Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard scored to send England to the World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Poland on Tuesday that gave them top spot in qualifying Group H on a thrilling and nervy night at Wembley.
A revitalised England gave notice they would not be giving up the Ashes without a fight and reduced Australia to 220 for five at tea on a sweltering opening day of the third Test at the WACA on Friday.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar says if India wants to win the ongoing five-match ODI series in Australia they need to find a way to dismiss home team skipper Steven Smith early.
Australia batsmen David Warner and Cameron Bancroft have denied reports that their relationship with former captain Steve Smith has been strained in the aftermath of the trio's bans for ball-tampering.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 2 of Pune Test.
England pacemen Jake Ball and Steve Finn have been left out of the revised squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting on Friday, captain Alastair Cook said on Thursday.
Napoli brush aside lowly Crotone to go third in Serie A.
Gearing up for a possible 2016 presidential run, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the "biggest regret" of her tenure was the 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including its ambassador.
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who became the highest paid overseas player in the Indian Premier League auction, is excited about sharing the dressing room with Steven Smith and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his maiden stint at the cash-rich T20 tournament.
In Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg returns to an arena he predominantly parented with the optimism of a kid who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be an audience, notes Sukanya Verma.
Archaeologists and filmmakers Steven Elkins and Bill Benenson announced last year that they had discovered possible ruins in Honduras' Mosquitia region using lidar, or light detection and ranging.
Unlike Marty McFly in Back to the Future, Modi lacks a time-travelling car to go back to the past so that his own future can be set right, says Bharat Bhushan
Kevin Pietersen's Test future may be in doubt but the mercurial batsman was named in England's provisional 30-member squad for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has asked FIFA why the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was not used to review two key decisions they believe hindered their side during Sunday's 1-1 draw with Switzerland.
Australia's players will boycott an 'A' team tour of South Africa later this month unless a new pay deal is struck with Cricket Australia beforehand, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) said on Sunday.
Leicester City's Nampalys Mendy fired home the decisive spot kick as they beat Southampton 6-5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw, on Tuesday, to book a League Cup quarter-final with holders Manchester City.
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Ashes battles against England have done much to shape Steve Smith as a cricketer but his first series in charge of Australia could do plenty to define his legacy as captain.
The winning photos this year in Nikon's annual Small World Photomicrography Competition offer an up-close look at our world's microscopic realm -- things that can't be seen with the naked eye.
In addition to declaring a national emergency, US President Trump has approved major disaster declarations for New York, California, Washington, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
The 34-year-old announced last week he would leave at the end of this season and move to Major League Soccer in the United States.
Ang Lee's Life of Pi and Steven Spileberg's Lincoln, produced by Anil Ambani's Reliance-Dreamworks emerge as frontrunners in Oscar 2013 race.
Did you like Vidya's desi look? Or did you think she over did it?
Australian PM Tony Abbott came in defence of young Australian captain Steven Smith's decision to declare in the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
Captain Steve Smith scored a breezy 44 to guide Australia to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the final Twenty20 International on Wednesday and a 2-1 series victory.
A summary of Saturday night's matches in the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Despite the first day's play being washed out, the third Test match between India and Australia, played at Mohali, is still proving to be an entertaining one. We look at the players who shone on Day 3.
Belgium finished five points clear at the top of League A Group 2 and will meet world champions France and former World Cup winners Italy and Spain in the final four next October.
Plan C Studios will also be producing films being helmed by various directors!
In his memoirs, Lord Stevens, former metropolitan police commissioner, said he ordered a secret operation to protect the prime minister and his wife after receiving intelligence about the plot, weeks before the event in June 2002.
Rain had the final word as the ICC Champions Trophy warm-up game between Australia and Pakistan was washed out after only 10.2 overs of play in Edgbaston on Monday.
Cricket Australia (CA) named Trevor Hohns as the full-time chairman of its National Selection Panel on Friday, effecting a structural change to improve the rankings of the underperforming Twenty20 side.
Stuart Broad was in an unfamiliar territory when he picked up another pair of whites as he cooked up a treat alongside fellow cricketers at the historic Lord's cricket ground - in the name of charity.
It was an engrossing day of cricket with both India and Australia trying to seize control in front of a big Sunday crowd at the M Chinaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and a lot of words were exchanged in the first session between India's fielders and Australia's batsmen.
Its Windows 8 system has shown no growth at all, disappointing investors.
Can the same Indian team beat Australia away from home? Look what Michael Kasprowicz said.
Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England in London, on Thursday.
