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Cricket means many different things to many different people. While I can claim to love, it I understand the apprehension of billions of others who don’t understand the complexity of the game. For most on the planet it is a bi-word for dullness and most stereotypes involve stuck up over ...

Embed from Getty Images   England manager Eddie Jones has announced his 37-man training squad ahead of the Autumn Tests. The squad prepare to travel to Brighton for a three day training camp from Sunday, and the final squad announcement will be on 26 October. Of the 37-man squad, there ...

Embed from Getty Images   In the first FIM Speedway World Cup final to be held at Belle Vue’s new National Speedway Stadium, it was Poland that claimed gold, ahead of the hosts Great Britain, with last year’s winners Sweden coming third and Australia finishing in fourth. Poland, who were ...

Embed from Getty Images   Owen Farrell will start for England in Saturday’s first testa against Australia, manager Eddie Jones has confirmed. The Saracens man will start the match in Brisbane at fly half, with Luther Burrell replacing him at inside centre, whilst George Ford drops to the bench after ...

Embed from Getty Images   The first round of the ICC T20 World Championships has finished and the final ten teams will compete to get to the final and win the competition. The first round consisted of  eight  teams in two groups and the winner of each group got through ...

Embed from Getty Images West Indies cricket is not what it once was, but even by their recent standards this has been a miserable year for them. They have only avoided defeat in two Test matches this year, both results coming against England. After their thrashing at the hands of ...

Embed from Getty Images Australia have completed an emphatic victory in the First Test against the West Indies. The result is further evidence that Australia are rebuilding strongly following their Ashes defeat, while the West Indies have now lost seven of their nine Tests in 2015. Australia’s batsmen proved too ...

View image | gettyimages.com   The RFU have announced that Australian Eddie Jones will replace Stuart Lancaster as the new England head coach. The 55 year old, who becomes England’s first foreign coach, brings a wealth of international experience to the position as England look to progress from their disappointing ...

  South Africa vs New Zealand View image | gettyimages.com After a nightmare start to the tournament, South Africa have gradually improved and now look like the experienced, world class team that many expected them to be before the tournament started. Since their defeat to Japan, the Springboks have gradually improved ...

South Africa vs Wales View image | gettyimages.com South Africa came out of their pool on top, although at one point it looked like they could go crashing out of the tournament at the first hurdle after their opening game defeat to Japan. However, the Springboks recovered and went on ...