TELEVISION presenter Piers Morgan has aimed a dig at a BBC Radio Solent journalist today over former Hampshire Cricket star Kevin Pietersen's exclusion from the England squad.

HE’S the former England cricket captain best known for his ability as an all-rounder.

Ben Strevens was left to rue yet more injury problems as Eastleigh were beaten 3-1 at Fylde.

EASTLEIGH manager Ben Strevens admitted wishing his side’s match against second-from-bottom Chorley was postponed after all.

Scott Rendell struck against former club Woking to earn Eastleigh a point as they extended their unbeaten run to eight matches.

Ben Strevens is hoping that Eastleigh will sign him some reinforcements as his injury crisis worsens.

Scott Rendall admitted his confidence is sky high after his fine goalscoring continued with a match winning hat-trick.

Two goals from Graziano Pelle ensured that Saints took the lead twice at St Mary's Stadium, but equalisers from Erik Lamela and Nacer Chadli meant both teams came away with a point.

HARRY Foyle stole the show with two best-yet individual performances as St Cross Symondians thrashed hapless New Milton by 162 runs to move fourth in the ECB Southern Premier Division.

A HAMPSHIRE Cricket League match will start at 8.30am on Saturday so players can watch England’s World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.

Lyndhurst & Ashurst Cricket Club has reinstated an annual fixture – more than 100 years after it was last played.

“IT WAS the best decision I ever made.”

Hythe & Dibden are Hampshire League County Division 1 champions – but only by a solitary point from Parley.

COMMUNITY CC celebrated winning the Southampton Evening Cricket League at the end of season awards dinner at Trojans Club.

A CRICKETER who asked for his leg to be amputated to cure constant pain is back in the England team.

REVIEW: Carmen, Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre

A CLOSE encounter with a menacing crocodile was not exactly what I had in mind for last night but, with panto, anything goes.

IT'S the ultimate fun bus.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH have completed the signing of flexible attacker Lys Mousset from French side Le Havre for an undisclosed fee understood to be in the region of 6.5million euros. The 20-year-old, who was reportedly on the radar of Arsenal, Spurs, Sunderland, Southampton, Copenhagen and Monaco, has signed a four-year deal at the Vitality Stadium. A product of the revered Le Havre Academy that brought through the likes of Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Lassana Diarra, Mousset scored 14 goals for the Ligue 2 outfit from wide and central attacking positions last season. Capped eight times at under-20 level by France, he appeared against England in the recent Toulon Tournament final and also attracted interest from Bristol City, Italian club Torino and Spanish top-flight side Sevilla. Mousset is Eddie Howe's third new arrival this summer following the permanent signing of midfielder Emerson Hyndman from Fulham and Nathan Ake's season-long loan from Chelsea.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is fully committed to the club amid speculation of a move to Arsenal.

FORMER Saints star Adam Lallana believes Liverpool's lack of “winning” experience in the squad has cost them over the last month.

Sutton United's former Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell has no sympathy for Arsene Wenger following Arsenal's spectacular collapse against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

ECHO fishing correspondent Mark Simmonds landed his fifth Amazon Red Tail over 100 lb when taking Black Spot at 110 lb from Teak Trees, Chang Mai in Thailand.

A FORMER world champion angler from Hampshire has won a national award after inspiring hundreds of youngsters to aim for glory.

Hundreds of budding young footballers took part in Oakwood Youth FC's annual, six-a-side tournament at Test Park in Southampton.

Gabi Taylor pushed defending champion Donna Vekic all the way before losing her first-round match at the Nottingham Open.

GABI Taylor will make Hampshire tennis history when she makes her full Grand Slam debut tomorrow.

Gabi Taylor put up a brave fight but her maiden senior Wimbledon outing ended in a three-set defeat to Eugenie Bouchard.

Totton & Eling Tennis Centre has celebrated its 15th birthday by winning a national award at Wimbledon.

A father-son tennis double act from West Tytherley strutted their stuff on the big stage at the National Finals of the .

EASTLEIGH students trade College football team for England Stardom, as they help their nation qualify for Europe.

JAMES Vince will interrupt his wedding weekend to find out who the rest of his Southern Brave teammates are.

HAMPSHIRE legend Gordon Greenidge has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year honours list.

THESE pictures were snapped at a football tournament in Millbrook on November 7, 1999.

A LADIES’ night of food and fashion raised £700 for a cancer charity.

HE may have made his first on-screen appearance more than ninety years ago, but in 1989 he showed his happy face at Marks and Spencer, Southampton.

THE annual event was one which saw local residents flock to the streets to catch a glimpse of the colourful and humerous floats as they trundled down the road.

A COUNCIL has announced schools across Hampshire will continue to support children throughout the Easter holidays in a bid to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

A COLLEGE in Eastleigh has ranked as the best in Hampshire and tenth nationally for student achievement rates.

AN EX-Barton Peveril student has been nominated for "Rookie of the Year" after playing football at an American college.

PARENTS in Southampton were slapped with nearly 2,000 fines after their children missed school last year, new figures reveal.

MOST of us will be watching the game from the comfort of our settees – but one young Hampshire boy will lead the Three Lions out in Brazil.

FOOTBALL fans across Hampshire were left in utter misery after England lost 2-1 to Uruguay tonight.

COME on the Azzurri! That is the rallying cry from England fans across Hampshire.

Updates and chat as England take on Costa Rica in their final game of this year's World Cup

New Liverpool signing Adam Lallana believes England's World Cup failure will make him mentally tougher.

HE has found the purr-fect home thanks to some help from the Daily Echo.

A HELICOPTER has launched over the Solent to rescue an injured sailor.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious incident.

A MAN used homophobic slurs and threatened to "spread coronavirus" towards two Southampton police officers after he broke a window.