More than 3,400 people object to plans for controversial 'garden village' in green belt countryside
More than 3,400 objections have been submitted against plans to build the controversial Godley Green ‘garden village’.
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Anderson, Broad can play for England again, says Strauss
England fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will be considered for selection again in the English summer, interim managing director Andrew Strauss said on Wednesday.
Test career uncertain, Ishant Sharma ‘unreachable’ for Ranji
Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. While Wriddhiman has communicated to Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) that he is not available for the Ranji Trophy, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has not received any sort of message from Ishant on his availability. DDCA waited to hear from Ishant till Wednesday afternoon before sitting down to pick the team which is scheduled to leave for Guwahati on Thursday morning.
Dipika Pallikal, now a mother and interior designer, back on squash court after four years
Dipika Pallikal is back on the court after four years, a break she needed to start a family and to do "something different" in her life with her career graph "stagnating". Blessed with twins last October, the 31-year-old has been training hard for the last couple of months with the focus on the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games later this year. Pallikal, who established an interior designing business in her time away from the game, is aiming to create more history at the two multi-sporting events. She is expected to take part in the doubles events in the Birmingham Games before gradually increasing her workload to also play singles in the Hangzhou Games.
Six Nations: When Scotland last beat Wales in Cardiff - Duncan Hodge recalls famous victory
Scotland look in a “very solid place” and should be travelling down to Wales later this week “full of confidence” as they aim to win in Cardiff for the first time in 20 years on Saturday, according to one of the 2002 cohort Duncan Hodge.
Broad and Anderson among eight England axe
James Anderson and Stuart Broad are among eight players to have been dropped by England from the Test squad to tour the West Indies next month.
James Anderson, Stuart Broad left out of new-look England Test squad for West Indies tour
England's all-time leading Test wicket takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the highest-profile casualties as the country's cricket board reacted to the Ashes drubbing with sweeping changes to the squad for the three-Test tour of West Indies next month.