England fail to shine in the gloom
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The Birmingham weather and a sloppy batting display from England failed to give the ICC Champions&#39; Trophy the spectacular start the tournament organisers were looking for.
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England&#039;s new look was good enough to secure a 3-1 win over Hungary without quite convincing that it will resemble the finished article in time for the World Cup.
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England reach 281-1, a lead of 88 runs, as bad light halts play for the day against SA.
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England coach Brian Ashton rues his side's collapse in the 55-22 defeat to South Africa.
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England fans trudged home from Paris on Sunday after their team's defeat in the rugby World Cup final, bitterly disappointed but with heads held high after a widely-praised England display.
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Vienna: England&#39;s soccer World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a miserable start on Saturday when it squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Austria in Group Six.
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ENGLAND began the week claiming the moral high ground by wearing anti-racism T-shirts, but last night they had nothing to be proud of.
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England close 411-8 on a rain-hit second day of the fourth Test with South Africa.
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England&#39;s record-breaking run of victories threatens to come to an abrupt halt in the second Test against South Africa after they saved one of their worst recent batting performances for their final match of a triumphant year.
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The slender nature of the score will give broad satisfaction. Even if England were pegged back to 1-1 for a while in this World Cup qualifier, the mental stamina lacking since Euro 2004 was recovered in Chorzow
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England begin the defence of their World Cup title with a desperately disappointing display against the USA.
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England's batsmen limp to 186-8 against South Africa A.
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Whether they care to admit it or not, this was the contest England had yearned for all summer. It was a measure of the team&#39;s recent advance that they had become tired of pounding West Indies
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Flattery and deception are becoming England&#39;s stock-in-trade. They managed to open a two-goal lead over Austria despite lacking inspiration but then conceded two goals in two minutes midway through the second
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England close on 77-2 in their second innings against India on the rain-affected third day of the first Test at Lord's.
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England put in a dreadful performance as New Zealand easily claim a 10-wicket win for a 2-0 series lead.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - England were bundled out for their lowest first innings total of a triumphant year as a revitalised South African team took control on the first day of the second Test at Kingsmead.