Local media reported on Thursday that a member of the British parliament, Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, was shot and died in hospital.
English Premier League champions Manchester City have been eliminated from the League Cup at the first hurdle by Aston Villa.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley on Friday.
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The clandestine footage that Shepherd Yuda, a 36-year-old Zimbabwe prison officer, shot inside jail was dynamite.
Victory against England on Monday gave Graeme Smith his 28th victory in 59 Tests as SA captain, surpassing Hansie Cronje’s mark of 27 wins.
SA captain Graeme Smith said his side ”played the big moments better” after a crushing 10-wicket victory over England in the second Test on Monday.
SA’s Makhaya Ntini took two key wickets after AB de Villiers’s hundred put the Proteas into a commanding position in the second Test on Sunday.
AB de Villiers continued to defy England’s attack with an unbeaten century at tea on the third day of the second Test on Sunday.
Ashwell Prince’s second hundred in as many matches against England helped give SSA a significant first-innings lead in the second Test on Saturday.
An Ashwell Prince century took SA past England’s modest total as they went to tea on day two of the second Test on 262-4 at Headingley on Saturday.
Pace bowlers Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn claimed four wickets apiece to help dismiss England for 203 on the first day of the second Test on Friday.
South Africa’s Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn each claimed four wickets as England were dismissed for 203 at tea on the first day of the second Test.
SA coach Mickey Arthur says his team will live up to their billing as the world’s number-two ranked side when they face England on Friday.
SA are to give Neil McKenzie until the morning of the second Test against England to prove his fitness, coach Mickey Arthur said on Wednesday.
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Sachin Tendulkar returned in style to the Headingley ground where he was Yorkshire’s first overseas player as he set up India’s 38-run win against England under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the fifth one-day international on Sunday. India’s victory reduced England’s lead in the seven-match series to 3-2.
England inflicted the West Indies’ worst Test defeat of all time, breaking a 50-year-old record, as they won the second Test by an innings and 283 runs to go 1-0 up in the four-match series on Monday. West Indies, 137-6 at tea on the fourth day, lasted just 25 balls after the resumption, losing their last three wickets on 141 after being made to follow on.
Kevin Pietersen broke new ground on Saturday with a maiden Test double hundred to help put England in sight of an innings victory and a 1-0 series lead against West Indies at Headingley. Pietersen’s 226 was the centrepiece of England’s 570 for seven declared. His effort was impressively backed up by Ryan Sidebottom.
Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen hit centuries on Friday to take England to 366 for five after the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley. Vaughan scored his 16th 100 in his first Test back after 18 months out. He hit 11 boundaries for 103 and shared in a 163-run third-wicket stand with Pietersen.
Allan Donald, the South Africa pace bowling great, has been given a role with England’s coaching staff, it was announced on Friday. In a statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board said Donald would assist England’s fast bowlers on a short-term basis from the lead-in to the third Test at Old Trafford through to the end of the one-day series against the West Indies in July.
England’s pace bowlers will be given another chance to prove they can function without Freddie after all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies starting at Headingley on Friday. Officials decided against bringing paceman Flintoff back for the second match of a four-Test series after he missed the drawn series opener at Lord’s.
England coach Duncan Fletcher has called Monty Panesar the best finger spinner in the world after the left-armer produced another impressive display against Pakistan. Panesar took 3-39 in the second innings at Headingley and six wickets in the match as the hosts completed a 167-run third Test victory and with it secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
England crushed Pakistan by 167 runs on Tuesday to win the third Test and the series after a moment of madness from Mohammad Yousuf and one of magic from Monty Panesar. Pakistan, set 323 to win on the final day, were bowled out for 155 halfway through the afternoon session, giving England their first home win over the tourists since 1982.
When Fred Trueman, who died aged 75 from cancer on Saturday, had Neil Hawke of Australia caught by Colin Cowdrey at The Oval in 1964 to become the first man to take 300 Test wickets, his place in cricket’s record books was assured — but his place in the affections of the sporting public had already been secured.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was proud of the ruthless way his side finished their tour of England with a 5-0 one-day series whitewash at Headingley. Set a seemingly taxing 322, Sri Lanka cruised to a dominating eight-wicket win with a massive 75 balls to spare after a world record opening stand of 286 between Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga.
Britain’s Prince Charles may have a fight on his hands when the time comes to inherit the crown from his elderly mother, Queen Elizabeth II, if a growing band of republicans has its way. The movement wants to swap the monarchy for an elected head of state, effectively making Charles and the rest of the royal family redundant.
South Africa football great Lucas Radebe is pondering a move into coaching with Leeds United after being approached by manager Kevin Blackwell. The 36-year-old former Bafana Bafana captain has spent the past 11 years at Leeds, now in the second tier of English football, but is set to retire at the end of the season following an Achilles tendon injury.