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LONDON - British prosecutors charged former Pakistani cricket captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Muhammad Asif and Mohammad Amir on Friday with taking bribes to fix incidents in the fourth cricket test against England at Lord's last year.
The trio is accused of arranging incidents, such as bowling no-balls at pre-agreed times, during the match. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said the trio, along with a fourth man, 35-year-old sports agent Mazhar Majeed of Croydon,

LAHORE - Two of the three Pakistani cricketers suspended on spot-fixing charges face life bans as the date for the announcement of International Cricket Council's spot-fixing tribunal's verdict nears. Michael Beloff, the head of the tribunal, is scheduled to announce the verdict on the spot-fixing allegations against the three suspended players on Saturday at a press conference.
According to reliable sources, former captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Asif are likely to be handed

LAHORE - Qasim, Navy and WAPDA won their respective matches, while Amry were held to a draw in the 58th National Hockey Championship, which is in progress at Faisalabad Hockey Stadium. Port Qasim beat Steel Mills 2-1, Navy defeated PTV 1-0 and WAPDA edged SSGC 4-2. Army and HBL remained even as their match ended in a 1-all draw.
Meanwhile, Salman Akbar, goalkeeper of the SSGC team has been suspended by the Tournament Director for one match after he misbehaved with the umpires.

LAHORE - After Mohammad Aamer, another suspended Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt has allegedly flouted International Cricket Council's directives by featuring in a club match in Lahore. The former captain took part in a club game at his home ground in Model Town even though the ICC has in clear terms told the suspended players and the Pakistan Cricket Board that they cannot take part in any cricket activity that come under the umbrella of the PCB or its affiliated units.
According

LAHORE - Pakistan's tainted former skipper Salman Butt has called on the Pakistan Cricket Board to appoint senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the World Cup to be held in the sub-continent next month.
Butt, who along with pace bowlers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer, will have to wait till February 5 to learn his fate in the spot-fixing row, also described flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi as a "clueless" captain.
"This is more or less the same team that plays in

Just as he is in no haste to get married, Salman Khan is as cool as cucumber when it comes to handling any pressure concerning the release of his films. With a cracker of a year in 2010, the 'Dabangg' Khan had the cash registers ringing even as his 'Wanted' was judged the biggest hit of 2009. Industry is abuzz with rumours that the star might just complete his hatrick at the box office with the Malayalam hit Bodyguard's Hindi remake 'My Love Story'.
The season of Eid has worked

ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to appoint Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir as high commissioner to India while Pakistani Ambassador in Germany Shahid Kamal would be appointed as foreign secretary. Online sources said Kamal had served as ambassador in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Rialto, adding that it had been decided that Administration Additional Secretary Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi would be appointed as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He will replace Umar Khan Ali Sherzai whose

With awards touted to pour in for actor Salman Khan for delivering the biggest hit of the year in the form of 'Dabangg', it is learned from his close aides that the star has no plans to collect them himself. "If he has a performance lined up at an awards function, he'll make an appearance there, but will not accept any awards. The money that he receives from performing at these shows will be directed towards his foundation," says a close aide of the star.With the film nominated in

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation has decided to take disciplinary action against national team captain Zeeshan Ashraf and goal-keeper Salman Akbar for violating the PHF code of conduct.
The PHF decision came after the two players criticised the PHF's age-restriction policy in the National Championship to be held at Faisalabad. PHF secretary Asif Bajwa said that the players have violated the code of conduct by criticising the federation's policy and they are being called

LAHORE - Former skipper Salman Butt may be banned for life in the ICC hearing scheduled to be held in Doha from January 6, it was learnt on Monday. It was learnt that evidence against Butt was strong and the officials have scripted the possible penalties for the tainted trio of Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt.
According to sources, Salman faces life ban and other two may get away with two to three year bans. Though the ICC denies any such move, but the source says a

Perfectionist Aamir Khan has taken a dig at Salman Khan once again. After having made indirect references to Salman in Imran Khan starrer 'Jaane Tu...' song 'Pappu can't dance', the talented actor has made yet another sleazy reference to his flamboyant contemporary in his upcoming flick 'Dhobi Ghat'. Pratik Babbar, who plays one of the protagonists in the film sports Salman's trademark bracelet. Moreover, he also portrays a character who is obsessed with body-building.
This is not

When everybody is speculating whether there is a strain in the friendship between Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif especially after it was reported that the macho Bollywood actor's digs about Ranbir Kapoor did not go down too well with Katrina.
It hads been reported that Sallu's ex-flame paying him a visit on Saturday night. Kat drove into Salman's Galaxy pad in Bandstand (Bandra) late evening and even stayed there for at least one-and-a-half hours bonding with him as well as his

Salman Khan has done it again! After taking potshots at 'Guzaarish' director Bhansali, Salman slapped a fan outside Anil Kapoor's residence, who reportedly kissed and hugged him.
Talking to a news daily, an eyewitness said, "The incident happened moments after Salman arrived at Anil Kapoor's birthday bash. Just a few moments before this, Anil had escorted Salman's father, Salim Khan, into the party. Salman was alighting from his car when all of a sudden a man, who appeared to be

KARACHI: Pakistan's suspended former captain Salman Butt said Tuesday he asked an anti-corruption tribunal to put off a hearing next month so he can deal with any possible criminal proceedings in London. The 26-year-old, along with pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing during Pakistan's Lord's Test against England in August.
The trio face an ICC tribunal in Doha from January

KARACHI - Former Pakistan cricket team captain Salman Butt said on Tuesday that he asked an anti-corruption tribunal to put off a hearing next month so he can deal with any possible criminal proceedings in London.
Along with pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, the 26-year-old cricketer was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing during Lord's Test against England in August.
The trio faces an ICC tribunal in Doha from

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has filed a "comprehensive and hard-hitting" reply to the allegations of spot-fixing ahead of his International Cricket Council tribunal hearing in Doha, Qatar.
According to his lawyer, it was wrong to say that the beleaguered captain was handicapped by the composition of his legal team, which was suffering on account of there being 'too many cooks spoiling the broth'. The 26-year-old was provisionally suspended by the ICC along with

LONDON: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has said thousands of pounds of cash discovered by police searches of his hotel room during spot-fixing inquiries was all part of his legitimate tour allowances.
Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammed Aamer were all provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following allegations resulting from a 'sting' operation conducted by Britain's News of the World newspaper that they'd all conspired in the bowling of