John Bracewell has been given a three-year contract as New Zealand's latest coach.It will expire in April 2006.His appointment today from a field of seven serious candidates, according to New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive…
For once in this Standard Bank One-Day series Kenya were not utterly outclassed in Kimberley on Sunday. Not, however, that they weren't made to sweat under a blazing sun as South Africa completed their third…
The BCB has expressed surprise at Cricket Australia's decision to delay its team's departure for the tour of Bangladesh. The Australian board had been in touch with the BCB on Friday night ESPNcricinfo has learned,…
The tabloid media are known to deal in knee-jerk reactions and wildly over the top hyperbole like it's going out of fashion, but this summer's activity at both managerial and player level has taken this…
Aly Cissokho could be the next French player to join Newcastle after the club made a move for the defender the Sun reports. Magpies boss Alan Pardew is hunting a new left back after the…
As we all look forward to the festive fixtures, there are still plenty of football rumours doing the rounds in the papers today. Roy Hodgson's future at Liverpool continues to look extremely uncertain, yet the…
Group A favourites Russia kick off their Euro 2012 campaign against Czech Republic with head coach Dick Advocaat believing his side have an outside chance of winning the tournament. After concluding their preparations with an…
This summer has already been ‘summer of the playmaker’ across Europe with these exquisite breeds of footballer becoming much in demand again. Once upon a time, the English Premier League was not natural habitat for…
Arsenal summer signing Marouane Chamakh has set his sights on scoring 20 goals this season, having made a superb start to life with the Gunners. The 26-year-old Morocco international has netted ten in 21 appearances…
Liverpool are keen to sign Twente striker Luuk de Jong, but have been warned that up to 15 other clubs are interested in signing the attacker. De Jong has hit the back of the net…