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Stanford sorry for 'innocent' error but defends cricket 20/20 tournament (AFP)

Sir Allen Stanford speaks during a television interview before the start of the Stanford Twenty20 Super Series match between Stanford Superstars and Middlesex at the Stanford Cricket Ground in St John's, on October 30. Stanford has apologised for an incident involving the wife of England wicketkeeper Matt Prior during the team's Super Series win over Middlesex in Antigua last weekend.

Stanford spin forces ECB onto the back foot

It is not only the England players who have been suffering from queasy stomachs these past few days. The overwhelmingly negative coverage of the Stanford Super Series has forced the ECB to think seriously about its relationship with Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire. Barely one year into a five-year deal that includes not just the Stanford Super Series but a quadrangular tournament in England and, potentially, a Stanford team in the English Premier League as well, the ECB is having second thoughts.

Stanford research sheds light on key trigger of embryonic stem cell differentiation

STANFORD, Calif. — Clusters of mouse embryonic stem cells called embryoid bodies more closely approximate true embryos in organization and structure than previously thought, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Harnessing the signals that influence the cells' fate may help researchers more accurately direct the differentiation of embryonic stem cells for use in therapy.

Stanford apologises for on-camera flirting

Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire who has bankrolled the Stanford Super Series, has apologised for his behaviour after being caught on camera flirting with players' wives and girlfriends.

Stanford backs IPL participation

Sir Allen Stanford, the backer of the Stanford Super Series, believes England players should be able to participate in the Indian Premier League.

Stanford sees a future for Test cricket

Sir Allen Stanford, who declared earlier this year that Test cricket was “boring�, now says he believes that the oldest form of the game can peacefully co-exist alongside the newest. Speaking to BBC Radio ahead of the US$20 million winner-takes-all match between England and the Superstars in Antigua, Stanford also rubbished notions that he had been in complete control of the tournament negotiations with the England & Wales Cricket Board.

Stanford could have been handled better - Kartik

Murali Kartik, the Middlesex left-arm spinner, has said that the Stanford 20/20 Super Series, "for all its glitz and glamour", was hit by technical glitches, and that his team and Trinidad and Tobago were treated differently "like step-cousins" compared to England and Stanford Superstars, the other two sides in the competition.

CRICKET : Stanford success?

After all the hype the Stanford Twenty20 match finally happened on Saturday night with England being thumped by the Stanford Superstars team in Antigua.

Did the ECB really think Allen Stanford would hand over $100m without wanting his pound of flesh?

Sir Allen Stanford during the Stanford Twenty20 Super Series match between Trinidad & Tobago and Middlesex

?Stanford series was like a circus?

What does it feel like to earn a million dollars in three hours? England's players had a chance to find out just this at the Stanford Twenty20 for 20 (million) bash in the West Indies. But the local team, the Stanford Superstars, won with ease and walked away with the winner-take-all prize money.

Spammers seize email addresses of Stanford students

Students across the Stanford University campus have received loads of undelivered emails to their email accounts over the last few weeks — most likely the result of unidentified spammers using Stanford email addresses to send out hundreds of spam emails.

Did anyone think that Stanford was going to throw $20 million at a cricket match without wanting his pound of flesh?

Sean Morris, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), added further pressure on David Collier and Giles Clarke, respectively the chief executive and chairman of the ECB, and the main architects of the deal with Allen Stanford, when he revealed yesterday that about half the England squad had requested a meeting with him on Wednesday evening to express concerns over the fallout from the Stanford Super Series.

ECB may rip up five-year deal to play in Superseries over Stanford's antics

The ECB are to hold an urgent review of the Stanford Superseries in Antigua which calls into question their commitment to a five-year deal with billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, who is bankrolling the event.

Stanford Super Series Twenty 20: Stanford Superstars v England live

Fletcher wafts outside off stump. A somewhat muted Harmy appeals. It's referred to the third umpire by umpire Koertzen. There is a noise...

Kevin Pietersen looking less than a million dollars

The Stanford Super Series - has anyone realised that there is a chap called Stanford behind it? - came to a rousing anticlimax in Antigua on Saturday night as England, dazzled by the glaring light cast by the prize-money, gave a performance of epic ineptitude and the Stanford - same chap, actually - Superstars won by a hilarious ten wickets.

Pietersen looking less than a million dollars

The Stanford Super Series - has anyone realised that there is a chap called Stanford behind it? - came to a rousing anticlimax in Antigua on Saturday night as England, dazzled by the glaring light cast by the prize-money, gave a performance of epic ineptitude and the Stanford - same chap, actually - Superstars won by a hilarious ten wickets.

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