England go up 4-0

Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 4th ODI: England v Pakistan at Headingly, Aug 30, 2016\ Pakistan 247 for 8  Azhar 80 off 104, 5 fours, 2 sixes, Imad 57 not out off 41, 7 fours and 1 six, AU Rashid  47-3  CJ Jordan 42-2, MM Ali 39-2, LE Plunkett 61-1 England 252 for 6…

Hale storm blows Pakistan away

Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 3rd ODI: England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 30, 2016  England  444/3   AD Hales 171 of 122, 22 fours, 4 sixes, Butler 90 not out off 51, 7 fours, 7 sixes, Root 85 off 86, 8 fours, Morgan 57 not out off 27, 3 fours and 5 sixes, …

Root and Morgan ensure England led ODI 2-0

Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 2nd ODI: England v Pakistan at Lord’s, Aug 27, 2016 Pakistan 251 ao (49.5 ov) Sarfraz Ahmed 105 off 130, 6 fours, Imad Wasim 63 not out off 70, 5 fours, 1 six, M A Wood 46-3, CR Woakes 42-3, LE Plunkett 50-2, AU Rashid 51-1 England 255/6 (47.3…

Roy and Root dominate as England cruise to victory

Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 1st ODI: England v Pakistan at Southampton, Aug 24, 2016 Pakistan 260/6 (50ov) Azhar Ali 82 off 110, 9 fours, Babar Azam 40 off 42, 4 fours, Safraz Ahmed 55 off 59, 3 fours, AU Rashid 51-2, JE Root 26-1, LE Plunkett 52-1, MA Wood 57-1, CR Woakes 43-1.…

Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship: Ryan Lochte

Disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, who lied about being robbed at gunpoint by a policeman after a night out during the Rio Olympics is to lose sponsorship from four major sponsors including fashion label Ralph Lauren, swimwear manufacturer Speedo, skin care firm Syneron-Candela and Japanese mattress maker Airweave. Lochte (32), is one of the…

Great Britain second in the medals tally

1 United States 46 37 38 121 2 Great Britain 27 23 17 67 3 China 26 18 26 70 US Basketball team beat Serbia to win last gold of Olympic Games Rio 2016, 96 -66. USA topped the medal tables with 121 medals including 46 golds, 37 silver and 38 bronze, followed by Great…

Mo wins 5000m

1 United States 43 37 36 116 2 Great Britain 27 22 17 66 3 China 26 18 26 70 Mo Farah won his Olympic 5000m title in Rio and added to his gold in the 10,000m as he repeated the distance he won four years ago from London 2012. GB also won a bronze…

Brazil’s first Olympic football gold, Neymar’s magic

  1 United States 40 36 35 111 2 Great Britain 26 22 15 63 3 China 24 18 26 68     Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to win their first Men’s football Olympic gold medal in front of a capacity crowd of 78,000 at the Maracana stadium. Brazil finally extracted their revenge…