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Texan offers $100m for England T20 series

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has offered to put up -million for England to play five Twenty20 games against his West Indies All-Star team. England and Wales Cricket Board…

‘Reform the ICC, or we walk’

Cricket faces the threat of the biggest revolt in its history, with elite players ready to call for a breakaway from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Fica, the…

Robots, our new friends electric?

Fictional robots always have a personality: Marvin was paranoid, C-3PO was fussy and HAL 9000 was murderous. But reality is disappointingly different. Sophisticated enough to…

Cuban cricket team caught out by US ban

More than a century ago, a war correspondent called Winston Churchill was dispatched to Cuba to cover the conflict with Spain. ”It may be that future years will see the island as…

Will Twenty20 change cricket forever?

Cricket has shed its image as a dull, unattractive and lengthy sport after the spectacular success of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. The event, which ended on Monday…

Twenty20 winners to get invite to $5m match

The winners of Monday’s Twenty20 World Cup final between India and Pakistan will be invited to play in a million match against the Stanford Super Team in the West Indies next…

Clijsters cruises past Venus

Fourth-seeded Kim Clijsters easily defeated Venus Williams 7-5, 6-2 in Sunday’s final for her third Bank of the West Classic title. Clijsters claimed her fourth title of the year…

Marine life facing crisis, says US think tank

Vast zones off US coasts must be declared off-limits to fishing and other resource extraction to help reverse the depletion of marine life in the nation’s waters, a commission…