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Pakistan’s long, long wait for a Test victory over Australia finally came to an end amid scenes of excruciating tension on the fourth morning at Headingley, as a simple equation of 40 runs for victory with seven wickets still standing was made to look as complex as Fermat’s Last Theorem.
They eventually crept home with [...]
Muttiah Muralitharan has become the first-ever bowler to take 800 Test wickets, reaching the milestone on the last ball of his career as Sri Lanka closed in on victory in the first Test against India.
Muralitharan claimed the last wicket of India’s second innings when he had Pragyan Ojha caught at slip by Mahela Jayawardene, ending [...]
Indian-origin batsman Hashim Amla was the star of Cricket South Africa’s Annual Awards night, clinching the ‘Cricket of the Year’ honour along with four other trophies, including a special one for a knock against India.
Amla was also named ‘Test Cricketer of the Year’ and lauded by both his peers and fans, who ensured that he [...]
Japan on Tuesday tried to impress a visiting FIFA delegation with cutting-edge technology and an environmentally friendly stadium to strengthen its position as a candidate to host the 2022 football World Cup.
The five-man FIFA inspection group led by Chilean Football Federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls arrived in Osaka, western Japan, Monday and viewed a planned [...]
Director General Pakistan Cricket Board Javed Miandad on Thursday met with President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed problems being faced by the Pakistani cricket.
According to President House sources, the meeting took place on the request of Javed Miandad. During the meeting views were exchanged on matters related to the Pakistan Cricket Board administration and the [...]
Paying glowing tribute to retiring Muttiah Muralitharan, former Pakistani star Saqlain Mushtaq on Friday said the Sri Lankan spinner was the best of his era and world cricket may not see a bowler like him in next 100 years.
According to PTI, Murali, as he is called fondly, will call it quits after playing the first [...]
The World Cup inaugural hosts and twice winners Uruguay take on double runners-up Netherlands in Cape Town on Tuesday fighting it out for a place in the final.
Not just Uruguayan soccer but the country’s whole national identity draws heavily on their victories of 1930 and 1950.
Semi-finals in 1954 and 1970 showed that those early successes [...]
Last World Cup winners, Italy facing Paraguay later Monday evening in Cape Town.
Paraguay has been billed as the holders’ toughest test in Group F and if Italy drop points here, the pressure will mount on them. The game will kick off at 20:30 (local time).
Italy is expected to sail through the group and make it [...]
England skipper Andrew Strauss has insisted that he wants to continue in his role of being the captain until after the World Cup in the Indian subcontinent next year.
Strauss` comment came after national selector Geoff Miller claimed that the management “will think long and hard” about his position.
“It`s absolutely my intention to be captain at [...]
Pakistan Cricket Board’s appeal tribunal Saturday lifted the one-year ban on former captain Shoaib Malik.
Malik’s lawyer told the media that the one-man tribunal partially accepted his client’s appeal and that Malik’s ban was lifted and his fine of Rs.2 million halved. The decision was taken by Irfan Qadir, a retired judge, during a [...]
