Chief executives of the 18 English cricket counties feel it will become harder to attract foreign players to England.
Mighty Liverpool were given the fright of their lives by tiny Havant & Waterlooville before beating the non-league side 5-2 in an astonishing FA Cup fourth round tie at Anfield on Saturday.
Hillary has the odds stacked against her in the African-American dominated state, and Obama is in a must-win situation.
The backing of a major liberal media establishment will undoubtedly be seen as a shot in the arm for both major party candidates as they wrestle through the nomination.
Injuries to Worcestershire wicketkeeper Steven Davies and his county colleague Kabir Ali has necessitated the England and Wales Cricket Board to make changes in the England Lions Squad to take part in the Duleep Trophy tournament to be held in West Zone centres.
Senator Hillary Clinton, bidding to become the first woman president of the US, consolidated her position by winning the hard-fought Nevada caucuses edging past her Democratic rival Barack Obama
Sussex thrashed Nottinghamshire by an innings and 245 runs in their last match of the season.
With about 80 per cent of the precincts reporting, Romney, who earlier lost the Iowa and New Hampshire votes, had 39 per cent of ballots in his his native state, McCain 30 per cent and Mike Huckabee 16 per cent.
Sant Chatwal announced his plans of bringing Hampshire Hotels and Resorts to India. Keen on opening hotels in Punjab, he plans on a pan Indian presence.
The tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour.
When Oprah Winfrey appeared with US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama this weekend, the ensuing media firestorm levelled a serious charge against her -- she had crossed the line from endorsing the candidate to campaigning for him.
Leading Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is much more popular among African-American women than her rival Barak Obama who is trying to become the first African-American president of the United States.
England Lions will be the sixth team to play in India's domestic tournament -- the Duleep Trophy -- this year, before heading off for a tour of New Zealand from February
Australian spin legend Shane Warne said he is not interested in any full-time job and the offer he received from Kevin Pietersen to take over as the new England coach was actually a joke. The retired leg-spinner, who was Pietersen's captain at Hampshire, threw his weight behind the England batsman who resigned from the captain's post following a fallout with coach Peter Moores.
Home Office figures earlier this year showed Asians were twice as likely to be killed in stabbing or "bottling" incidents than a decade ago, The Independent newspaper reported.
Jain, who is still in eighth grade, won $25,000 and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society for his efforts.
Simone Callahan, who reunited last December with the spin bowler known also for his womanising, told New Idea magazine she caught the spin bowler cheating on her while he was in London.
The wife of former Australian cricket champion Shane Warne says their marriage reconciliation is over after he mistakenly sent her an incriminating text message.
Indian national Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was on Tuesday found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering 17-year-old British schoolgirl Hannah Foster in Southampton in March 2003.
Shane Warne could miss the rest of the English season after fracturing a rib while bowling in Hampshire's draw with Lancashire at Old Trafford, his club reported on Friday.
If the Aussie bowling legend can obtain a German passport it would allow Hampshire to sign another overseas player.
After six fruitless years playing international football, the world's worst team are beginning to see the romance of the beautiful game. When the rag-tag national side of East Timor drew 2-2 with fellow strugglers Cambodia last week, they clinched the first point they had ever won to stem a seemingly endless run of defeats.
Kohli was also charged with manslaughter, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice.
With former England captain Tony Greig acting as conduit, both the retired players are in negotiation with the ICL.
Captain Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 85 as the West Indies overcame Scotland in the last over, in the quadrangular ODI.
Opener Marcus Trescothick and uncapped duo Mark Pettini and Luke Wright were named on Wednesday in England's 30-man provisional squad for the first world Twenty20 tournament in South Africa this September.
England's new one-day captain Paul Collingwood warned West Indies and India on Friday to expect a more aggressive opponent when they face his side over the next three months.
Shane Warne was given six penalty points by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday for abusing an umpire after being given out LBW playing for Hampshire in a county match last week.
Rashid was only the third British-born Asian cricketer to force his way into the Yorkshire team when he made his debut three years ago.
Opening batsman Andrew Strauss will lead England in the first test against West Indies at Lord's starting on Thursday in the absence of injured captain Michael Vaughan.
Sant Chatwal, millionaire hotelier and close friend and fund-raiser for the Clintons for several years, has assured Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama that the Indian American community will raise over $10 million for his campaign to win back the White House.Chatwal was introduced to Obama by Senator Hillary Clinton at a private meeting between them and Clinton's top donors at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on June 26.
Hari Sevugan, an Indian-American attorney, has been co-opted by the Barack Obama presidential campaign as a senior spokesperson to augment the already massive media operation of the campaign of the Democratic candidate. Sevugan has considerable experience in communication and policy work with statewide political campaigns.Sevugan had served as the Communications Director for presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd, before the latter threw in the towel in January.
England's county clubs are preparing to cash in on the rapid explosion of Twenty20 in the wake of the successful launch of the Indian Premier League.
The doctor had abandoned his wife a week after the marriage and left for the US.
Virender Sehwag-led Delhi Daredevils will lock horns with Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals at the Ferozeshah Kotla grounds in New Delhi in their opening match of the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
The Boxing Day Test will be the most anticipated as Warne needs one more wicket to reach the magical 700-wicket mark.
With no domestic cricket taking place for the next few months, it is imperative that the BCCI does a rethink of its decision to disallow players from traveling to England. After all, playing even a few competitive matches in the county circuit is better than just lumbering up in the nets at the NCA.
Quick bowler Simon Jones has been released from England's one-day squad to undergo treatment on an injured right knee.
Riding on the Indian's knock, which was the only half-century in the innings, Leicestershire made 225 all out
Fast bowler Steve Harmison has been ruled out of England's one day warm-up match against Hampshire on Saturday due to an ankle injury.
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