LOS ANGELES: American Terence Crawford became the first undisputed boxing champion in over a decade by knocking out previously unbeaten Julius Indongo in the third round of their super lightweight fight on Saturday...
Crawford became the first fighter in 11 years to hold four titles by winning the scheduled 12-round contest between the two previously unbeaten boxers at the sold out Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska...
BRISBANE: American qualifier Samantha Crawford continued her breakout run by storming into her first WTA semi-final of the Brisbane International on Thursday after pummelling Andrea Petkovic...
Crawford, a former US Open junior champion, is playing in just her sixth WTA Tour event and her strong showing at an event which has seen the top seeds succumb to injuries should bring her inside the top 100 for the first time...
Terence Crawford survived some early jitters to retain his WBO welterweight title on Saturday with a ninth round knockout of former Olympian Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden...
Crawford, who improved to 36-0 with 27 knockouts, survived a scare in the third round before finding his rhythm in the fifth, knocking the Lithuanian down once in the seventh, and then twice in the final round...
Shahid Afridi took his fans down memory lane as he hit a quickfire 101 runs off 42 balls for Hampshire in a NatWest T20 Blast county match on Tuesday, Cricinfo reported...
A sensational first Twenty20 century from the swirling bat of Shahid Afridi ended Derbyshire's dream of reaching finals day for the first time on a night of tumbling records at the 3aaa County Ground...
LONDON: Daniel Lawrence broke three County Championship records against Surrey here on Tuesday on a day to remember for the 17-year-old...
As well as becoming Essex’s youngest centurion, Lawrence’s 161 also made him the third-youngest player to score a County Championship hundred and the youngest to do so at The Oval...
LONDON: Young Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone has smashed a world record 350 in just 138 balls during a one-day match...
The 21-year-old all-rounder bludgeoned 34 fours and 27 sixes for Nantwich in a Royal London National Club Championship game against Caldy
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday told the Supreme Court that neither Worcestershire nor Sussex County, for whom he played between 1971 and 1988, maintained salary records beyond 20 years...
PTI chief maintains London apartment purchased from county, Kerry Packer earningsA three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, will on July 25 resume hearing the petition of...
VERONA: Security concerns have prompted officials in a Virginia county to close schools after parental objections to a world geography lesson that included Arabic calligraphy...
Augusta County School Board President Eric Bond announced Thursday that schools would be closed Friday...
KARACHI: Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Sunday expressed his desire to prolong his Test career and also revealed his plans to feature in English County cricket to maintain fitness and form...
“I am making an effort so that if I play in those conditions (for a county), it will help me because I have not played Tests in England so it would be good if I get that opportunity,” he added...
LONDON: Former England bowler Ryan Sidebottom produced a devastating spell of bowling as Yorkshire retained the County Championship Division One title by skittling Middlesex for 106 at Lord’s on Wednesday...
But, unlike the IPL the only fireworks to be seen at an English ground when the venerable County Championship starts on Sunday will come if hardy fans are denied a reviving cup of tea...
The County Championship, which last year celebrated its 125th anniversary, is about as traditional as cricket gets...
”Intikhab, who played on the county circuit with Surrey from 1969 to 1981, said he was proud to be the Pakistan captain on their undefeated tour of England in 1974...
”Intikhab agreed the success of the 1974 tour went well mainly due to players’ county experiences...
The Pakistan winger was offered a two-year contract by Championship side Derby County in the summer after he impressed their manager Paul Clement with his performances for Kyrgyz giants FC Dordoi Bishkek...
The summer transfer window ended but Adil is now looking at the window in January where he hopes Derby’s interest would re-ignite...
CAPE TOWN: Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Tuesday it wants to hold talks with the agent of Kyle Abbott to discuss a report that the Test fast bowler is on the verge of signing a contract to play county cricket in England...
Authorities in a Muslim-majority county in northwest China have banned schoolchildren from going to mosques during their winter holidays, a state-run daily reported on Friday, the latest tightening of regulations on religious freedoms...
The decision was outlined in a notice sent to all high schools, primary schools and kindergartens in Gansu province's Guanghe county, according to the Global Times...