History was made in England's County Championship on Saturday, 23 July, as Glamorgan batter Sam Northeast flirted with the world record score of West Indies great Brian Lara and became just the first player this century to make more than 400 runs in a first-class innings. Northeast

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) boss Vince McMahon, who turned the firm from a regional player to global giant, says he will retire amid a flurry of misconduct claims. He stepped down from his roles in WWE last month following reports he paid millions to suppress allegations of

India just managed to hold off the challenge of an inspired West Indies team with the under-strength visitors coming away with a three-run victory in the first One-Day International of a three-match series at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Friday. Stand-in captain Shikhar

A thrilling bowling performance helped England level the one-day international series against South Africa with an emphatic 118-run win in a rain-affected game at Emirates Old Trafford. Defending 201 in 29 overs, a devastating new-ball burst reduced South Africa to 6-4 inside four

Man-to-man marking will be paired with drone v drone security at this winter's Fifa World Cup in Qatar. Unmanned aerial vehicles that shoot nets to bring down small "rogue" drones will help defend venues. Fortem Technologies will provide the interceptor drones,

The Asia Cup, which was scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka, has been shifted to the UAE, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said here on Thursday (July 21).  "Asia Cup will be in UAE, as it is the only place where there won't be rains," Ganguly told reporters after the

Senegal's Sadio Mane was crowned African Footballer of the Year for the second time running at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards ceremony in the Moroccan capital Rabat. Mane scored the winning penalty as Senegal beat Egypt in a shootout in this year's Africa

Novak Djokovic is unlikely to play at the US Open after organisers said they would "respect" American government rules over travel for unvaccinated players. The US requires non-citizens to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter. Djokovic is not vaccinated and missed the

For a split second Ben Stokes pondered the review but sense soon prevailed. The all-rounder had just been trapped plumb lbw by the part-time spin of Aiden Markram on five and with this a World Cup-winning one-day international career was done. As he left the field his home supporters

West Indies veteran Lendl Simmons has put a full stop on his international career by announcing his immediate retirement from cricket at the highest level. Simmons announced the news via his sports agency 124notout, with the talented batter finishing his career with a total of 3,763

Ben Stokes, the England all-rounder, on Monday (18 July) announced his decision to retire from ODI cricket. Stokes, 31, said the first ODI between England and South Africa in Durham on Tuesday would be his last in the format, adding that it was "an incredibly tough decision".

Four members association (MAs) have expressed their interest to host the final competition of the AFC Asian Cup next year. Football Australia, Football Association of Indonesia, Korea Football Association and Qatar Football Association are keen to host the flagship men’s national

Zimbabwe 132 all out (Williams 28, van Beek 3-18) beat Netherlands 95 all out (Raza 4-8) by 37 runs Zimbabwe denied Netherlands their third straight championship at the T20 World Cup Qualifier as the hosts defended a total of 132 to secure a 37-run win in the final in Bulawayo. 

Bangladesh VS West Indies CG United ODI Series  3rd ODI Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana  Bangladesh 179/6 in 48.3 Overs (Litton K Das 50, Tamim Iqbal 34, Nurul Hasan Sohan 32* Mahmudullah Riad 26, Gurukesh Motie 4/23)  West Indies 178 All Out in 48.4 Overs (Nicholas

Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement from T20Is shortly after leading the ODI side to a 3-0 series win over West Indies in Guyana. Bangladesh won the match by four wickets, with Tamim winning the player-of-the-series award.  At around 6pm local time, he wrote a short message

Taijul Islam made a triumphant return to One-Day International cricket with his first five-wicket haul as Bangladesh completed another series sweep of the West Indies, winning the third and final fixture by four wickets at the Guyana National Stadium on Saturday. Playing his first ODI

West Indies batsmen are facing the Bangladesh bowlers in their third and tour-ending ODI match at Providence Stadium in Guyana today (July 16). Earlier, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and asked West Indies to bat first on slow and turning stadium. The Tigers made just

Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, announced Friday she has given birth to a baby boy named Theodore. He is the first child for the 35-year-old Russian tennis star and British businessman Alexander Gilkes, 42, who announced their engagement in

Manchester United have completed the signing of Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen on a free transfer. The former Ajax, Tottenham, Inter Milan and Brentford player has signed a three-year contract at Old Trafford. "I still have major ambitions in the game. There is a huge

Goals from Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a 2-0 friendly win against Crystal Palace in Singapore. Henderson put Liverpool ahead from Harvey Elliott's pull-back, before Salah struck with a 20-yard left-footed shot early in the second half. The only worry for