Jamaican police seek third pathology report in Woolmer case
KINGSTON (Jamaica), June 4: The Jamaican Police have requested a third pathology report on the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper quoted a senior police officer saying....
PCB to take stern view of players’ media statements
LAHORE, June 4: The ''irresponsible'' press statements of Pakistan captain, Shoaib Malik and Shoaib Akhtar in the recent past are likely to be considered as acts of indiscipline during the first...
Nadal demolishes Hewitt to set up Moya clash
PARIS, June 4: Double defending champion Rafael Nadal crushed the spirited resistance of Lleyton Hewitt on Monday to move into the French Open quarter-finals and a clash with close friend and 1998 champion Carlos Moya....
Starless Afro-Asia series begin today
BANGALORE, June 4: The withdrawal of top cricketers like Graeme Smith and Sachin Tendulkar and an unseemly broadcasting flap have taken the gloss off the Afro-Asia cricket series starting here on Wednesday....
England plan first Wednesday start for home Test
LONDON, June 4: England will host a Test match starting on a Wednesday for the first time next year after announcing the fixtures for the home series against New Zealand and South Africa....
London unveils logo of 2012 Olympics
LONDON, June 4: Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics unveiled the games logo on Monday, calling it powerful and modern, although one critic denounced it as ‘hideous’....
Ramdin shines as West Indies draw against MCC
DURHAM (England), June 4: Denesh Ramdin made his highest first-class score of 131 as West Indies settled for a draw on the third and final day of their tour match against MCC at the Racecourse Ground here on Sunday....
Mushfiqur, Razzak recalled for SL Tests
DHAKA, June 4: Bangladesh have recalled left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and batsman-cum-wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim in a 15-man Test squad for the Sri Lanka tour later this month.They...
Ford emerges as frontrunner for Indian job
BANGALORE, June 4: The Indian cricket board short-listed South Africa''s Graham Ford on Monday for the job of national coach and eliminated Australian Dav Whatmore from contention....
Bermudan cricket in turmoil
HAMILTON (Bermuda), June 4: Bermuda''s Royal Gazette has reported that the indiscipline of the national team, which was of concern for some time before the World Cup, has grown worse in the two months....
Sri Lanka rest Jayasuriya
COLOMBO, June 4: Discarded former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu will make a comeback this month against Bangladesh after selectors decided to rest veteran Sanath Jayasuriya in the Tests....
Kuznetsova flattered
PARIS, June 4: Thinking people were making it up, Svetlana Kuznetsova logged on to the Internet to read the evidence herself. When she saw it written in plain English, she had...
Pakistanis leave for India
LAHORE, June 4: Six Pakistani cricketers left here for India to represent Asia in the Afro-Asian series. Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik along with Mohammad Yousuf, Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Asif and Kamran Akmal will represent Asia....
Kikaya upstages Carter in Glasgow meet
GLASGOW, June 4: American Xavier Carter missed out on victory in his first 400 metres race of the season here on Sunday as Congo’s Gary Kikaya pipped him to the post at the Glasgow international meet....
Race to host 2014 Games Pyeongchang and Salzburg ahead
ATHENS, June 4: The Austrian city of Salzburg and South Korea''s Pyeongchang look to have edged ahead in a tight three-way race for the 2014 Winter Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said their concepts were “excellent”....
Liverpool fans identified as worst behaved
LONDON, June 4: Liverpool supporters have been identified as the worst behaved at European matches in a report to be handed by UEFA to the British Government in Brussels on Tuesday....
Football coaching course starts
LAHORE, June 4: The 14-day long Asian Football Confederation (AFC) C-Certificate coaching course under the guidance of Iranian instructor Majid Jalali started at FIFA House, on Monday....
Choi comes from behind to claim Memorial event
DUBLIN (Ohio), June 4: South Korean K.J. Choi charged from five strokes behind to win the $6 million Memorial tournament with a near-flawless final round on Sunday....
Dettori lands double with Lawman
CHANTILLY (France), June 4: Frankie Dettori, his Epsom Derby ghost laid firmly to rest, returned immediately to the classic fray on Sunday, partnering 4-1 favourite Lawman to victory in the French Derby at Chantilly....
‘Ronaldinho needs to train more’
MADRID, June 4: Brazil forward Ronaldinho has been told by his national coach Dunga to improve his fitness levels if he wants to regain the mantle of the world''s best player....
KCCA names remaining U-19 teams
KARACHI, June 4: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) on Monday named the remaining three teams for the forthcoming PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship, which starts from June 15....
Mehran CC triumph
HYDERABAD, June 4: Mehran Cricket Club beat Prince Cricket Club Matli by 21 runs in a PCB National Inter-club cricket championship match at the Sindh University on Monday....