Sir Allen Stanford: the man behind the eponymous Super Series. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/PA
I have to say that the Stanford $20m match a week today concerns me greatly. Will this Twenty20 game between the Stanford Superstars and England do cricket any good or is it just a way of bolstering the egos of a few administrators? [...]

Sir Allen Stanford meets the press at Lord’s on June 11. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images
The Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford yesterday assured England’s cricketers that their potential payday in Antigua would not be jeopardised after a high court ruling in favour of the telecommunications company Digicel forced the West Indies Cricket Board to withdraw its [...]

George Burley says referee Pavel Kralovec will be under pressure on Saturday. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images
Pavel Kralovec will referee Scotland’s World Cup qualifying opener against Macedonia - just eight months after being banned for a poor performance by the Czech Football Association.
The 31-year-old was given a six-match ban for making serious errors in a league [...]

The Serbian was rarely troubled during her two set victory. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Just under a year ago Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic arrived on the Philippe Chatrier centre court for the biggest match of her young life and froze. A first serve flew wildly out of control into the surrounding flowerpots, and after that pretty much [...]