Bradley Wiggins was released from hospital on Thursday following his bike crash as British Cycling announced that Shane Sutton, the team's head coach, had also been knocked off his bike.
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid will feature in a Twenty20 tournament in Dubai in March as a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Blackburn Rover became the first former English Premier League champions to be relegated to the third tier.
As Blackburn Rovers supporters in Lancashire awoke on Tuesday struggling to cope with the club's relegation from the Premier League, there was little sympathy to be found on the streets of India, the home of the club's owners.
England fast bowler James Anderson is worried that Test cricket is losing popularity as attendances for the longer format are declining, with younger crowds preferring to watch Twenty20.
With the coronavirus outbreak forcing a cricket shutdown across the world, there is speculation that the sport might initially return without fans. The global health crisis has forced England and Wales Cricket Board to suspend all professional sport till July 1 in the country and also put in doubt the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Buttler said he is hoping for some form of cricket to return this year.
The 13-year-old Burnley fan who made a racial slur against Spurs' Son Heung-Min will be made to work in conjunction with Kick It Out and Burnley FC in the Community programs.
Burnley beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at Ewood Park in their East Lancashire derby but Premier League sides Southampton and Newcastle United crashed out of the English League Cup to Championship opposition in Wednesday's second-round games.
Leicestershire and Somerset have qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament after winning their respective England domestic T20 semi-finals via one-over eliminators at Edgbaston.
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reportedly threatened to stop its county teams from competing in this year's Champions League Twenty20 in India unless the organisers of the event -- the BCCI -- pay them the participation fees in advance.
Why England didn't have those extra covers on the ground, considering the rain predictions
"I resigned from the Committee of Administrators six months ago and this is for the first time that I am commenting in public on cricket. (There is a) story about massive dispute between Col CK Nayudu and Vinoo Mankad," Guha spoke during a function at the Bombay Gymkhana in South Mumbai.
When bored at work, most workers look to munchies and caffeinated beverages to perk them up.
Australian Jason Swift has been appointed fielding coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said late on Sunday. The 40-year-old, who has spent the past six years as a coach and performance analyst with English county club Lancashire, has agreed a two-year term with Bangladesh.
Andrew Flintoff's advice to Formula One teams visiting India for the country's first Grand Prix next week is to fuel themselves on beer and curry.
Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce became the second mid-table Premier League manager to be sacked in eight days after the club's new Indian owners announced his departure with immediate effect on Monday.
In a historic first for Indian football, Pune FC will host English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in an exhibition match on July 22.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was named on Wednesday in a 16-man squad for the Ashes tour to Australia despite being arrested earlier in the week for an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
Uncapped Test duo Simon Kerrigan and Chris Woakes have been named in England's 14-man squad for the fifth and final Ashes contest against Australia, starting at The Oval on Wednesday.
In recent months rumours have been doing the rounds that Anil Ambani is planning to takeover Newcastle, while his brother Mukesh and the Sahara group are eyeing Liverpool. On Friday, there were reports of another Indian entrepreneur planning to take over Blackburn Rovers, another English Premier League club. According to Times Online, Mumbai-based businessman Saurin Shah, has the Lancashire club in his sights because of the town's large Asian population.
A plane carrying a banner declaring 'White Lives Matter Burnley' flew over Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Monday at the start of the Premier League game against Burnley.
Nottinghamshire pipped Somerset to the 2010 English County championship by taking three late Lancashire wickets and winning a bonus point in a thrilling rain-affected finale to the season on Thursday.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff suffered yet another injury setback on Tuesday, days before he was due to return from a year on the sidelines, and is ruled out of action for the rest of the season.
Yuvraj Singh has been included in Marylebone Cricket Club squad to play in Emirates T20
Former South Africa pace bowler Andre Nel will sit out Surrey's next two games after being suspended by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday. Nel received the automatic ban after showing dissent at an umpire's decision during Sunday's one-day match against Lancashire.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has had two knee operations since helping England win the Ashes, hopes to make his long-awaited return from knee surgery 'in the next few weeks'.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who retired from Test cricket last year and is currently recovering from surgery, will play again, according to Lancashire coach Peter Moores.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who continues his rehabilitation from knee surgery, has been given the green light to play for the club he first joined as a 12-year-old.
Every four years, FIFA World Cup puts an international spotlight on world football. For advertising firm J Walter Thompson London and its client - United Kingdom's National Centre for Domestic Violence, this presented an opportunity to shed some light on a particularly nasty side-effect of fervent sports fandom: domestic violence.
Frank Tyson, the former England cricketer regarded as one of the fastest bowlers of all time, has died at the age of 85, the BBC reported on Sunday.
Burnley's seemingly doomed attempt to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
Details about the life and career of the England all-rounder who will quit Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan announced his immediate retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi tops the radar of terrorist organisations. While Indian security agencies are working hard to ensure that the Games go on without a problem, a lot more still needs to be done.
'I feel sorry for the spectators who have travelled and paid hefty prices having to watch this lottery on a very substandard pitch. It's a disgrace.'
England stars Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will give away 10 per cent of their Indian Premier League earnings to their respective counties Hampshire and Lancashire.
'The English Game could have been truly great -- a precious glimpse into how the game went from being played by just the rich to one being eventually dominated by the masses,' observes Dhruv Munjal.
These photos prove that we live in a rather strange world.
England have recalled bowler James Anderson, all-rounder Ben Stokes and leg-spinner Adil Rashid to a 14-man squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford starting on Friday.
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