Tag: England

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday congratulated the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) with their mens team preparing to play their 1000th Test match, which begins at Edgbaston in Birmingham against India on Wednesday. Out of the 999 men’s Tests to date since their debut Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket […]

Schmeichel was the hero again with a low save from Kane in the 93rd minute and even stopped his 104th-minute spot-kick after Sterling went down under a slight contact, but he could do nothing to stop the England captain slotting home the rebound to end a 55-year wait for his country.

Volgograd (Russia): Captain Harry Kane scored a brace as England overcame Tunisia with a 2-1 victory in their FIFA World Cup Group G campaign opener at the Volgograd Arena here on Monday. The Tottenham centre-forward gave England the lead in the 11th minute but Ferjani Sassi converted a penalty to pull Tunisia level in the […]

Dubai: BBC Test Match Special has secured rights to broadcast ball-by-ball coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, to be held in England and Wales next year. Test Match Special will be broadcast to fans on multiple platforms across the UK, including on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra, Radio 4 Long Wave and […]

Dubai: England leapfrogged India to gain the No.1 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) rankings after the annual update which saw the men-in-blue losing a point to be positioned at second in the latest rankings released here on Wednesday. England, who last topped the ODI rankings in January 2013 have gained […]

Perth: A dominant Australia regained the Ashes trophy after crushing England by an innings and 41 runs on the fifth day of the third Test here on Monday. England were bowled out for 218 in their second innings which meant that along with their first innings score of 403, the visitors couldn’t overcome Australia’s humongous […]

Perth: England batsman Ben Duckett was suspended on Saturday following an alcohol-related incident in a Perth bar during a team night out on Thursday. “Duckett was meant to be opening the batting for England in the two-day tour match against a Cricket Australia XI at Richardson Park that started on Saturday,” cricket.com.au reported. “The 23-year-old, […]

Bhubaneswar: Samuel Ward struck a brace as England foiled an Indian fight-back to win 3-2 in a match of the Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. England had taken a 2-0 lead through David Goodfield (25th minute) and Ward (43rd) but India wiped away the visitors’ advantage with […]

London: Newly promoted Huddesfield stunned everyone as they recorded an unprecedented win by 2-1 against Manchester United, while leaders Manchester City thrashed Burnley 3-0 to take a five-point lead at the top and defending champions Chelsea defeated Watford 4-2 in the English Premier League (EPL) matchday-9 on Saturday. Huddersfield who entertained United scored two goals […]

London: London has retained its rank as the number one city in the world shrugging off Brexit worries, according to Global Power City Index (GPCI). The GPCI, published by the Mori Memorial Foundation, ranked London as number one for the sixth year in a row, highlighting the city’s strengths in, its cultural offer and transport links […]

London: Germany remained perfect in the European zone qualifiers while England secured the top place in their group as both sides assured themselves of berths in the 2018 football World Cup in Russia. Germany and England on Thursday joined host nation Russia and Belgium, who clinched it in the previous round, in the European contingent, […]

Kolkata: The England U-17 football World Cup team is hopeful of getting the services of star attacking midfielder Jadon Sancho for the group stages of the tournament after reports of the player’s club German giants Borussia Dortmund not letting him go surfaced. The FIFA U-17 World Cup begins on Friday with England playing their first […]

London: England will host India for five Tests, three One-day Internationals (ODI) and as many T20 Internationals, starting July 3 next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday. Virat Kohli’s men will start their tour with a T20I on July 3 at Old Trafford, which will host the first of three […]

London: England’s all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney on Wednesday announced his retirement from international football, effective immediately. The 31-year-old superstar had turned down England coach Gareth Southgate’s call to take part in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia, scheduled for next month, reports Efe. “Playing for England has always been special to […]

Galle: After a dominating end to the home Test season that included series wins against New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia, India are all set to start afresh under new coach Ravi Shastri, when they take on Sri Lanka in the three-Test series here. Going into the first Test of the series on Wednesday, the Virat […]