England wicketkeeper Matt Prior said Wednesday he expected to play in the third Test against the West Indies here at Edgbaston despite an eye infection.
Concerned England officials called Surrey keeper Steven Davies into their squad as cover (...)
British cities could sell assets worth billions of pounds including airports and prime real estate to plug budget holes and Birmingham is already talking to potential investors in the Middle East.
Faced with demands from Britain's overstretched (...)
Pope Benedict XVI told a Mass in England Sunday the world felt “shame and horror” at suffering inflicted by his German homeland in World War- II and recalled a key air battle that saved Britain from invasion.
In his sermon, on the last day of a (...)
Debutant Zulqarnain Haider scored a courageous 88 to frustrate England's bid to win inside three days against Pakistan in the second Test at Edgbaston Sunday.
Pakistan, bowled out for just 72 on Friday before England replied with 251, reached 291 (...)
England coach Andy Flower has dismissed growing comparisons between the team's new fast bowling sensation Steven Finn and Australia's most successful pace bowler Glenn McGrath.
Finn, 21, made his Test debut in Bangladesh this year and recently (...)
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei lived the dream to secure his first All England title Sunday with a 21-19, 21-19 victory over unseeded Japanese Kenichi Tago.
“It's a big relief and big dream fulfilled especially as this is the 100th All England (...)
Unseeded Kenichi Tago saved a match point before beating Chinese sixth seed Bao Chunlai Saturday to become the first Japanese to reach the men's singles final at the All England championships since 1966.
If he overcomes world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of (...)
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei eased into the second round of the All England Cadminton Championships Wednesday with a 21-15, 21-16 victory over unseeded Indian Chetan Anand.
There was an early scare for ex-Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, the fourth (...)
Australia batted with grim determination through the final day to earn a draw in the third Ashes Test against England on Monday.
Centurion Michael Clarke and Marcus North shared a partnership of 185 and Shane Watson and Michael Hussey also made (...)
Andrew Flintoff's presence loomed large over the Ashes series once again as England seized the initiative in the third Test against Australia on Sunday.
Flintoff's dashing 74 lifted England to 376 and the touring side ended the fourth day on 88 for (...)
England fast bowlers James Anderson and Graham Onions ripped out Australia for 263 on the second day of the third Ashes Test on Friday.
England had reached 116 for two in reply when bad light ended play more than an hour early with captain Andrew (...)
Australia made a confident start to the third Ashes Test against England as Shane Watson's unbeaten fifty lifted it to 126 for one on a rain-disrupted first day on Thursday.
The start of the match was delayed by six hours but Watson, recalled in (...)
England's most successful Test captain Michael Vaughan said on Tuesday he was retiring from the game, after failing to regain his place in the team for next month's Ashes series against Australia.
“It has been a hard decision,” Vaughan, 34, told a (...)
A couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years.
Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car.
She was found less than half a mile from her home in Birmingham after a (...)
Graeme Smith plundered a fighting 154 not out to lead his South Africa team to a five-wicket victory over England that clinched the Test series at Edgbaston on Saturday.
South Africa, set 281 to win the third Test and with it the four-match series (...)
An inspired Andrew Flintoff became the 12th England player to take 200 Test wickets as South Africa reached 256 for six at stumps on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Thursday.
Flintoff, trying to help England defend its below-par (...)