Warne, ex-wife ignite rumors of a renewed love match

September 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne paid 3.35 million dollars for a property where he intends to seal his rekindled romance with ex-wife Simone Callahan. The couple, who have revived their rollercoaster love affair late last year, are set to begin work on a giant Melbourne mansion.

September 6th, 2009 LONDON - Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid, who is being trained by former Australian leg spinner and now coach Terry Jenner, hopes he can emulate another Jenner protégé Shane Warne. Twenty-one-year-old Rashid wants Jenner to help him become England's answer to Warne.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - With the Ashes up for grabs during the next five days, Australia needs to play positive cricket from ball one tonight to retain the famous little urn, says former leg spinner Shane Warne in an article for the Herald Sun. "Australia must remain aggressive and try to win the Test match.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Australian spin legend Shane Warne was thrilled yesterday when he was told that he would be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in October. "That's fantastic news.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Legendary cricketer Shane Warne stunned TV bosses with the use of the four-letter word 'tw*t' during live commentary. He stunned his fellow commentator David Lloyd when he used the four-letter word in the Sky commentary box at the Edgbaston Ashes Test, reports the Daily Star.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - British stand-up comedian Alan Carr has said former Australian cricketer can play for England if he marries him. The Daily Mail quoted the gay funnyman as saying that since England is doing well against Australia for once, he suggested that 39-year-old Warne could "get wed" and make himself a Brit.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Australian spin great Shane Warne backed Andrew Flintoff's decision to retire from Test cricket and said the all-rounder will be a big crowd-puller in the Indian Premier League next year. Warne said Flintoff can now focus on One-day and Twenty20 formats and the latter will suit his style of play.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne feels that charismatic England batsman Kevin Pietersen should learn to put the team first, not himself. Pietersen has come under heavy criticism for playing reckless strokes in the first drawn Ashes Test in Cardiff that almost put England on the verge of a loss.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne feels that the Australian team is no longer in a state of transition and young players have stamped their own style in the first drawn Ashes Test at Cardiff. "The Australia team are no longer in transition.

July 8th, 2009 BRISBANE - Former Australian star leg-spinner Shane Warne has urged Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to include off-spinner Nathan Hauritz in the squad for the first Ashes test match, and show faith in the inexperienced bowler by using him in an attacking way. Australia's greatest spinner said that while Hauritz has a "defensive-type" role in tests, altering it to an attacking mode, would make him more effective.

July 4th, 2009 SYDNEY - With the Ashes series scheduled to begin in less than a week's time, former Australian spin legend Shane Warne has rated each player of the Australian squad. Warne has indicated that captain Ricky Ponting is the mainstay of the batting line-up, who would be full of motivation on his fourth Ashes tour.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian spinner Shane Warne has turned up the heat on his continuous feud with English batsman Paul Collingwood, with this time commenting on his performance in the World Twenty20 tournament. "There was no imagination, no flair.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - England's right-arm offbreak bowler Graeme Swann has expressed confidence on England's spinners abilities to tangle Australians in a web to regain the historic Ashes series, which begins on Thursday. Swann highlighted the magic web that spin genius Shane Warne used to create around English batsmen, however, this time he is hopeful that the likes of left-armer Monty Panesar and Adil Rashid would turn the table on Australians.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Spin legend Shane Warne insists that England is wrong to line up Monty Panesar to play in the first Test against Australia, starting July 8. Warne says Adil Rashid should partner Graeme Swann in Cardiff on July 8 instead of Panesar.

June 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Shane Warne feels that the inability of Australians to play spin resulted in their early exit from the World Twenty20. The former Australian leg spinner said the England team must have noted the team's weakness against spin and used it to their advantage ahead of the Ashes series that begin July 8.