Smriti Mandhana's sparkling unbeaten fifty led India to 122-3 against England at lunch on the opening day of the inaugural women's test at Lord's on Friday.

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and elected to field against India on Friday as Lord's finally played host to its first women's test in the ground's long history.

The South Africans who were on the Scotland side when they upset England and France in the Guinness Six Nations will know what the Springboks should be wary of when everyone’s second favourite team ...

Candidates, including Pitso Mosimane, have applied to succeed Hugo Broos as coach of South Africa after the exit of the Belgian was confirmed, a national football association official told AFP on ...

India captain Shreyas Iyer said his T20 world champions were in "transition" after another heavy defeat saw England complete a series-clinching success in Bristol on Thursday.

When the good times roll for the Springboks, as they do now, the aberration that is defeat can sometimes linger longer than it might otherwise have done in times gone by when a win wasn’t seen as just ...

European champions Spain are on a World Cup collision course with Kylian Mbappe's France if they can beat Belgium in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Tadhg Beirne said on Friday it was a "special, special moment" to be captaining Ireland after being handed the armband to lead the team out for the first time against Japan.

France underscored their status as the World Cup's team to beat on Thursday, overpowering African champions Morocco with a clinical 2-0 win to book their third consecutive semifinals appearance.

Australian captain Harry Wilson insisted Friday that he had complete faith in flyhalf Declan Meredith, who will be making his test debut against France in Brisbane on Saturday.

Coach Rudi Garcia said "everyone" expects his Belgium team to be eliminated by Spain in Friday's World Cup quarterfinal, but backed his side to pull off a famous victory.

Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League will open its season this year in Chennai – the first foreign cricket league to play in the huge Indian market.