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West Indies showed they are side on the up, in one-day cricket at least, by reaching the final of the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this month but they face a tough task as they go to Pakistan for a three-Test series, starting on Saturday with the f

Glenn Roeder knows that defeat at Manchester City and results going against him this weekend will send Newcastle to the bottom of the table while the biggest match of the weekend is at the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal welcome Liverpool

This weekend's "Open Meeting" at Cheltenham is arguably the best jump racing this side of Christmas and is headlined by the Paddy Power Gold Cup

Having been humbled in their opening match of the Ashes Tour, England will be looking to get back on track immediately when they take on New South Wales in a three-day game, starting on Sunday

Two big London derbies take centre stage this weekend and the home sides need to change their dreadful records against the opposition. With West Ham notching up one home win in 17 against the Gunners and Spurs failing to beat Mourinho's men in 17 home gam

West Indies beat Australia in their opening group match of the ICC Champions Trophy a couple of weeks ago but when the two sides meet in the final on Sunday it is the world champions who are 1/3 (1.33) to win it, while West Indies, the

Favourites Australia take on New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy in Mohali on Wednesday knowing they are just two victories away from claiming the only tournament they have yet to win

The European Tour season is set to end on a high note once again as the best players of the past 12 months all convene in Valderrama for the Volvo Masters

West Ham and Newcastle were meant to be challenging for Europe this season, but find themselves heading for a relegation battle. With both at home this weekend, can they get back to winning ways?

In the end, it was fairly predictable that Australia would book their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. And having joined New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa in the last four, Ricky Ponting's side are now even money to win it

We have combined a number of different factors in order to get our own StatsOnSport team rankings for the purposes of this tournament

After the first round of matches, the bookmakers will be reassessing their odds for the top runscorer and wicket-taker in the Champions Trophy, with Stephen Fleming and Adam Gilchrist sure to be cut after their performances in their respective opening mat

As if we didn't know it, the opening two qualifying matches of the ICC Champions Trophy proved that Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are still a long way from the finished article and Sri Lanka and West Indies look almost certain to qualify for the main event

With England squandering a couple of good positions to allow Australia an easy victory at the weekend, the world champions are back on course for a semi-final berth and bet365 have reacted by restoring them as favourites to win the Champions Troph

The way England's batsmen collapsed on the final day of the second Test in Adelaide does not exactly bode well for the remaining three matches in the series

Kevin Pietersen is one of those players who perform best on the big stage and it's no surprise the Hampshire man is favourite to be top England runscorer in the second one-day international against Pakistan at Lord's on Saturday

England and Pakistan finally get back on the field at Bristol on Monday and even though it's a Twenty20 match, there is still plenty to play for

England salvaged some pride by winning the fourth one-day international on Friday and now Andrew Strauss and co will be chasing victory in the final match of the series on Sunday, a win that would give them an unlikely 2-2 draw

After the success of Chris Read on Sporting Index's player performance markets in the last Test, it's worth looking at some of the other players on offer for the fourth and final Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval

With South Africa flying home after worries over security, the Unitech Cup will now become a three-match one-day series between hosts Sri Lanka and India, starting on Friday