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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Luke Wright shone with bat and ball while captain Stuart Broad took four wickets as England eased to a 40-run victory over New Zealand in their first Twenty20 international in Auckland on Saturday. All-rounder Wright's 20-ball innings of 42 included three fours and four sixes as England's power-packed …

DHAKA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australian Shane Jurgensen has been promoted from bowling coach to head coach of Bangladesh on a one-year deal, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. Jurgensen guided Bangladesh to a 3-2 one-day international series win against West Indies at home in December when acting as interim coach …

* England dominate match from start * Pure hitting followed by intelligent bowling (Adds quotes) WELLINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Luke Wright shone with bat and ball while captain Stuart Broad took four wickets as England eased to a 40-run victory over New Zealand in their first Twenty20 international in Auckland on Saturday. …

WELLINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at the end of thefirst New Zealand v England Twenty20 international at Eden Parkin Auckland on Saturday. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl - - - - England M. Lumb c Rutherford b McClenaghan 22 A. Hales st. B. McCullum b Hira 21 L. Wright c Hira b Ellis 42 E. Morgan c Taylor …

WELLINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - England beat New Zealand by 40 runs in the first Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second match is at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Tuesday. Scores: England 214-7 (E. Morgan, 46, L. Wright 42, J. Bairstow 38) v New Zealand …

(Reuters) - Former New Zealand All Black Sonny Bill Williams won his sixth professional boxing fight in farcical circumstances on Friday when his contest with Francois Botha in Brisbane was cut short by two rounds in mid-fight. Williams was clearly in trouble at the end of the WBA international heavyweight title bout against …

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Former New Zealand All Black Sonny Bill Williams won his sixth professional boxing fight in farcical circumstances on Friday when his contest with Francois Botha in Brisbane was cut short by two rounds in mid-fight. Williams was clearly in trouble at the end of the WBA international heavyweight title bout …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian sports administrators responded angrily to a government report saying doping was widespread among professional and amateur athletes and demanded investigators name offenders to protect clean athletes' reputations. The report released on Thursday, the result of a year-long probe by Australia's …

* Coaches, athletes call for authorities to name and shame * Australian Rules football announces sweeping anti-doping measures (Adds details) MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australian sports administrators responded angrily to a government report saying doping was widespread among professional and amateur athletes and demanded …

* Australia take 4-0 series lead * Pollard hits century in losing cause (Updates at end of match) SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Opener Shane Watson top-scored with 76 as Australia continued to dominate West Indies during a convincing five-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. …

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Scoreboard after Australia beatWest Indies by five wickets in the fourth one-day internationalat Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday West Indies won the toss and elected to bat - - West Indies innings K. Powell c Maxwell b Johnson 9 J. Charles b Johnson 0 DM Bravo c Finch b Johnson 4 DJ Bravo lbw b …

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australia beat West Indies by five wickets in the fourth one-day international at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday: Scores: West Indies 220 in 49.4 overs (K. Pollard 109 not out; M. Johnson 3-36, B. Cutting 3-45) v Australia 221-5 in 44.5 overs (S. Watson 76) (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney; Editing …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An explosive report lifting the lid on "widespread" use of performance enhancing drugs in Australian sport showed the country's professional leagues had patently failed to build robust anti-doping regimes, WADA chief John Fahey has said. The government report released on Thursday, the result of a year-long …

MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An explosive report lifting the lid on "widespread" use of performance enhancing drugs in Australian sport showed the country's professional leagues had patently failed to build robust anti-doping regimes, WADA chief John Fahey has said. The government report released on Thursday, the result …

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Bookmakers suspended betting on an Australian Rules club on Friday due to doping claims, as police warned of significant match-fixing risks due to large Asian betting pools, citing A$40 million in wagers on one local soccer match. Australia's top criminal intelligence body said on Thursday that organised …

MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australia team named on Friday for their Twenty20 match against West Indies in Brisbane on Wednesday. Australia squad: George Bailey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Laughlin, Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh, Ben Rohrer, Adam Voges (Compiled …

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AP) — Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A damning report into doping in Australian sport has "torpedoed" the country's identity as a nation of fair play and investigators must quickly name the athletes and teams involved, according to former prime minister Kevin Rudd. A government report released on Thursday said the use of performance-enhancing …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Grammy-award winning singer Kylie Minogue, whose hits include "Come Into My World," moved to rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation music label, the company said on its website. Minogue left British label EMI, which had been taken over by Universal, last year and parted with her longtime manager, Terry …

A research vessel towing an underwater camera has discovered a volcanic vent in the Southern Ocean north of Antarctica.

Lawless and seven other Greenpeace activists were each ordered Thursday to pay 651 New Zealand dollars ($547) costs to a port company and complete 120 hours of community service after earlier pleading ...

* Revelations described as 'blackest day' in Australian sport * Organised crime said involved in distribution of drugs (Adds quotes) CANBERRA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The use of performance enhancing drugs is "widespread" among professional and amateur athletes in Australia, a government report which rocked the sports-mad country …

SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Whatever role he ultimately plays in the Australia team this year, the sight of Shane Watson driving and pulling his way to a blockbuster of a century at Manuka Oval on Wednesday was a joy for his compatriots to behold. The injury-prone 31-year-old missed much of the domestic season with a calf …