 | England captain Ben Stokes eases injury worries, plans to play as allrounder in AshesAfter having knee issues during the tour of New Zealand in February, Stokes played only twice for Chennai Super Kings in the recently-finished Indian Premier League. |
 | Wimbledon to house Ukraine's players, fund relief effortsClub chairman Ian Hewitt and club chief executive Sally Bolton said Wimbledon will not be broadcast in Russia or Belarus, and their media will not be allowed at the tournament this year. |
 | England wins 1st women's Finalissima in shootout vs BrazilThe game, which had a tribute to the late Pele at the start, went straight to penalties where Tamires and Brazil captain Rafaelle -- who hit the crossbar -- failed to score for the visitors. |
 | Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutralsThe players must sign declarations of neutrality and comply with "appropriate conditions," including not expressing support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
 | Bank of England hikes rate despite banking turmoilThe decision had been widely expected after shock official data showed that British annual inflation accelerated in February despite central bank efforts to tame a growing cost-of-living crisis. |
 | Sindhu, Prannoy advance to pre-quarterfinals of Swiss OpenPrannoy will next face France's Christo Popov, while Sindhu will take on 20-year-old Indonesian Putri Kusuma Wardani, who was part of the gold medal-winning team of the 2022 Asia Team Championships. |
 | Surprise jump in UK inflation deals with new cost-of-living, interest rates hike blowAfter slowing for three straight months, the UK Consumer Prices Index shot up to 10.4 percent in February -- not far from 40-year highs and more than five times the BoE's target. |
 | UK inflation jumps to 10.4 per cent, surprising analystsMichael Hewson, the chief analyst at CMC Markets UK, said he expects the Bank of England to raise rates by at least a quarter of a percentage point. |
 | All England Championship: Treesa-Gayatri enter semifinalsThe Indian duo had shocked seventh-seeded Thais Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Ravindra Prajongjai and former world No.1 pair from Japan Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the previous rounds. |
 | PV Sindhu's poor show continues, crashes out of All England ChampionshipsThis is the third time that Sindhu has lost her first-round match this year. |
 | India's HS Prannoy makes winning start at All England ChampionshipsThe World No.9 Indian eked out a 21-19 22-20 win over Wang in the 49-minute opening round clash to take his overall tally to 5-3 over the Taiwanese. |
 | Indian shuttlers face uphill task in quest for All England gloryIt has been 22 years since India won the coveted title when Pullela Gopichand (2001) followed the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) to achieve the honour. |
 | HSBC will buy UK subsidiary of collapsed Silicon Valley BankHSBC said it will acquire Silicon Valley Bank UK Ltd for one pound. |
 | Ben Stokes furious after bag stolen at London King's Cross stationA report says that Stokes had the bag stolen at King's Cross after travelling up to London from his home in Cumbria to watch the England rugby team play France in the Six Nations. |
 | India win inaugural Women's U-19 T20 World Cup with thumping win over EnglandIndia first bundled out England for 68 in 17.1 overs and then returned to knock off the paltry target in 14 overs to lift the coveted trophy. |
 | Church of England refuses to back same-sex marriageSame-sex marriage has been legal in England and Wales since 2013, but the church did not change its teaching when the law changed. |
 | England to ban few single-use plastic items from OctoberThe department said England uses around 2.7 billion items of single-use cutlery per year, mostly plastic, with only one in 10 items recycled. |
 | Former England cricketer Flintoff hurt in Top Gear accidentFlintoff, a celebrated all-rounder better known as "Freddie", played 79 Tests for England before retiring from cricket aged 32. |
 | England subdue Senegal to book France clash in World Cup quartersGareth Southgate's side survived a nervous start at the Al Bayt Stadium before Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane put Senegal to the sword with a pair of clinical finishes before half-time. |
 | 'Bazball' powers England to new first-day record against Pakistan in 1st TestThe 506-4 total was the highest on the first day of any test, surpassing Australia's 494-6 in 1910 against South Africa in Sydney. England also became the fastest team to score 500 runs. |
