Marcus Trescothick faced an uncertain future as an England cricketer after it was announced Wednesday that he’d been left out of the 14-man squad for next month’s Champions Trophy one-day tournament in India on medical grounds.
Military experts huddled behind closed doors here to finalise plans for deploying a beefed-up UN force to bolster a fragile truce in Lebanon between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas in the wake of 34 days of bitter fighting.
Russian engineers are modifying a Soyuz capsule for their first female space tourist ahead of a launch for the International Space Station in September, officials said.
Roberto Donadoni came off second best to Dunga in the 1994 World Cup final but neither could guide World Cup holders Italy or Brazil to victory in their first matches in charge of the national sides.
Liverpool and AC Milan scraped through to narrow wins to stay on course for the group stage of the Champions League on a night of heartache for the minnows.
Dean Jones was today accused of tarnishing Australia’s reputation for racial tolerance after labelling South African Hashim Amla a “terrorist” during a Test in Sri Lanka.
The long road to Champions League glory begins for some of the most famous names in European football on Tuesday as the final qualifiying rounds of the world’s most prestigious club competition kicks off.
Cricket fans argue over statistics with a passion even mathematicians struggle to match. But, when it comes bowling, one set of figures has stood above all others — 19 for 90.
Real Madrid’s prospective capture of Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has stalled after United boss Alex Ferguson rejected their offer, Press Association reported today.
British prosecutors have said they had ‘‘insufficient evidence’’ to charge police officers with any crime for killing a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber last year.
Zinedine Zidane’s sending-off in the World Cup final is the latest in several incidents that showed the darker side of France’s inspirational playmaker
