LOS ANGELES - Former England football star David Beckham has denied committing adultery with a prostitute in signed legal documents submitted as part of a 25 million dollar lawsuit against an American magazine.

LONDON - Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott is to make over a million pound profit from a seaside home he bought with his former lover after a dispute over her will was settled.

SYDNEY - Former England fast bowler and now columnist with The Telegraph, Derek Pringle, has said the credit for England's rise as an international cricket powerhouse again, belongs to coach Andy Flower.

SYDNEY - England middle-order batsman Kevin Pietersen has said that the foundations of the team's retention of the Ashes in Australia were laid by his messy departure as captain and in part by the sacking of then coach Peter Moores.