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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby from England on Tuesday concluded his India tour with a visit to Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar.  He was accompanied by his wife Caroline Welby.

Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss both received the honour for their services to sport after outstanding careers for England

Steve Smith is having a fairytale Ashes series, already accumulating 671 runs, including a double century at a staggering average of 134.20

A 12-year-old boy raised money by taking out his neighbours’ trash for four years to fulfil his dream of watching Australia take on arch-rivals England in the Ashes and was also rewarded with a bus ride with his heroes

Virat Kohli’s scores of 76 and 0 in Kingston were not enough for him to hold on to the top ranking, which he had attained in August 2018 during India’s tour of England

The PCB said that Cricket Australia (CA) chairman Earl Edings and chief executive Kevin Roberts will be in Pakistan from September 16-18 followed by the arrival of England and Wales Cricket Board's CEO and director in October

Each team plays six series in the ICC World Test Championship, with a total of 120 points available from each series. These points will be evenly allocated across the number of matches in each series

PV Sindhu was the toast of the nation as she became the first Indian to win a badminton World Championships gold medal. Virat Kohli broke Sourav Ganguly’s Test record and England registered a historic Ashes Test win. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show (August 19 to 25)
 

Tim Murtagh took a stunning 5/13 in nine overs on a ground where he plays for Middlesex. Ireland then consolidated their position by making 207 in reply for a first-innings lead of 122

According to reports, a stuntman was severely injured on the sets of Fast and Furious 9 at the Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, England

Kumar Dharmasena had signalled to add six runs to England's total, instead of five, when Martin Guptill's throw from the deep raced to the boundary ropes after being deflected of a diving Ben Stokes' bat in the ICC World Cup 2019 final at Lord’s on July 14

After a double-tie, the World Cup 2019 trophy went to England as they had hit more boundaries than the Kane Williamson-led Kiwis. This rule of deciding the winner on boundary count received severe backlash from former cricketers and fans. Ben Stokes was one of the heroes of the final

“I remember in 2007 we went to New Zealand for an U-19 Test match. Kane played a back foot shot off one of our fast bowlers, who was quick, and I remember standing in slips and telling guys, 'I have never seen anyone play a shot like that.' He was special,” Virat Kohli on Kane Williamson at the ICC World Cup 2019

'After very careful consideration, the Sunrisers (Hyderabad) franchise has decided to take a different direction with the Head Coaching role and will be parting ways with the services of Tom Moody,” SRH said in a statement as they announced the appointment of World Cup 2019 winning England coach Trevor Bayliss as the team's head coach

'One of the nurses came in for the final over, the super over, and she said his breathing is changing. You know, I think Jimmy Neesham had just hit that six and he took his last breath,' Leonie Gordon, coach David’s daughter was quoted as saying