Trent Phillips blocked a 30-yard field goal as time expired to preserve Grove’s 15-13 victory at Miami in the season opener for both teams. The Wardogs had narrowed the Ridgerunners’ lead to 15-13 in the fourth quarter on a 25-yard…
East Central defeated Rogers 54-6 at Milton Stadium in a high school football season opener Friday for both teams. The majority of the scoring came in a 16-minute span over the first and second quarters for the Cardinals, who built a 40-0…
Jermain Defoe got England’s Euro 2012 campaign off to a flying start with a wonderful Wembley hat-trick. Also: Kevin Pietersen is to face a disciplinary hearing into the foul-mouthed Twitter rant that followed his omission from England’s one-day squad. Three and easy: Defoe fires home his third goal against Bulgaria Mushtaq Ahmed’s role as the England spin bowling coach came under scrutiny when the International Cricket Council said it would not employ him because of his past links with match-fixing. Also: Aston Villa hope to announce their new management team on Monday with Gerard Houllier expected to take a major role and Kevin MacDonald a key coaching position. England began their…
Pakistan cricket player Mohammad Asif lowers his head, as he arrives at… Pakistan’s team manager Yawar Saeed walks from the pitch before the one-day… LONDON (AP) – The International Cricket Council head called the fixing allegations against three suspended Pakistan players the most serious case of corruption to hit the sport since South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life 10 years ago. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Friday that allegations that Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt conspired with bookmakers to deliver deliberate no-balls last week in the fourth test against England were hugely detrimental to cricket. Police released the players without…
Captain Ricky Ponting said Saturday he was concerned Australia’s revamped d… Captain Ricky Ponting said Saturday he was concerned Australia’s revamped domestic one day format would hamper the World Cup preparations of players on the fringe of the national team. Ponting said he would also have preferred the players to have had more input from Cricket Australia (CA) before the changes were…
Pakistan High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan (C), addresses t… The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption and Security Unit… Pakistani Christians hold candles in front of a picture of the late nationa… The betting scandal involving Pakistan cricketers in England has revived fears about the influence of shadowy underworld dons who have form in subverting the “gentlemen’s game”. The middleman who gave undercover British reporters exact details of no-balls to be bowled by Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif during the Lord’s Test against England said he worked for an “Indian party”. The alleged link to unidentified backers has not been spelt out, but cricket has…
Backup quarter back Ben Richardson converted two critical fourth downs in the fourth quarter to help Bishop Moore hold off Leesburg 27-19 in their home opener. Richardson and the strong running attack, 249 total yards, were able to…
A spectacular fourth-down touchdown pass and gutsy defensive stand propelled Oviedo to a 14-7 season-opening victory against Seminole Friday night on the Lions’ new synthetic turf field. Oviedo senior wide receiver Mac…
Evans took the lead late in the fourth quarter on a high snap in the end zone over overcoming a 14-point halftime deficit to defeat host Ocoee (0-1) 30-23. The victory marked the first win for new Evans’ Coach Carl…
The host DeLand Bulldogs picked up right where they left off as the 2009 Class 6A runners-up with a 33-7 victory over the Wekiva Mustangs in a Class 6A match-up at Spec Martin Stadium. DeLand…