbados, WI in strong position
Aleksandar Kolarov produced a moment of captain's inspiration, curling home a superb free kick as Serbia got their World Cup Group E campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on Sunday.
Red-hot striker Neymar helped fire Brazil into a World Cup second-round meeting with Chile when he scored twice in the first half as the hosts survived an early scare against already-eliminated Cameroon to win 4-1 and top Group A on Monday.
Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is facing a potentially lengthy spell on the sidelines after he was carried off on a stretcher with a suspected knee ligament injury in Wednesday's League Cup semi-final win over Everton.
Mayank Agarwal's 37-ball 60 was in vain as Australia Under-19 registered a 15-run consolation victory over their Indian counterparts in the final one-dayer of the three-match series, in Perth, on Friday. Opting to bat, the Australians accumulated 276 for 7 in 50 overs, thanks to Jason Floros's 59-ball 70 and Joel Garrett's 52 off 47 balls, before skittling out the Indians for 261 in 47.3 overs at the WACA. India won the series 2-1.
It's worth a watch, Aarush S promises.
Indian hockey team suffered their first defeat on their Australia-New Zealand tour when they went down 3-5 against Australian Development squad at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, on Tuesday night.
Joel Baker scored in the last minute of the match to help New Zealand shock World champions Germany 3-2 in the play-off and finish third in the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chandigarh on Monday. The teams were locked 2-2 till the last minute when Baker scored to carve out a memorable victory for his team.
Arsenal enjoyed an easy 2-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday to soar to the summit of the Premier League and leave their hapless opponents rooted at rock bottom.
West Indies legend Brian Lara will team up with some of Australia's finest players like Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer and Glenn McGrath for the Australian Legends XI, which will take on Big Bash League champions Perth Scorchers in the Festival of Cricket match in Perth on Friday.
The economic slowdown in India and the recession in many parts of the world are affecting us all in many ways. Here is a list of things that we need to do and some that we should not do during the downturn:
Photos from the Premier League matches played on Sunday
Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Joel Blumenfeld ordered Umair Ahmed, 19, to complete 180 hours of community service and write an essay about what he had learned since his attack on 16-year-old Harpal Vacher.
It was not so much the maths, though Liverpool's nine-point advantage over defending champions City, with one point less over Leicester City and Chelsea, is a significant gap, especially as Juergen Klopp's side have lost one league game in 18 months.
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup match between Sweden and South Korea, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Monday.
Liverpool went into last Sunday's Merseyside derby on the back of five wins from their previous six league games but were held to a 1-1 draw at Anfield by Everton and then to a goalless stalemate at home against West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 28th goal of the season in all competitions put United ahead and Sunderland's cause became all but impossible after Seb Larsson was sent off close to halftime.
Eulogising Virat Kohli's phenomenal achievements is the new normal and latest to join the bandwagon is West Indies legend Brian Lara terming the Indian captain as "game's leader at the moment."
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday
Salah back in Liverpool squad but may not be risked at Genk, says Klopp
2010 World Cup hosts South Africa have appointed Brazil's Joel Santana as the national coach.
European champions Liverpool made an emphatic start to the new Premier League season by scoring three times in the opening half an hour as they taught promoted Norwich City a harsh lesson with a 4-1 thrashing at Anfield on Friday.
South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir has been fined 30 percent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the side's 31-run win in the fifth and final ODI against Australia in Cape Town last evening.
A preview of the line-up action in the English Premier League
Will Meghan Markle's wedding dress match up to these?
Mikel Arteta scored Premier League leaders Arsenal's first goal in a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday but was later sent off in the early kickoff in south London.
The Palestinian Authority leader was admitted to a hospital in France after his health deteriorated.
'Trading is about psychology; 75% of it is about keeping your emotions in check.'
The mother of executed photo-journalist James Wright Foley, 40, has issued a statement after a video surfaced on Tuesday showing his horrific beheading by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorists as revenge for US airstrikes in Iraq.
The eight innings in the ongoing Australia versus India has produced an unprecedented 2498 runs and Cricket Australia bosses have admitted that they are trying to ring in change to make all the pitches batting friendly. In all the four ODI matches, batsmen have had the upper hand with 671 runs being scored in the Canberra game - third most in an ODI played in Australia. "In an ideal world we've got some of the best fast bowlers in the world who like it hard, fast and bouncy and we're not getting that at the moment," CA's general manager of team performance Pat Howard was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Southampton missed a penalty as they held a makeshift Manchester United side to a 0-0 draw in a tepid Premier League clash on Wednesday.
James Blake fought off two match-points to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and lifted the United States to a 2-0 lead over France in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Friday. Earlier in the day, Andy Roddick gave the US a 1-0 lead in a close 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 victory over Michael Llodra.
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