Joe Root captured two wickets, including the prize scalp of Australia captain Michael Clarke, after making a dominating 180 as England eyed a 2-0 Ashes series lead at Lord’s on Sunday.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen will play no further part in the second Test against Australia due to a left calf strain, a team spokeswoman said after Saturday’s third day close.

Glenn McGrath bemoaned a “horror day” for the tourists as Joe Root batted England into a position of total dominance in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.

Australia’s newspapers on Saturday ripped into their team’s feeble batting in the second Test against England, fearing the Ashes campaign might have unravelled in one catastrophic session at Lord’s.

Pakistan wicketkeeper Umar Akmal missed a run-out opportunity and the West Indies last-wicket pair of Kemar Roach and Jason Holder scrambled two runs off the final ball to tie the third one-day intern

Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 180 runs in the first one-day international in Colombo on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

England’s Lee Westwood broke clear of the field down the front nine in the third round of the British Open on Saturday.

Athletics received just the tonic it needed at a thrilling Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday after a week tainted by the positive drugs tests of two of the best-ever male sprinters.

President Hamid Karzai on Saturday approved the second of two new election laws designed to pave the way for smooth transition of power in Afghanistan next year.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have laid the groundwork to resume peace talks frozen for three years and will meet in Washington within “the next week or so,” US secretary of state John Kerry sai