London, June 18 (ANI): England off-spinner James Tredwell has said that he is confident that England can win the ICC Champions Trophy tournament this year, which is the country's first 50-over tournament, nearly 40 years after the first one was staged here.

London, June 18 (ANI): Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that disgraced opener David Warner may miss this summer's Ashes after his bar-room brawl with England's Joe Root.

Washington, June 17 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has denies allegations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring.

Johannesburg, June 17 (ANI): England batsman Kevin Pietersen who has not played since March owing to knee injury has confirmed that he will be returning to the team and aim for the Ashes series.

Sydney, June 17 (ANI): England fast bowler, James Anderson has called the allegations leveled against the team for ball tempering by its former captain Ashley Giles as 'untrue' and 'very disappointing'.

London, June 16 (ANI): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand revealed that his injury had forced him to quit England and he could only play for a couple of years more or two or three games in England, ending his England career in a year.

London, June 16 (ANI): New Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that he and former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had privately made a secret pact with each other, in which Ferguson told him of his intention to step down and in return, Mourinho confided to the Scot about a hankering for Stamford Bridge.

London, June 16 (ANI): Christine Bleakley, who is engaged to Chelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard since 2011, has revealed that her fiancee is very conscientious about drinking alcohol if he's got a game coming up.

London, June 16 (ANI): England one-day international coach Ashley Giles has dismissed former captain Bob Willis' allegations of ball tampering following the ICC Champions Trophy defeat to Sri Lanka which left England's hopes of qualification in the balance.

New York, June 15(ANI): New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has revealed that the Russian president Vladimir Putin pocketed his Super Bowl ring, worth more than 25,000 dollars during a 2005 meeting.

London, June 15 (ANI): Former England captain David Beckham has reportedly agreed on a charity deal to donate his whopping 3.4 million pound wages from Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) to French children's charity houses.

London, June 15 (ANI): Former England international footballer Paul Gascoigne, popularly known as 'Gazza' has made his comeback tour in a lean, tanned and fit look at his first public speaking engagement at a former Masonic Hall consisting of only 200 people in Tyneside, following his near-death experience in a rehabilitation clinic in US four months back.

Sydney, June 15 (ANI): Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said that there is something 'not right' about their old enemies Australia, following the late-night 'unprovoked' assault of England cricketer Joe Root by Australian opener David Warner.

London, June 15(ANI): David Beckham has been named as the greatest dad of England.

London, June 15 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook has denied claims that the ability of his team's bowlers to reverse swing the ball is connected with illegal ball- tampering or scratching the leather, saying that the bowlers can reverse swing the ball because of their skill and hard work.

London, June 15 (ANI): Cricketing legends Shane Warne and Bob Willis have slammed England's one-day batting, specifically from the top-order, as 'belonging to the last century', following the hosts' seven-wicket hammering by Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Sydney, June 15 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) is reportedly seeking professional advice on controversial opener David Warner's relationship with alcohol, following his punching England batsman Joe Root under the influence of alcohol after Australia's loss to England in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.

Johannesburg, June 15 (ANI): England batsman Jonathan Trott is facing a fitness test to see if he will be available to face the 'must-win' ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand in Cardiff due to a quad injury.

Wellington, June 14 (ANI): New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has given his backing for to player Luke Ronchi for the opener role for the ICC Champions Trophy and beyond.

Sydney, June 14 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has slammed Australian opener David Warner's punching England's Joe Root as 'despicable', saying that Warner should count himself lucky to be available for the first Ashes Test.

London, June 14 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook has said that their next ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand is 'basically a quarter-final'.

Johannesburg, June 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka has managed to gain a seven-wicket win over an overly cautious England on Thursday with a chanceless unbeaten 134 from Kumar Sangakkara, leaving the ICC Champions Trophy Group A wide open ahead of the final two matches.

Sydney, June 14 (ANI): Controversial Australian opener David Warner is in serious danger of jeopardizing his future for the Ashes, despite being spared an early flight home from England, according to the Australian media.

Sydney, June 14 (ANI): Former Australian Test player and international cricket coach Tom Moody has said that controversial opener David Warner's form is not good enough to warrant a place in Australia's one-day side, regardless of his run-in with England's Joe Root.

Sydney, June 14 (ANI): Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is confident that opener David Warner will reform, adding that he hoped that the altercation with England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar will be Warner's last indiscretion.