The selection of Usman Khwaja and Callum Ferguson for the Australia A game against England starting in Hobart on November 17, suggests the Australian selectors will stick with incumbent middle order for the opening Test of the Ashes in Brisbane on November 25.

Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has sought asylum in England after resurfacing at Heathrow Airport following his mysterious disappearance hours before the fifth and final one-day international against South Africa in Dubai.

Golf ace Tiger Woods has arrived in Melbourne to defend his JBWere Masters crown at Victoria Golf Club in Australia later this week. 

Ashley Cole revealed early Tuesday that only the intervention of Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti prevented him from leaving the Premier League in the summer.

The 10th round of the Spanish league programme finished Monday with a 2-0 home defeat of Valencia to Sevilla, on second-half goals from Alvaro Negredo and Alejandro Alfaro.

The opening ceremony and opening match of the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil is expected to take place in Sao Paulo.

English footballer Wayne Rooney has arrived in America, and he will be putting up at party haven Portland, which has more strip clubs per capita than anywhere else in the US.

England midfielder Frank Lampard has defended troubled ace striker Wayne Rooney, who witnessed a dip in form after his extra marital affairs became public.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has already set his sights on the second spot in the Premier League after his team bounced back from three straight defeats with a convincing win over West Brom.

Friends of a sexy French rapper fear that she could hurt herself after Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, her lover, drove her to the brink of despair.