New Zealand are still in the race to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. The three-match home Test series against England will be their last in the ongoing cycle. A 3-0 win over the Three Lions will keep them in contention.

Spain and Manchester City's Rodri claimed his maiden Ballon d'Or award beating Vinicius Jr while Matthew Wade announced his international retirement after a 13-year illustrious career for Australia and swiftly moved into a coaching role. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 29.

New Zealand continued to take a cautious approach with regard to former captain Kane Williamson and his groin strain, with a three-match Test series against England starting next month. Williamson last played in the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in September.

India beat the UAE by seven wickets to stay at the top of the table in Group B in the Emerging T20 Asia Cup in Oman while Indian cricketer Sarfaraz Khan became a father as he was blessed with a baby boy. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 22.

New Zealand will continue to be without the services of former captain Kane Williamson, who is yet to recover from his groin injury, in the second Test of the three-match series against India. New Zealand took a 1-0 lead with a magnificent win in Bengaluru by eight wickets.

Harry Brook is scaling new heights every day in his Test career. Even though he has played only 19 Test matches so far, the 25-year-old has displayed excellent skills with bat in testing conditions and has already notched up a triple century while averaging 62.5 in the longest format.

Uncapped batter Michael Bracewell has earned his maiden Test call-up for the three-match series against India, starting October 16. While Bracewell has played ODIs and T20Is for the Blackcaps already, the southpaw might make his Test debut against India.

In-form New Zealand batter Kane Williamson scored 46 runs off 58 balls in the second innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka to go past Virat Kohli's Test runs tally of 8871 runs. Williamson is now only behind Steve Smith and Joe Root in Test runs record among active players.

Kane Williamson scored a brilliant fifty in the first innings and added 30 runs in the second innings of the first Test match against Sri Lanka to become New Zealand's all-time leading run-getter in international cricket on Sunday.

Kane Williamson and Devon Conway had declined the central contracts. It has forced New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to look for new faces who could take them in the right direction moving forward.

SA20 is on a star-signing spree ahead of its third edition with the former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson being the latest to take the African safari. Williamson, who had expressed his wish to get involved in SA20 having declined the annual central contract and will be hoping for a good outing.

Team India is set to play the final of T20 World Cup after 10 long years. They had reached the summit clash in the format back in 2014 when they had lost to Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma has played a crucial role with his captaincy over the last year or so but what record is he going to set?

Kane Williamson has turned down New Zealand's central contract to keep himself available for the SA20 - South Africa's premier domestic T20 franchise competition. Williamson and Lockie Ferguson are the latest to turn down the central contract.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to appear in six Euro editions after being named in Portugal's starting XI against Czechia while Kane Williamson decided to let go of New Zealand's captaincy and the central contract. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on June 19.

Unarguably one of the greatest New Zealand cricketers to play the game and captain the side, Kane Williamson has decided to let go of the annual central contract for the Blackcaps. Williamson, who relinquished as Test captain in 2022, has moved on as skipper in white-ball formats as well.

New Zealand ended their T20 World Cup campaign on a high with a solid win over Papua New Guinea on Monday (June 17). They have been knocked out of the World Cup in the group stage itself. After the match, Williamson was asked about his future in T20Is and this is what he responded.

New Zealand's run of getting through to the knockouts in every ICC event (except champions trophy) in last seven attempts may have come to a stuttering halt in the ongoing T20 World Cup with a couple of defeats already. Is this the end of an era for New Zealand? Kane Williamson didn't think so.

New Zealand Cricket announced their squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA with familiar faces. Kane Williamson will continue to lead the side with Michael Bracewell returning to the fold and Trent Boult included. New Zealand will begin their campaign on June 7.

The star batter Kane Williamson bagged the Test Cricketer of the Year award while the in-form Daryl Mitchell won the Men's ODI Player of the Year. Young all-rounder Amelia Kerr claimed the Women's Cricketer of the Year 2024 award.

Virat Kohli has missed the five-match Test series against England due to personal reasons. But former New Zealand Test captain Kane Williamson has been in action right through and despite not making his 100th Test a memorable one, he has gone past Kohli.