London:England football star Frank Lampard and cricket idol Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff have overtaken soccer celebrity David Beckham as the favourite sporting heroes of British children, a survey revealed on Thursday.
London:Frenzied excitement ahead of England's final cricket Test match against Australia offered some distraction from a crushing defeat suffered by the nation's footballers against Northern Ireland.
Mumbai:Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said he is happy to be associated with greats like legendary boxer Mohammad Ali, England football captain David Beckham and French mid-fielder Zinedine Zidane as a brand ambassador for sports company Adidas.
London: The Order of the British Empire (OBE) is to be conferred on cricket idol Alec Stewart, soccer hero David Beckham, Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger.
London: The soccer mania is over, Britain is gripped by Wimbledon fever, but in the midst of all this, Sachin Tendulkar is bedazzling cricket lovers.
London: The soccer mania is over, Britain is gripped by Wimbledon fever, but in the midst of all this, Sachin Tendulkar is bedazzling cricket lovers.
<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img height="159" alt="Shoaib accuses Pakistan media of portraying him as a 'bad boy'" hspace="10" src="http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/2003/odi_series/eng-pak/akhtar1.jpg" width="149" align="left" vspace="10" border="0" /> Karachi: Pakistan's fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has accused the Pakistan media of trying to destroy his career and portray him
Arran Thompson, fondly known as "Azza", is any captain’s delight. This, 20-year old lass from Lancashire did the English cause a world of good when she in the company of Caroline Atkins rewrote the record books with a 200-run opening partnership against India in the only Test match played at Lucknow; in the recently conclude English tour of India.This being a major achievement – considering that the feat was achieved on foreign soil, nobody would have begrudged her if she were to be on cloud nine. However, being the dedicated cricketer that she is, her feet are firmly on the
