US diplomats expressed concern about the business dealings of Allen Stanford three years before the collapse of his financial empire amid allegations of fraud, according the latest leaked embassy cables posted on the WikiLeaks website.

Kevin Pietersen was today fined for speeding after taking a loaned Lamborghini for a drive on his day off from England training.

KEVIN PIETERSEN was one of two cricketers fined for their foul-mouthed Tweeting yesterday.

EOIN MORGAN is likely to get the opportunity to boost his Ashes credentials against Pakistan this summer after England lost the services of Ian Bell for the series.

Ireland have turned down the chance to be part of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s domestic one-day competition next season, with Holland taking their place.

ENGLAND’S quest to regain the Ashes will have to be completed without Kevin Pietersen after he was forced into undergoing surgery on his chronic achilles injury.

IRELAND are banging their heads against a “glass ceiling” in their attempts to break into the Test-playing elite above them.

Ireland are banging their heads against a “glass ceiling” in their attempts to break into the Test-playing elite above them.

LEICESTERSHIRE chairman Neil Davidson has called for England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke to resign over the body’s close links with Allen Stanford.

KEVIN PIETERSEN last night resigned as England captain while coach Peter Moores was sacked on a dramatic day for English cricket.

ENGLAND have launched an investigation into how their detailed bowling plans for the fourth Ashes Test were leaked and broadcast on Australian radio station ABC.

PAKISTAN will continue with their tour of England despite the ball-tampering row but may review that decision following captain Inzamam-ul-Haq’s disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Formula One organisers today announced a minute’s silence will be held before Sunday’s British Grand Prix as a mark of respect to those who died and were injured in the terrorist attacks in London.

England will not play their Cricket World Cup opener against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.

The International Cricket Council have promised to give a written response tomorrow to the England and Wales Cricket Board to their request to move England’s controversial World Cup opener from Zimbabwe.

England's cricketers are expected to announce today whether they will boycott their opening World Cup match in Zimbabwe.

England’s scheduled match against Zimbabwe in Harare next Thursday is still set to go ahead after the ICC’s Cricket World Cup technical committee declined a request for the game to be switched.

England’s players have remained united in their support for their employers over the past few weeks – but individual minds have wavered on the morality of playing in Zimbabwe.

ENGLAND’S senior cricket administrator said last night the British Government had left the team in a no-win position over its calls for a boycott of its World Cup match in Zimbabwe.