Anyone who got up early to watch the British and Irish Lions get hammered by the All Blacks on Saturday morning will probably be dreading the second Test, which takes place in Wellington this Saturday

With the Twenty20 Cup in full swing, it's worth taking a look at the Frizzell County Championship, which is taking a timely break at the moment

After more than six weeks of preliminaries, the British and Irish Lions finally get the real show on the road on Saturday morning when they take on the mighty All Blacks in the first Test of the three-game series

Defending NBA champions the Detroit Pistons stand on the verge of an historic achievement when they take on the San Antonio Spurs in a winner-takes-all deciding game seven of the NBA finals on Friday

What's going on? Australia, conquerors of all before them in recent years, are suddenly looking vulnerable

Get set for sixes galore as the third edition of the Twenty20 Cup begins on Wednesday, with Leicestershire defending the title they won in surprising but superb fashion last year

With just a few days to go until the first Test between the British and Irish Lions take on New Zealand and the bookies have lengthened the odds on the tourists coming away with a series victory

What a difference a week makes. Defeats to Somerset, England and even Bangladesh have left Australia bottom of the NatWest Series table after two games apiece

We all know that just because you win a one-day series, it doesn't mean the success will translate to the Test arena

Not since 1986 have both the reigning champions gone on to successfully defend their Wimbledon titles, but that's exactly what the bookies are predicting will happen when the greatest tennis tournament of them all begins on Monday

Not since 1986 have both the reigning champions gone on to successfully defend their Wimbledon titles, but that's exactly what the bookies are predicting will happen when the greatest tennis tournament of them all begins on Monday

While Bangladesh are involved in the first two matches of the NatWest series, the serious business really gets underway on Sunday when England and Australia meet at Bristol

Tiger Woods heads the betting for this week's US Open, to be staged at Pinehurst No. 2, at a best-priced 11/2 (6.50) and the American is going for his second consecutive major having won the US Masters in April

Sporting Index have come up with their usual excellent range of markets on the NatWest Series and have sensibly divided them into matches involving two of the teams

Sporting Index have come up with their usual excellent range of markets on the NatWest Series and have sensibly divided them into matches involving two of the teams

Australia captain Ricky Ponting, perhaps smarting from a Twenty20 defeat at the hands of England on Monday, gets an early chance for revenge when the NatWest Series, a triangular competition also involving Bangladesh, begins on Thursday

After the relative fun of the Twenty20 clash between England and Australia, things get a little more serious pretty quickly as the two old enemies are joined by Bangladesh for the NatWest Series, which begins on Thursday

Home advantage is always crucial in the NBA Finals and so it's proving again as the San Antonio Spurs took a 2-0 lead over defending champions the Detroit Pistons thanks to two convincing wins

Australia made a winning start to their Ashes tour on Thursday with victory over the PCA Masters in a Twenty20 match at Arundel and things step up immediately when they meet England over the same format at the Rose Bowl on Monday

The last time England met Australia in an Ashes series, Michael Vaughan came of age as an international cricketer, smashing a massive 633 runs in five Tests including three magnificent centuries