PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: Leach was named in England's team for their final warm-up game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI and will have to prove he is over his calf injury.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The ECB could face a legal battle with Sri Lankan officials to determine how the World Test Championship points for their postponed series are allocated

Following the ball-tampering scandal of March 2018, Cricket Australia handed Smith a 12-month suspension adding he would not be considered for captaincy for another year after that.

Ben Stokes, the hero of England's dramatic World Cup triumph and the miracle of Headingley last summer, has been named the leading cricketer in the world.

The ECB are considering a re-draft of players if they postpone the Hundred for 12 months - due to changes in status of Kolpak cricketers and the availability of overseas stars.

The traditional toss of the coin was due to return to the County Championship on Sunday but the half-dozen grounds scheduled to host fixtures stood empty.

EXCLUSIVE: Ian Watmore quit his leading Football League role in November 2018 citing poor health. But it can be revealed a week earlier the EFL had commissioned an independent inquiry.

Twenty20 record breaker Chris Gayle has signed for St Lucia Zouks for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

England paceman Jofra Archer has finally found his missing World Cup winner's medal after going 'mad' looking for it following a recent house move.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The ECB will become the first governing body or league in the country to lose domestic television income as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: The summer of 1970 remains unique in the annals of English cricket. South Africa, the scheduled tourists, were ditched after protests.

England were scheduled to play Tests in Galle and Colombo in March before the coronavirus outbreak shut down sport worldwide as countries introduced lockdown measures to prevent the spread.

We still don't know for sure when we will start playing again but I'm going to assume that it will be July 1. That's my target date, and that means I am aiming to be in the best shape possible to bowl.

ECB are asking players to take 20 per cent pay cuts if the Hundred's original draft list is kept for 2021. The retention of the eight 15-man squads on 80 per cent of their agreed terms would save £1.536million.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Hales could have done no more to push his case for a place in England's T20 World Cup squad but he knows that runs alone are not enough.

The 51-year-old actor said his twin boys were fine on Thursday following his ex-wife's recent breakdown in Utah.

Charlie Sheen opened up about his life in the year since he publicly announced he was HIV-positive and revealed that when he was first diagnosed he thought about suicide.

The 28-year-old certainly turned heads with her  wild set of dreadlocks as she headed to the Ocean's Eight set in the Big Apple.

Charlie Sheen, 51, who once openly bragged about his 'polygamy' relationships, admits his sex life is nonexistent due to health woes.

Charlie Sheen still harbours intense feelings of distaste for the show's creator Chuck Lorre. The 51-year-old star went on an expletive-laden rant during an interview with KIIS FM on Wednesday.

On Monday, actor Charlie Sheen was asked on live radio if it was true that he was once rushed to hospital for a hernia operation after 36-hour bender.

The 52-year-old Hollywood actor gives $20,000-a-month to his ex-wife Denise Richards for their daughters Sam, 14, and Lola, 13, and $55,000-a-month to his other ex-wife Brooke Mueller.

During their four year marriage, Charlie and Denise welcomed daughters Sam, 14, and Lola, 13, together. The couple married in 2002 before officially divorcing four years later.

American actor and martial arts specialist Steven Seagal has announced a speaking tour of Australia. 

The 53-year-old Golden Globe winner still cashes in on his unhinged Hollywood badboy persona

Charlie Sheen confessed 'I feel good' weeks after celebrating one year of sobriety and that 'it had to be done' at a celebrity softball game in Malibu on Sunday.

Charlie Sheen has been hit with a further blow since the actor, 53, could lose his Beverly Hills mansion after reportedly defaulting on his mortgage, according to The Blast .

But the actor shut down rumors he would be appearing on the series in a new interview with Extra. 'You're gonna see the girls… I don't appear on shows I don't watch,' he told the site.

Gold Coast woman Haylee Baxter was told to pay $10,500 to NRA Enterprises at a Queensland Civil Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) appeal on Wednesday.

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star, 48, and her hunky beau, 46, were casually dresed when they were seen leaving celebrity hotspot Craig's in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Page Six published the shocking video of the 41-year-old on Thursday, before her reps revealed to Us Weekly that she was seeking treatment at a center on the East Coast.

The actress, 48, was spotted enjoying some time away from the drama on Thursday, when she stepped out for the VFiles New York Fashion Week presentation at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

The model, 48, is said to have 'walked away' from filming the reality series after the liaison came to light, but seemed in good spirits as she attended the Blow and Darkness screening in Madrid.

The drama unfolded on a trip to Rome in November, multiple sources told DailyMail.com. Richards, 48, and Glanville, 47, had been seeing each other from the beginning of 2019 until the middle of the year.

The former Governor of Florida posted a two-minute video on Twitter with a string of 'absurd' comments the mogul has made on how he would operate as commander-in-chief.

Former Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush's disappointing performance in Wednesday's GOP debate has led many observers to urge his withdrawal from the race.

Donald Trump doesn't like having to be mean to Jeb Bush. 'I don't like doing it, I don't like saying bad things about him,' Trump told Bill O'Reilly in an interview that will be airing tonight.

The GOP presidential candidate known for his stinging take downs of his opponents and critics told O'Reilly 'people go after me' and insisted that he doesn't like having to be mean to be mean.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tried to pull off a real barn burner of a speech in New Hampshire and when it didn't stick he informed the audience that it was time for applause. 'Please clap,' he said.

Donald Trump doesn't need much of a push to dole out colorful adjectives about his rivals so he happily played a game of word association this morning on Morning Joe.

Jeb Bush again threw out a theory as to why he's become Donald Trump's favorite punching bag of the Republican field. 'It's because he fears me,' Bush said on CBS This Morning.

Jeb Bush has been struggling with internet pranksters today, with a botched Tweet and a website squatter frustrating his attempts to woo South Carolina voters during a key part of his campaign.

Just one day after Sen. Ted Cruz christened himself the 'new national front runner,' two new polls show that it's Donald Trump who remains the commanding leader of the Republican field.

The Republican race is down to five candidates as Bush bails and The Donald stays firmly on top with two wins under his belt.

Jeb Bush's journey to the White House officially stopped tonight in South Carolina. The former Florida governor told supporters the news at his headquarters in Columbia.

The failed Republican presidential candidate spent the extraordinary sum between his campaign and his Right to Rise super PAC. Other candidates are spending big too - but not Trump.

Sophie Gradon, who appeared on the show in 2016, was found hanged at the family's home in Northumberland. Her mother, Deborah, has now spoken about her fury over Caroline Flack's death.

Model Andreja Pejic has set her sights on acting, after her debut movie was released last year. 

The musician is best known for his role in the new wave scene in the 1980s and was a member of The Soft Boys and The Thompson Twins, also collaborating with Thomas Dolby.

An exuberant dinosaur with a parrot-like beak, bony frills, horns and a 'star-like' skull has been named after British rock musician David Bowie.