Australia coach Darren Lehmann has told his top order batsmen to up their game in time for the second Test against England at Lord’s starting Thursday.

England on Monday named an unchanged squad to face Australia in the second Ashes Test, starting at Lord’s later this week. The home side got off to the best possible start in the five-Test series, beating the tourists by 14 runs in a thrilling encounter at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge on Sunday.

Calls mounted on Monday for more stringent punishments for dope cheats in athletics and tighter controls on food supplements after two of the world’s fastest men returned positive tests for banned drugs.

Shahid Afridi made one of the more remarkable comebacks in international cricket in leading Pakistan to a crushing 126-run victory over the West Indies in the first one-day international at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday.

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer said on Tuesday, after President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of “trapping” him in the country.

Seven people were killed and 261 wounded in overnight clashes in Cairo between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and security forces, health officials said on Tuesday.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.

Panama stopped a North Korean vessel that President Ricardo Martinelli said had sailed from Cuba and tried to illegally sneak suspected sophisticated missile material through the Panama Canal.

If Chris Froome is fed up of having his credibility questioned again following his stunning win on Mont Ventoux, he can take some comfort from the words of his biggest rival on Monday.

James Anderson insisted he was prepared for more hard work in pursuit of Ashes glory after leading England to a nailbiting 14-run win over Australia in the first Test at Trent Bridge.