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Cricket team score just three runs
A Cheshire League cricket team managed to score just THREE runs - two of those leg byes - at the weekend…
Jordan pulls off cool double catch at World T20
As catches go Chris Jordan's effort against the Netherlands has to be right up there as one of the coolest…
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Gayle's Gangnam celebration ends in uncool failure
Chris Gayle was pretty happy to have helped the West Indies to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the World Twenty20, as he celebrated the…
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Aussie bowler banned over penis pitch graffiti
South Australia bowler Daniel Worrall has been suspended – after he scratched a penis and testicles into the wicket at Toorak Park…
Football
Why all Arsenal fans should despise Stoke (even more than Tottenham)
Arsenal travel to Stoke this Sunday, the Tottenham of the North…
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KP urged to go into bat for Piers after CNN axe
One good turn deserves another. So, weeks after Piers Morgan went into bat for Kevin Pietersen over his England axing, the cricketer has been urged…
Even the IPL falls out of love with Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen fell well short of the £2million valuation on his head at the Indian Premier League auction - as he was re-signed by the…
KP sacked because he can't be trusted, claims ECB
Kevin Pietersen was axed from the England team over a lack of trust, according to a statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board…
Flintoff blasts England's cricketers for 'turning Pietersen into a scapegoat'
Andrew Flintoff has blasted his former England colleagues and accused them of turning Kevin Pietersen into an Ashes scapegoat to save their own careers…
Prior fires back at Morgan's Twitter jibes in KP row
England wicket-keeper Matt Prior has fired back at Piers Morgan in an explosive Twitter tirade over the sacking of Kevin Pietersen…
'So sad' KP signs off from England on Instagram
Kevin Pietersen signs off from his England career by admitting he is 'so sad' his international career is over on Instragram…
'Gutless assassins' - Piers Morgan blasts ECB over KP axe
Piers Morgan has lashed out at the ECB over Kevin Pietersen’s axing from the England squad, labelling them ‘gutless assassins’ and ‘spineless losers’, as well…
Andy Flower
Flower out as KP looks to have won power battle
Andy Flower has been axed as England boss after paying the price for the Ashes humiliation, and possibly in a sign Kevin Pietersen has won…
Ashes winner Edwards defended over drinking plans
England captain Charlotte Edwards has been defended after claiming she would celebrate retaining the Ashes by 'getting smashed'…
Swann quit after being hit for six by a rabbit
Graeme Swann has admitted he walked away from England's ill-fated Ashes series in Australia because his bowling was 'awful'…
Cook's tour by numbers as England lose final ODI to Australia
Alastair Cook ends his miserable tour to Australia ended with a five-run defeat in the fifth ODI in Adelaide to ensure a humbling 4-1 series…
England win ODI: Top five 'flying pig' moments in sport
No, you’re not having a bizarre dream, nor have we gone back in time to 2011, England genuinely did win a cricket match against Australia…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05:   England captain Alastair Cook looks on during a press conference after losing the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5, 2014 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)
'We'll let you win for £100': Village club's offer to Cook's Ashes flops
A village club is offering Alastair Cook's England a £100 deal to thrash them to boost their shattered confidence. And they'll throw in a free…
Ben Stokes: It's been a long couple of months in Australia
Ben Stokes has been one of the few bright spots for England during the Ashes and one-day series in Australia this winter. The Durham all-rounder has…
Cook should quit captaincy
Alastair Cook should step down as captain as both the England Test and one-day side, according to a Metro online poll
Morgan heavy odds-on to replace Cook as England's limited overs captain
Alastair Cook is odds-on to be replaced by Eoin Morgan as England's ODI captain with an announcement expected in the near future…
Should Cook quit as England captain?
Alastair Cook has hinted he is ready to step down as England captain after yet another humiliating defeat in Australia…
England's pinheads lose at the Gabba after being 1/100 ON for victory
England's shocking one-day loss at the Gabba in Brisbane was so bad they blew a incredible position of 1/100 ON to win…
Is Jordan's incredible catch the best moment of England's woeful tour?
England’s cricketers haven’t had much to shout about since arriving in Australia in November, but Chris Jordan may have given Alastair Cook’s men one …
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Senior cricketer bullies schoolboy bowlers with merciless triple century
A former first-class cricketer has caused uproar after mercilessly smashing 307 off 115 balls against a team of schoolboys…