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    WELLINGTON: New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum yesterday praised the “genius” Alastair Cook, saying that England’s free-scoring captain was second only to Australian legend...

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket yesterday appointed Ralph Waters as chairman of the organising committee for the 2015 World Cup after...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will stick with the same team that drew the first test against England and are likely to ask the tourists...

PARIS: Barcelona completed a remarkable comeback against AC Milan to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday, while Galatasaray eliminated Schalke....

  BERLIN: England’s World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton has tipped German giants Bayern Munich to win this season’s Champions League title. “If I...

  SYDNEY: Attacking midfielder Tim Cahill was recalled to the Australia squad for this month’s World Cup qualifier against Oman yesterday having missed his...

BARCELONA: Following is a selection of reactions to Barcelona’s 4-0 Champions League victory against AC Milan on Tuesday. World Player of the Year...

  MADRID: Two goals from Lionel Messi led a stunning Barcelona fightback as they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against AC Milan with a...

Red Bull’s Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia answers questions from schoolchildren before a news conference in Melbourne yesterday, ahead of the...

London: McLaren expect their new Formula One signing Sergio Perez to win races this season and the 23-year-old Mexican is ‘desperate’ to do...

LONDON: Formula One’s postponed flotation could be re-launched later this year, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday. “Last year I thought...

Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after defeating Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, yesterday. INDIAN WELLS,...

MIAMI: Dwyane Wade scored 23 points while LeBron James added 15 to spark the defending NBA champion Miami Heat to their 19th consecutive...

MIAMI:  The Miami Heat are one win away from becoming just the fourth team in the history of the NBA to enjoy 20...

Edinburgh: Edinburgh lock Grant Gilchrist will collect his first cap for Scotland in Saturday’s final Six Nations clash with France in Paris. Scottish...

MARCOUSSIS, France: France have got to stop asking questions of themselves and start thinking positively, according to centre Mathieu Bastareaud. The 24-year-old was...

    LONDON: Wales, trailing by 20 points midway through the opening match of their Six Nations championship defence on February 2, have rebounded to...

San Francisco:  The San Francisco 49ers sent quarterback Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs and acquired wide receiver Anquan Boldin from the...