Topic: Western Europe
From the malign to the ridiculous, the madcap to the simply weird - there was no shortage of offbeat moments in world sport in 2011, from fining a coach not money but pigs for misdemeanours to eccentric Englishmen playing cricket in the ...
England star Kevin Pietersen has committed his future to Surrey for as long as he remains an international player, it was confirmed on Thursday.Pietersen is currently a centrally contracted player with England and has no fixed term for his county career at ...
England star Kevin Pietersen has committed his future to Surrey for as long as he remains an international player, it was confirmed on Thursday.Pietersen is currently a centrally contracted player with England and has no fixed term for his county career at ...
Three Pakistani stars being jailed for spot-fixing in England underlined a mixed year for cricket in Asia despite India's memorable World Cup triumph at home in April.Pakistan's resurgence on the field under Misbah-ul-Haq held out hope that all was not lost for ...
Kevin Pietersen has labelled Graeme Swann's recent autobiography as "not a clever book" after his England team-mate went into print to criticise him as "not a natural leader".Pietersen, in an interview with the BBC on Monday, insisted he had a good relationship ...
Pakistan and Afghanistan will play their first ever one-day international cricket match in Sharjah next February, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Friday.It will be Afghanistan's first one-day against a top international team, taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on ...
Indian batting great Rahul Dravid has urged administrators to cut "meaningless" one-day cricket matches and make efforts to win back fans to Tests, which he said remain the "gold standard" for players.Dravid also cautioned against the menace of match-fixing while delivering the ...
Pakistan all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq expressed hope Monday that their Twenty20 stint in Australia would stand them in good stead to beat England next month.Thirty-one-year-old Razzaq missed Pakistan's one-day series against Bangladesh due to a shoulder injury sustained against Sri ...
Pakistan's cricket board said on Saturday the umpiring Decision Review System (DRS) will be used in the three-Test series against England in the United Arab Emirates next month.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told AFP sponsorship had already been secured for ...
England recalled spinner Monty Panesar when they named a 16-man squad on Friday for their upcoming Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.The series, being played in the UAE because of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan, will be England's first ...