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Runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider may still become part of Pakistan’s Test team for the upcoming series against Zimbabwe. The PCB on Friday cleared...

Pakistan’s emerging batsman Asad Shafiq is disappointed that he could not fulfill the dream of scoring his maiden hundred on the recent West Indies...

Umar Akmal’s is regarded as a limited-overs specialist, but it’s on the Test stage that the right-hander wants to shine. Akmal has had mixed success...

COMMENT - Pakistan is facing a convergence of crisis from record high inflation, a crippling power crisis, rising unemployment and deteriorating security environment. The...

The United States wanted “long-term” security ties with Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, as she was set to arrive...

Liam Gallagher wants Johnny Depp to take on a starring role in his forthcoming movie about The Beatles. Former Oasis frontman Gallagher is bringing...

Indian Prime Minister began a six-day trip to Africa on Monday, aiming to strike deeper economic ties with a continent rich in minerals and...

Skipper of the Pakistan A team Sohail Tanvir hoped that they would sweep the three-match rubber against Afghanistan which will start from May 25...

Roger Federer rejects the idea that the balance of power in men’s tennis has tipped towards Novak Djokovic after a 32-match winning run and...

VIENNA - Ethiopia's marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie hopes to win a gold medal still missing in his trophy cabinet at next year's London Olympics, despite his recent retirement announcement.
"I want to win Olympic gold in the marathon in London in 2012," the 37-year-old Ethiopian said in comments posted on the website of the Vienna marathon, in which he will run on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference Friday ahead of the event, he explained his decision to return

MADRID - Controversial three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, unbeaten in Spain since the start of the season, continues his warm-up for the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday in the Tour of Castilla y Leon. The Tour of Castilla y Leon, which he won last year, may be just a formality for the 28-year-old Saxobank rider. The Spaniard is in sparkling form ahead of the Tour of Italy on May 7-29, his main objective in the early part of the season, having already won the Tour of

LAHORE - Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq believes that his time is not over yet and he would soon show his class in domestic cricket to stage a comeback in the national team. He said that he got a chance to bat three times out of eight matches in the World Cup which affected his overall performance. "The team management shuffled my batting order to the requirement of the time and for that I have no objection and have tried my best to come up to the expectations. I always wanted to

TOKYO - Tokyo intends to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics as a "big catalyst" for Japan's recovery from last month's quake-tsunami disaster. Shintaro Ishihara was set to win a fourth term as Tokyo governor in local elections across the country which focused on ways to revive Japan after a 9.0-magnitude quake and monster tsunami ravaged its Pacific coast.
In late 2009, Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics after spending some 15 billion yen (176

SANAA - At least one anti-regime protester was killed and dozens shot in the cities of Taez and Sanaa, as Yemen's worried Gulf neighbours prepared to meet in Riyadh on Sunday to work out a transition plan.
Three other people were killed, including an intelligence officer and a soldier, in Abyan province, an Al-Qaeda stronghold in southern Yemen. The protester died of a gunshot wound after security forces using live fire hit dozens of demonstrators in overnight clashes in Sanaa

ANN ARBOR - The latest step on Michael Phelps' road to the London Olympics brings the US Olympic swimming star back to familiar territory for the Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix. Phelps lived and trained in Ann Arbor prior to his unprecedented achievement at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he claimed eight gold medals to take his career tally to 14.
With the swimming World Championships in Shanghai looming later this year and the 2012 Olympics in London beckoning, Phelps was

MOHALI - India's Sachin Tendulkar led a charmed life to hit a crucial 85 in Wednesday's semi-final win against Pakistan before targetting his first World Cup title in front of his home fans in Mumbai.
Tendulkar was dropped four times in his man of the match innings to anchor India to 260-9 against their arch-rivals before his team's bowlers applied the pressure and the brakes to secure a 29-run win in the hotly-anticipated clash.
"The final in Mumbai will be a fantastic

LAHORE - Cricket fever gripped Pakistan and India on Tuesday ahead of the World Cup showdown between the historic foes, a sporting rivalry unrivaled by any other in the world.
The South Asian neighbours are scheduled to meet today (Wednesday) in the World Cup semi-final in the competition's biggest match yet by far, but heavy rain in Mohali on Tuesday could cause the match to be postponed to Thursday, the reserve day for the match.
If the match cannot take place on Thursday