Stuart Broad is impatient to make up for lost time as he targets a winning return from injury for England against South Africa. The seamer is in line to play in the third ODI at Newlands on Friday.

James Anderson is preparing to return to the scene of one of his most memorable performances for England. His man-of-the-match 4-29 set up a 112-run win over Pakistan at the 2003 World Cup.

Charlotte Edwards revealed that HRH Princess Anne enquired how much time the England captain had left in the game when she received her MBE.

Australia pace bowler Dirk Nannes will serve as an overseas player for Nottinghamshire in the revamped Friends Provident T20 next season.

India continued to put the squeeze on Sri Lanka on day two of the second Test largely thanks to Rahul Dravid's stoic 144 at Kanpur. The hosts made a mammoth 642 before Sri Lanka reached 66 for one.

Daniel Vettori fell one run short of a fifth Test century after helping New Zealand recover from a dangerous position on a rain-disrupted second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle confirmed he will shake off the effects of jetlag to play in this week's opening Test against Australia, but he may be without Ramnaresh Sarwan who has hurt his back.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has confirmed left-arm quick Doug Bollinger will be named 12th man for the opening Test against West Indies in Brisbane, presenting Nathan Hauritz with a golden opportunity to nail down the Test spinner's spot.

A revitalised Mitchell Johnson has vowed to put his poor showing in the Ashes to bed in Australia's Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.

Left-seamer Ashish Nehra has been awarded a central contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, but fellow left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan has been dropped from the list of contracted players.

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Plymouth Diving's World Champion Tom Daley has been shortlisted for the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award (SPOTY) 2009.The winner of the Young Sports Personality of the Year Award will be announced at BBC Sports Personality of

18 and 19 December 2009 - Manchester Aquatic CentreThe combined forces of Great Britain, Italy and Germany will come together under the team name of E-Stars to go head-to-head with the might of the U.S. at the British Gas Duel

Congratulations to the following athletes on their selections forAge Group Development Camps4 Oct 09 (Gloucester), 22 Nov 09 (Bath) and 3 Jan 10 (Bath):Abigail Abrahams, Chloe Davey, Christopher Venning, Courtney Rowan, Daniel Liu, Daniel Walker, Emma-Louise Hill, George Fearnley, Harry

A Rugby woman who owned a holiday home in Tuscany has been sentenced to 150 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay costs after falsely claiming £4,445 in Housing and Council Tax Benefits.

Desborough and Northampton & District are the two county sides left in the premier men's national club competition, the Denny Cup. (24/11/2009 11:52:19)

Desborough's Rebecca Wigfield is hoping she has done enough to earn a call-up to the England junior team after being drafted into the trial match at Barwell in Leicestershire. (10/11/2009 12:53:44)

Government U-Turn has Positive Prospects for Climbers:As of April next year the Ordnance Survey (OS) will be allowing free access to map data down to a scale of 1:10,000.The possibilities for climbers are quite profound, as websites such as UKC

Liverpool's Champions League chances evaporated long before Juan Vargas's dubious spot kick for Fiorentina.

Despite winning the first set, Briton is easily beaten by world No 1 at ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena.