The retired England batsman was convicted in France in 1998 of hitting his ex-girlfriend; he maintains his innocence and said he "couldn't give a toss" about the criticism.
Olympians Joaquim Carvalho, Gurbux Singh and Gavin Fereira on Thursday hit out at the Indian Olympic Association for forming Hockey India, a unified body embracing the men's and women's units, in an 'undemocratic manner'.
New Zealand, on Monday, recalled temperamental all-rounder Corey Anderson for the five-match ODI series against India next month and he will play as a specialist batsman.
In a cabinet that was already being touted as the most diverse in British history, Priti Patel became the first Indian-origin home secretary with Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid moving from the UK Home Office to become the new chancellor.
Bolton Wanderers secured a priceless three points in their bid to escape relegation on Saturday, winning 1-0 at Middlesbrough.
Hungary reach Euro finals with last-gasp 2-1 win over Iceland
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Gavin Larsen says if he could rein in the batsmen of 1990s era even with his military medium pace it was because of his skipper Martin Crowe's tremendous leadership style and his faith in the bowlers.
Indian men beat Scotland 3-1 in the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
'I actually called Heath Mills 18 months ago and told him I was going to retire. He convinced me to take a little break'
Laurel Hubbard withdrew midway through the Commonwealth Games tournament
The ICC has approved Nikita Miller as replacement for Sunil Narine in West Indies' WC squad
MPs Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey held a press conference in London to tell reporters that they would sit as a separate independent group within Britain's Parliament.
The decision to create a separate window for IPL has played a massive role in qualitative growth of New Zealand cricketers, believes former seamer and current national selector Gavin Larsen. Another practical reason of having an IPL window is fear of attrition, considering that the cricketing talent pool in a country like New Zealand would be limited with a population of barely 5 million.
Michael White became the youngest ever finalist when he beat the Indian in the semi-final of the World Snooker Grand Prix.
Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to field against Zimbabwe in the second and final Test.
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Former Asian champion Alok Kumar is the only Indian left in fray at the quarter-final stage in the World Snooker Championship.
Michelle is not and will not run for presidency, US President Barack Obama said.
Tennis coach Gavin Hopper was found guilty of charges relating to a teenage girl who attended a school where he taught.
The man suspected of murdering the Sydney dentist Preethi Reddy, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in her car parked in an eastern Sydney street, New South Wales, is another Indian-origin dentist and her ex-boyfriend Harsh Narde, police said.
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has returned to side after recovering from eye surgery in late November and will rejoin the Test team for their two-match series against Bangladesh. Taylor had surgery to remove a pterygium, or growth, on his left eye that had affected his vision after the second Test victory against Pakistan in Hamilton. "It's great to have Ross back," New Zealand selector Gavin Larsen said in a statement on Thursday. "He has a phenomenal record that speaks for itself and he's coming off a terrific hundred in his last Test.
To have 11 fielders on the field, Australia had to field their masseur and logistics coordinator Grant Baldwin.
Ishant Sharma is suffering from a knee injury he sustained during the Boxing Day Test against Australia in December.
If the answer is yes, former Australian Test off-spinner Gavin Robertson may have a couple of tips for Ganguly's gang.
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SSP Chawrasia clinched his fourth European Tour title on Sunday when he won the Indian Open for the second successive year with a seven-shot victory over Malaysia's Gavin Green.
It is premature to make the assumption that Biden's policy toward China will not be a break with Trump, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 0.90 degree Celsius warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. That is second only to global temperatures in 2016.
The US became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus. It accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.
Shubhankar tied 110th after Rd 1 of English Championship
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Uncapped batsman Henry Nicholls has been called into New Zealand's one-day squad for the start of the five-match series against Sri Lanka, while pace duo Trent Boult and Tim Southee have been rested.
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