Xavier Doherty and Brett Lee shared eight wickets as Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the fourth One-day International to secure an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Arsene Wenger gets another chance to finally beat his old nemesis and keep the Premier League title race alive for a little longer when Arsenal host leaders Chelsea on Sunday.
Skipper Adam Gilchrist smashed a blistering 106 and shared a record partnership with Shaun Marsh (79) to steer Kings XI Punjab to a 111-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League match at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday.
Jamie Vardy pounced just before halftime to earn Leicester City a 1-0 over West Brom at The Hawthorns on Saturday, to take them closer to Premier League survival.
Dinesh Karthik smashed a quickfire 69 as Kings XI Punjab overcame initial and middle over stutter to thump Kochi Tuskers Kerala by six wickets and keep themselves in contention for a play-off berth in the Indian Premier League in Indore on Friday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab in Dharamsala on Friday.
Former Australian paceman Shaun Tait has warned the hosts against going in with four quicks in the third Test against India in Perth, saying that it is not a good idea to go with an all-pace attack even on a green-top wicket like WACA.
The tourists were left on 20-2 after seven overs going into the second day.
Wood, who has 11 one-day international caps but missed the winter tour of India, is joined by fellow paceman Liam Plunkett who is yet to play for Yorkshire this season because of a calf injury.
No sooner had the match ended, social media was abuzz with congratulatory messages for the team.
A play-offs spot having sealed after a resounding victory in their previous match, Kolkata Knight Riders would aim for a top-two finish with a win when they take on an inconsistent Kings XI Punjab in an IPL match, in Mohali, on Tuesday.
Kagiso Rabada produced a sublime spell of bowling to take five wickets as Australia were dismissed for 243 in their first innings on the opening day of the second Test on Friday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji reveal the Most Valuable Players of the Inda-Australia ODI series.
The 44-year-old Pires was a member of the French side and teammate of current national manager Didier Deschamps that won the tournament for the first time at home in 1998.
As the players' auction for the fourth edition of the IPL concluded on Sunday, Kings XI Punjab coach Michael Bevan expressed satisfaction with the team at his disposal.
Australia have omitted Cameron White from their one-day squad for next month's tour of Sri Lanka but retained the 27-year-old batsman as captain of their Twenty20 side.
Struggling teams Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab take on each other in an Indian Premier League match in Mohali on Sunday as they desperately seek to get back to winning ways to stay in the hunt for a play-offs berth.
Home skipper Glenn Maxwell invited Hyderabad to bat but could hardly trouble the visitors who negotiated the attack with remarkable ease.
Fast bowler James Pattinson looks set to make his international debut after being included in the Australia squad for next month's tour of Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Images from the final day's play of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Tuesday.
Belgium forward Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League leaders said on Thursday.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte gave short shrift to media reports linking him with a move away from the English Premier League leaders and said he was eager to build "something important" at Stamford Bridge.
With no Champions League football for a third straight season, the financial realities are starting to bite and Arsenal will be desperate for some of their talented youngsters to come through.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was impressed with Hiral Patel's blazing 45-ball 54-run innings and compared the Canada opener with Indian swashbuckler Virender Sehwag.
Australia bundled out England for a paltry 103 in their second innings to win the second Test match at Lord's on Sunday by a massive margin of 405 runs on the fourth day.
# Gayle and Badrinath are the only two batsmen to have recorded five innings of fifty-plus in the present competition.
One of the front-runners to win the Orange Cap this IPL season, Kings XI Punjab's opener Paul Valthaty said getting a compliment from his idol Sachin Tendulkar was the biggest achievement for him.
A summary of the 2011 World Cup warm-up matches played on Monday.
Kings XI Punjab produced a clinical all-round performance to score a comprehensive 29-run win over bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils to keep their play-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League in Dharamsala.
Former Australia captain Allan Border has said that Victoria medium-pacer John Hastings, who was relatively unknown a year ago, is set to play an important role in Australia's defence of the World Cup.
Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat against an Indian side missing their inspirational skipper Virat Kohli through injury in the fourth and final Test in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Former South African skipper Shaun Pollock believes that the Proteas will reach the final of the World Cup, starting February 19.
The former captain added, "So for Australia it's about enjoying it, working together and not looking too far ahead."
Spaniard Garbine Muguruza's relationship with grasscourt tennis has not been smooth but it has blossomed so spectacularly.
Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has re-ignited his feud with Sir Alex Ferguson, calling claims in his former boss's recently published autobiography "lies".
'The point is that if as a player I have always played for the team, then I deserve chances more consistently. That's the least I am asking.'
Images from the English Premier League matches played at Old Trafford on Saturday
Former England coach Peter Moores has turned down an opportunity to suc'ceed Waqar Younis as the new Pakistan coach, the 53-year-old Englishman said.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hoping Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can be fully fit in time for the start of the Premier League season after the midfielder struggled with a knee injury last campaign.
Tomic's lawyer told Australian Associated Press that prosecutors had dropped the case over inconsistencies in reports lodged by hotel security and police.
