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(From Bristol Evening Post) 1 Which team did Bangladesh beat in a Test series last year? 2 How many French Open singles titles has Justine Henin, pictured, won? 3 For [...]

(From Western Morning News) RUGBY UNION: England yesterday confirmed details for all summer tours until 2018, commencing with a three-Test series against South Africa in 2012. Martin Johnson's side will [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE'S Stuart Broad is to be rested in favour of a 'strengthening programme' and will miss England's forthcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh. And there is also [...]

(From Derby Evening Telegraph) CAPTAIN Paul Collingwood hailed England's seven-wicket ICC World Twenty20 final victory over Australia in Barbados as rivalling the 2005 and 2009 Ashes Test series successes. Collingwood [...]

(From Hull Daily Mail) ENGLAND captain Paul Collingwood admits beating Australia in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 rivalled the 2005 and 2009 Ashes Test series successes. England stormed [...]

(From Yorkshire Evening Post) Pietersen, who joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore's campaign mid-tournament after completing England's Test series in Bangladesh, is especially keen for bowlers such as Stuart Broad and [...]

(From Manchester Evening News) JIMMY Anderson will begin his Ashes campaign at Durham University next month. The Lancashire pace ace sat out England's Test series triumph in Bangladesh after finishing [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) Byline: MARK ORDERS REPORTS LEE Byrne reckons Wales can this summer emerge with credit from the toughest challenge in world rugby -- a Test series [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: from IAN BAKER in Chittagong CROCKED Graham Onions last night became the THIRD England paceman to be ruled out of the Bangladesh Test series. Jimmy [...]

(From The Journal) WALES star Jamie Roberts believes he must 'step up and deliver' in this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship. Roberts, player of the Test series on last summer's [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) Andrew Baldock WALES star Jamie Roberts believes he must 'step up and deliver' in the RBS Six Nations Championship. Roberts, player of the Test series [...]

(From The Northern Echo) Byline: David Clough JACQUES Kallis yesterday stood between England and another significant step towards a Test series victory in South Africa. Kallis (108 not out) shared [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) England had no answer as a determined Jacques Kallis took control for South Africa at Centurion on day one of the four-Test series. Kallis (112 not [...]

(From Western Daily Press) The International Cricket Council's decision review system is set for another high-profile examination in the Test series starting today between South Africa and England. The ICC [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) The South Africa captain, Graeme Smith, believes England's decision not to pick Steve Harmison for this winter's Test series could backfire, as Andrew Strauss's attack seems too [...]

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) GRAHAM GOOCH'S initial brief is to acquaint himself with and assess England's batsmen as they prepare for a tough Test series in South Africa. But Gooch, [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: RODNEY WHITE KEVIN PIETERSEN IS BEING BACKED TO REDISCOVER HIS BEST FORM AHEAD OF ENGLAND'S TEST SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. The 29-year-old has been struggling [...]

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NEW ZEALAND'S hopes of clinching a Test series win against Pakistan took a heavy knock today when leading bowler Shane Bond was ruled out of the [...]

(From Burnley Express) Earlier this week, Trimble was called onto the Irish bench for the second Guinness Test series match at the RDS.Nagusa a' having been drafted into an extended [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) Andrew Baldocksport@swwmedia.co.uk RYAN Jones has vowed Wales will blast out of the blocks when they continue their autumn Test series by tackling Samoa. Wales have [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) Gareth Cooper is determined to seize his chance when Wales launch their autumn Test series against New Zealand. The Blues scrum-half has been handed Wales's [...]

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) GARETH COOPER is determined to seize his chance when Wales launch their autumn Test series against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Cardiff Blues [...]

(From Aberdeen Evening Express) Byline: eric.smith RUGBY: Dan Parks was today set for a Scotland recall as the squad for the Autumn Test series was announced. Stand-off Parks has been [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: MARTIN RICHARDS SAM BURGESS sprang to fame with that shuddering hit on Fuifui Moimoi in the 2007 Test series against New Zealand which reverberated round [...]

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ANDREW FLINTOFF believes England must select Durham pace bowler Steve Harmison for the winter's Test series in South Africa. Harmison has told the England selectors, who [...]

(From Northampton Chronicle and Echo) The Ashes Trophy, a AGBP35,000 glass trophy presented to the team which is triumphant in Test series between England and Australia, and a replica of [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: RODNEY WHITE ENGLAND land in South Africa day ahead of the one-day hampions Trophy with Kevin Pietersen already rated a doubt for the Test series [...]

(From The Journal) DELON Armitage is set to miss England's autumn Test series after being told he requires surgery on a dislocated shoulder, writes ALEX LOWE. The London Irish full-back [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: CARL ELDRIDGE KEVIN PIETERSEN reckons England's Champions Trophy performances can spur the team on to a successful Test series in South Africa in December. Former [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) England will play two Test series against Bangladesh and Pakistan next season alongside five One Day International matches against Australia in July, the ECB have confirmed. The [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) England's Ashes victory, under Sunday's golden sun at the Oval, was a glorious culmination of a gripping test series, but even amid the glee and delight, the [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) Some of you have asked whether a five-Test series has ever ended 0-0. You don't know how lucky you are, because over the next 20 years or [...]

(From Yorkshire Post) Byline: Chris Waters It was the Ashes, Jim, but not as we know it as the Test series got under way in Cardiff yesterday.The pre-match build-up featured [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) Top marks to the British Lions. Rarely before has it been claimed with justification that the losers of a Test series had emerged with greater credit [...]

(From Belfast Newsletter) Willie John McBride, who captained the Lions to their undefeated 22-match success, including a Test Series win over South African in 1974, was voted the number one [...]

(From The Portsmouth Evening News) Byline: Steve Wilson Four years ago, the greatest Test series of all time took place.Having watched England play Test cricket since the mid 1980s, I've [...]

(From Aberdeen Evening Express) Byline: alan.brown IAN McGeechan has backed a much-changed British and Irish Lions team to produce another combative performance in tomorrow's Test series finale against South Africa [...]

(From The Journal) SOUTH Africa forward Schalk Burger has reacted to his eight-week suspension by insisting: 'I am not a rugby thug.' Burger will miss tomorrow's Test series finale against [...]

(From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ANDREW FLINTOFF will place his trust in instinct when he tries to regain England the Ashes in this summer's five-Test series with Australia. The Lancashire all-rounder [...]

(From Yorkshire Post) Byline: Andrew Baldock, Pretoria The Lions headed for a two-day safari trek, accompanied by shattered dreams after they suffered Test series heartbreak at Loftus Versfeld.Five Lions ended [...]

(From The Daily Star) AFTER South Africa won the Test series 2-1 in Australia at end of last year, the Aussies toured South Africa in February and March with one [...]

(From The Daily Star) Byline: PHIL GIRVAN MORNE STEYN stepped off the bench to land a giant injury-time penalty that sent the Lions spinning to a third successive test series [...]

(From Yorkshire Post) Byline: Andrew Baldock, Pretoria Victory for the world champions at a stadium where they have won 71 per cent of their games would secure Test series glory [...]

(From South Wales Evening Post) Ieuan Evans, a member of the only Lions squad to come from behind and win a Test series, believes the class of 2009 have a [...]

(From Western Daily Press) Gareth Chilcott on the Lions' task... The Lions have got every opportunity to win this Test series - but it is imperative they hit the ground [...]

(From The Journal) Byline: Alex Lowe SOUTH Africa captain John Smit will lead the Springboks into the rarefied atmosphere of a Test series against the British and Irish Lions with [...]

(From Guardian Unlimited) The Lions have abandoned their initial plan to dominate South Africa physically and rely on grunt to deliver the Test series. They will look to move the [...]

(From Llanelli Star Series) Stephen Jones heads into the Lions' Test series against South Africa with his regional coach Nigel Davies paying tribute to the fly-half's unbreakable character. Two years [...]

(From Nottingham Evening Post) The Test series between the Lions and the Springboks promises to be one of the highlights of the sporting year. Yet it's impossible to conclude that [...]

(From Northampton Chronicle and Echo) Despite his disappointing omission from the England squad for the two-Test series against Argentina, Foden is still on a high following the European Challenge Cup [...]