Poms not the issue, real fight is among quicks: Clark

LEICESTER - A spot in Australia’s pace-bowling attack, it seems, is a more pressing issue for the team than strategizing plans to overwhelm the Poms in the Ashes.

Gazza believes ex-wife is aiming to kill him

LONDON - Ex-England football star Paul Gascoigne claims his ex-wife, Sheryl, is driving him to the brink, with spiralling claims for maintenance cash.

Indian team supporters single out Dhoni for Lords’ debacle

NEW DELHI - Cricket fans across the nation have blamed team captain Mahandra Singh Dhoni for India’s unceremonious exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.

BCCI’s Shukla defends Team India after its 20-20 World Cup exit

NEW DELHI - The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla on Monday defended Team India and its skipper M S Dhoni, a day after the team was ousted from the second Twenty20 World Cup that is being played in England.

Dhoni apologetic over Team India’s early exit from T20 World Cup

LONDON - Defending Champion Indian cricket’ Captain M.S. Dhoni apologised to the countrymen over the team’s defeat at the hands of England and having failed to defend the T20 World Cup at Lords.

England Saxons handle USA Eagles 56-17 in Churchill Cup

GLENDALE, Colo. — For a moment, the U.S. rugby team had all it could ask for against England — the lead.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, Andreas Seppi make early exits from Eastbourne tournament

EASTBOURNE, England — Paul-Henri Mathieu and Andreas Seppi lost in straight sets Sunday on the opening day at Eastbourne, a grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon.

Andy Murray defeats James Blake in Queen’s Club final for 1st grass-court title

LONDON — Andy Murray defeated James Blake 7-5, 6-4 Sunday to win the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club for his first grass-court title.

Bangladesh cricket team’s 6,000 pounds curry love

LONDON - Bangladeshi cricketers want their food to taste like it does back home, no matter where in the world they are and how much it would costs.

Vidic has no desire to leave Man U

LONDON - Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, whom Barcelona and Real Madrid has been eyeing for long, has said that he has no desire to leave the Red Devils in the near future.

Oz opener Hughes looking forward to stepping on the Ashes pedal

SYDNEY - For Cricket Australia’s boy wonder, Phillip Hughes, the only aim before him is to push the pedal of batting form down harder and take the Poms on at full throttle during next month’s Ashes series.

Team India to take on England at Lords on Sunday

LONDON - Having tasted defeat at the hands of West Indies on Friday, Team India will take on host England at the Lords’ on Sunday to remain in the race for semi-finals of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup tournament.

KP could miss Ashes because of Achilles injury

LONDON - England batsman Kevin Pietersen could miss this year’s Ashes series against Australia because of his Achilles heel injury.

Lee not upto Test standard, says Lawson

MELBOURNE - In a brutal assessment of fast bowler Brett Lee’s form,ex-Australian cricketer and former coach of the Pakistan cricket team, Geoff Lawson has said that the 32-year-old quick wasn’t up to Test standard and would have been dumped from the Australian team if injury hadn’t forced him out of the game at the end of last year.

Maria Sharapova loses to Li Na 6-4, 6-4 in semifinals of Wimbledon warmup

BIRMINGHAM, England — Maria Sharapova’s Wimbledon preparations received a setback Saturday in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Li Na of China in the Aegon Classic semifinals.

Real Madrid on spending spree, now offers eight million pounds for Arbeloa

LONDON - Real Madrid are set to increase their spending spree, after an eight million pounds offer for Liverpool’s Alvaro Arbeloa.

Real Madrid boss aims to shatter global dominance of English Premier League

LONDON - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez aims to shatter the global dominance of the English Premier League, after successfully luring ace striker Cristiano Ronaldo to his club.

‘Rebuked’ Symonds to play in IPL as T20 specialist

SYDNEY - Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, whose international career was dissolved after Cricket Australia withdrew its contract, will now play as a Twenty20 specialist, as he has a lucrative deal with IPL franchise Deccan Chargers and is getting offers from teams in England and South Africa.

Becks’ Goldenballs were tweaked to look smaller in Armani undie ad!

LONDON - David Beckham has revealed that his 50ft-high Armani underwear billboard was tweaked in order to make his Goldenballs look smaller.

Broad banned from trying to distract batsmen as he runs into bowl

LONDON - England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad has been banned by World Twenty20 officials from trying to distract batsmen as he runs into bowl. road’s tactic was outlawed, because the umpires and match referees, think it is unacceptable gamesmanship.

Andy Roddick to face James Blake in semis at Queen’s Club; Murray plays Ferrero

LONDON — Andy Roddick stayed on track for his fifth title at Queen’s Club by defeating Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) Friday, advancing to the semifinals of the Aegon Championships.

Australia’ Watson says team unfazed by Buchanan’s shift in loyalty

LEICESTER - Australia’s cricketers have said that they are not to too bothered about appointment of their former coach John Buchanan to a consultancy role with the ECB.

Twenty20: Collingwood insists England still in with a chance

LONDON - England skipper Paul Collingwood has said that his team can still achieve its World Twenty20 dream despite a seven-wicket drubbing at the hands of South Africa on Thursday.

Symonds loses Cricket Australia contract

MELBOURNE - Cricket Australia have withdrawn their contract offer to troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds and added injury-prone speedster Shaun Tait to their 25-man list.

Freddie says he is on course to play the Ashes

LONDON - England all rounder Andrew Flintoff has said that he is confident about making it to the Ashes squad, and he proved it by knocking over former Aussie opener Michael De Venuto with his second ball.

Becks admits he will be playing in England next season

LONDON - Midfield superstar David Beckham has revealed that he could be back to play in England next season.

Rooney should now make the most of Ronaldo’s exit

LONDON - Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney should make the most out of the departure of star winger Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, the Sun reports.

Despite bomb threat, Andy Roddick defeats Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 7-6 at Queen’s Club

LONDON — After the start of the match was delayed by a bomb threat, Andy Roddick defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 7-6 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at Queen’s Club.

Man U to get record 80 million pounds for Ronaldo from Real Madrid

LONDON - England Premier League champions Manchester United Thursday received a world-record and unconditional offer of 80 million pounds for striker Cristiano Ronaldo from Spanish football giants Real Madrid.

Black Caps call up Otago’s Redmond as cover for injured Ryder

OTAGO - Otago batsman Aaron Redmond will join the Black Caps at the World Twenty20 cricket championship in England as cover for injured Jesse Ryder.

Collignwood takes an innovative swipe on Warne’s jibes

LONDON - Australian spin legend Shane Warne may have slated Paul Collignwood for showing a lack of imagination in his captaincy, but England T20 captain took innovative swipe on Australia’s elimination from the World Twenty20.

Rooney targets England goal-scoring record as another two move team closer to World Cup finals

WEMBLEY, England — England moved closer to World Cup qualification, David Beckham to breaking its appearance record and Wayne Rooney halfway to becoming the country’s career scoring leader.

Buchanan says may expose Oz cricketers’ chinks during ECB consulting stint

SYDNEY - Former Australian cricket team coach John Buchanan has said that he may give England inside knowledge of Australia’s cricketers as he takes up a short-term coaching job with England later this month.

Proteas problems with KP, a thing of the past, says Smith

LONDON - South African cricket captain Graeme Smith has said that his team’s problems with England star Kevin Pietersen are a thing of the past, and there isn’t any animosity anymore.

Beckham returns to starting lineup as England routs Andorra 6-0 in World Cup qualifier

WEMBLEY, England — David Beckham made his first start for England in a competitive match in two years, helping his nation move closer to World Cup berth with a 6-0 rout of Andorra on Wednesday night.