BURTON-ON-TRENT: England captain Wayne Rooney announced on Tuesday that the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be his final tournament as an international footballer.
ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: Darren Sammy, who led West Indies to the World Twenty 20 title in 2012 and 2016, claimed he has been sacked as captain in a 30-second phone call from the head of selectors.
LONDON:Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq became the oldest player to score a Test century for 82 years when he reached three figures against England at Lord's on Thursday and celebrated by performing an impressive series of press-ups.
DUBLIN: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said his side will have to be at their best to beat England in the five-match one-day international series which starts on Tuesday.
LONDON: England will beat Wales in their Euro 2016 Group B clash in Lens on Thursday if they match the team spirit of Chris Coleman's side, according to former captain David Beckham.
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said Thursday he hopes to force his way back into national contention and put the disastrous World Twenty20 behind him with a strong return to English club Hampshire this season.
NEW DELHI: An Indian army jawan died during a training session in Arunachal Pradesh, provoking other fellow soldiers who roughed up the Captain who was heading the camp.
NEW DELHI: Indian Batting great Sourav Ganguly has called for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to be ditched as India's limited overs captain unless selectors are convinced he can lead the team into the 2019 World Cup.
Auckland: New Zealand Cricket has confirmed that Kane Williamson will take over the captaincy in all three formats of the game following the retirement of Brendon McCullum.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani legend cricketer Imran Khan has said that the current situation of the team would have been different if test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was leading the Twenty20 side, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: Cricketer-cum-politician Imran Khan while stressing on restructuring of the Pakistan cricket team on Thursday suggested for appointing wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed as skipper of the national squad, ARY News reported.
NEW DELHI: Indian hockey team captain Sardar Singh landed in hot water when an international hockey player of Indian origin filed a police complaint against Singh alleging sexual harassment.
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police Tuesday questioned skipper Angelo Mathews as part of investigations into an attempt to bribe players to under-perform in a cricket Test against the West Indies.
LAHORE: Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi lost his temper when a reporter raised a point over his performance as a team skipper, prompting Afridi to term question a “crap”.
MELBOURNE: Beer and cricket go hand in hand for many Australians and the captain of the national team, Steven Smith, sees little problem with the logo of a local brew being prominently featured on his test shirt.
NEW DELHI: India named Sunday uncapped all-rounder Gurkeerat Singh in the one-day squad for the first three matches against South Africa which will also see veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni return to captain the side.
MELBOURNE: Steven Smith will take over as captain of the Australian test team following the retirement of Michael Clarke after the fifth Ashes test against England, the country's cricket board said on Friday.