It was meant to be too close to call, one of the tightest races the International Olympic Committee had ever voted on, but Tokyo last night delivered a crushing victory to win the right to stage the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The Japanese capital vaporised Madrid and Istanbul in rain-swept Buenos Aires, the latter after […]
Shane Warne received ICC Hall of Fame
Australia great Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord’s on Friday. The leg-spin legend received the honour during the tea interval of the second day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia. Warne, credited with reviving interest in leg-spin outside Asia, was the first bowler […]
