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Three Pakistan Test players go on trial in London on Tuesday charged with spot-fixing during a match against England last year, allegations which rocked...

Fast bowler Muhammad Aamir has confessed to his involvement in spot-fixing during Pakistan’s test series in England last year. The bookie who set up...

Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Syed Mehdi Shah on Thursday disclosed that the government had delegated special powers to Rangers for maintaining law and order...

Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ has sold almost a million copies in its first week of release, making him return to the top of...

A year on from the spot-fixing scandal that ended in long bans for three leading Test players, Pakistani cricket is still struggling to recover. In...

Hot Spot inventor Warren Brennan conceded Monday the infra-red technology was not "100 percent accurate" following the vaseline row during the ongoing second Test...

Hot Spot inventor Warren Brennan conceded Monday the infra-red technology was not "100 percent accurate" following the vaseline row during the ongoing second Test...

Father-and-son act Rupert and James Murdoch top the bill on Tuesday in what promises to be a day of gripping political drama in the...

France are through to the semi-finals of the Davis Cup after their victory in Saturday's doubles gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead against Germany...

England’s Luke Donald claimed the PGA Championship and the world number one ranking after a dramatic play-off against Lee Westwood at Wentworth on Sunday....

04 won the German Cup for the fifth time on Saturday, crushing second division Duisburg 5-0 to book a Europa League spot as...

England team director AndyFlower urged Kevin Pietersen on Saturday to put aside any disappointment at missing out on the captaincy and focus instead on...

LONDON Britain's Luke Donald will become the fourth world number one in less than six months if he wins this week's Heritage tournament at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Donald will leapfrog top-ranked Martin Kaymer, who is not playing this week, and number two Lee Westwood even if the latter wins the Indonesian Masters because the Heritage carries more rankings points than the Asian Tour event. Westwood, deposed as number one by German Kaymer earlier this year, can retain top

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The federal government engaged the Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Tuesday, agreeing to accept their demands in a political move to exploit the situation in Punjab where doctors and provincial authorities have been at loggerheads for over a month now.
The strike announced by the Punjab chapter of the YDA swelled in ranks as senior doctors from Punjab and other provinces also expressed solidarity with them, while the young doctors ended their strike in

LOS ANGELES - An animated chameleon sheriff in the Wild West topped the international box office chart as 'Rango' in its fourth weekend took in a solid $16 million in 48 territories for a global total of $159.5 million. Johnny Depp's international appeal is in evidence, even in animated form, with kids and families the world over embracing the film.
Space aliens also showed their international drawing power, with 'Battle: Los Angeles' in its third weekend abducting $15.8 million

PALLEKELE - Pakistan eased into the World Cup quarter-finals on Monday but captain Shahid Afridi was more concerned with victory over Australia on Saturday where they will target top spot in Group A. Pakistan are keen to finish top and avoid a more tricky assignment in the last eight. A win over defending champions Australia in Colombo on Saturday will go a long way in helping that ambition. "We will definitely play well against Australia.
It's a match which we'll take very

DOHA - South Korea bowed out of the Asian Cup in style by edging Uzbekistan 3-2 in an entertaining third-place play-off on Friday to secure an automatic place at the 2015 tournament in Australia. Cho Kwang-Rae's men looked on course for a handsome victory at 3-0 up in the first-half, but Uzbekistan clawed back the deficit to salvage some pride after their 6-0 drubbing by Australia in the semi-finals.
Koo Ja-Cheol's fifth goal of the competition, making him outright top scorer,