New Delhi: Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and two of his teammates managed to come out unscathed from a near stampede situation after an exhibition match in a remote town of Maharashtra, where they had gone to inaugurate a cricket academy... more »

Brad Hodge will become Victoria's most-capped first-class player on Saturday when he takes the field in a Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania at the MCG and surpasses Darren Berry's record of 138 appearances for the state.8 Vote(s).. more »

Calcutta/Mumbai: Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the first one-dayer against England in Rajkot due to an ankle injury. England seamer Ryan Sidebottom will also miss the opening match with an Achilles injury, a team spokesman said on Wednesday... more »

For more details on this topic, see History of Chelsea F.C. The first Chelsea team in September 1905. Chelsea were founded on 14 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the .. more »

Nagpur: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been caught off guard by Appeals Commissioner Justice Albie Sachs' decision to uphold the one-Test ban on in-terrific-form opener Gautam Gambhir... more »

The 3rd Test is poised similarly to the 2nd after India have just spent the first 2 days grinding the Australian bowlers into the ground. Here are all the gory details from day 2:Ricky Ponting has captained surprisingly defensive - it's easy to attack when you have Shane Warne bowling at one end and Glenn McGrath at the other. But what does a .. more »

FORMER Bulldogs coach Steve Folkes has signed a deal to become the strength and conditioning coach for the West Indies cricket team.2 Vote(s).. more »

Stung by a barrage of criticism, retired Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist today denied calling Sachin Tendulkar a "bad sport" and a "liar" in his upcoming autobiography, claiming that he was misinterpreted by the media.Gilchrist said all is well between him and Tendulkar after he rang up the Indian batting maestro to .. more »

Paul Moon rages against the avaricious ECB and reveals that Allen Stanford is "no cricket purist." Gee, do ya think so? As Test match crowds dwindle outside England, and with Pakistan beset by security fears, Giles Clarke (chairman of the ECB) wants English cities with big ethnic populations to stage neutral Tests. He believes that .. more »

Sunil Gavaskar and Peter Roebuck put the fifth day of the second Test into perspective.3 Vote(s).. more »

Manchester City travel to Newcastle United in the Premier League on Monday night hoping to inflict more misery on their hosts. Watch Newcastle United vs Manchester City live online. live streaming football feeds make it easy to watch live soccer online every week. Click Here To Watch .. more »

NEW DELHI: Star Cricket has launched a slate of ten feature programmes on cricket, starting today. Says ESPN Software India managing director R. C. Venkateish, “This new line-up of programs is in line with our overall strategy of showcasing a balanced mix of live as well as feature programs on our networks. The programs capture some of the .. more »

LONDON (Reuters) - Leg-spinner Monty Panesar will warm up for England's test series in India by playing club cricket in Sri Lanka, coach Peter Moores said on Tuesday. .. more »

Muzzy and the trout have been hard at work gauging the possible impact of legendary Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear on this weeks Premier League games. I've seen Joe Kinnear in the flesh and I saw his Wimbledon team of the 90s play many times. They were incredible and if Joe can get Newcastle playing like Crystal Palace 2 hopefully they will also .. more »

Substitute Chopra scored both goals, finishing clinically with 10 minutes remaining and then slotting into an empty net during stoppage time.Downing blazed a controversial spot-kick over when the game was still goalless - his second missed penalty of the season.A frantic final quarter enlivened a previously drab Tees-Wear 'derby' - the uninspiring .. more »

Sri Lanka A came back well to dismiss South Africa A - overnight on 388 for 4 - for 550 but lost three wickets in their slow-paced first innings on the second day in Benoni.2 Vote(s).. more »

Bloggers in Australia have attacked the captain-in-waiting for his 'ruthless' handling of his friend Andrew Symonds' case.  .. more »

Kevin Pietersen's England can celebrate their NatWest Series win over South Africa but only on the condition that they buy into the captain's challenge to continue their self-improvement. .. more »

India women were comprehensively beaten by their English counterparts, but vice captain Jhulan Goswami hopes for a turnaround.  .. more »

Despite going down to Bologna, Milan were the most impressive of the top teams on the opening day while Juventus and Fiorentina impressed for different reasons, says Dave Farrar. As expected, the first weekend of Serie A provided plenty of clues for the season to come. I mentioned on Friday that it goes against the grain to wait one matchday .. more »