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England's new national selector - whoever that may be - has got a real job on their hands after the team's performances this winter. We all know England lost 4-0 in Australia, and their 1-0 series defeat in New Zealand makes it 13…

Australia captain Steve Smith and vice-skipper David Warner have been banned for a year for ball-tampering. Cameron Bancroft, who carried out the cheating in South Africa, was given a nine-month ban by Cricket Australia. Read more:…

Miami Open: Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens reach semi-finalsVictoria Azarenka booked her place in the semi-finals of the Miami Open with a 7-5 6-3 win over Karolina Pliskova. The Czech fifth seed, 26, recovered from going two…

Bubba Watson claimed victory at the WGC Match Play in Texas as Justin Thomas' hopes of becoming world number one ended in a semi-final defeat. Thomas, 24, had won all five of his previous matches this week and needed to reach the final…

A former Zimbabwe Cricket official has been banned from all cricket activity for 20 years after accepting a charge of attempted match-fixing. Rajan Nayer offered Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer $30,000 to fix the result of the two-Test…

England lost by an innings and 49 runs to New Zealand in the first Test at Auckland despite the efforts of all-rounder Ben Stokes on the final day. Stokes made a patient 66 from 188 balls as he and Chris Woakes (52) helped the tourists…

British number one Johanna Konta moved into the Miami Open fourth round with a dominant win over Elise Mertens. Defending champion Konta, ranked 14th in the world, secured a 6-2 6-1 victory over the Belgian world number 21 in 65 minutes.…

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff expects the new season to be "a three-way fight between us, Ferrari and Red Bull". The new season begins in Australia on Sunday and Mercedes and driver Lewis Hamilton are hot favourites, but Wolff is cautious…

Great sporting careers don't always end in the style that has defined them. Bobby Moore played his final game of football for the Carolina Lightnin'. Andre Agassi lost his last match in tennis to world 112 Benjamin Becker. You can read a…

Manchester City will face Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Liverpool inflicted City's only Premier League defeat of the season at Anfield on 14 January, after they were thumped 5-0 at Etihad Stadium in September. Read…

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was fined for wearing a yellow ribbon because he did so in an "act of defiance", despite warnings he was breaking Football Association rules. In its written reasons explaining the 20,000 pound fine, the…

Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage after an awful performance ended in a 2-1 home defeat by Sevilla. Substitute Wissam Ben Yedder was the match-winner for the Spanish side, stroking in from…

Jose Mourinho will be taking "blood money" by working for Russian state-backed channel RT during the World Cup, according to Chris Bryant MP. It was announced that the Manchester United boss would be appearing on the channel last week, a…

Top Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami has been charged with attempt to murder following a complaint by his wife. Shami was dropped from a list of contracted players for the national team announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in…

Former world number one Serena Williams won her first singles match on the WTA Tour for nearly 14 months as she returned after the birth of her child. The American, 36, reached the second round at Indian Wells with a 7-5 6-3 victory over…