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The three leading Pakistan players at the centre of the match fixing row last summer were today told they would face criminal charges in a British court, becoming high-profile test cases for legislation introduced to prevent cheating at gambling. The former Test captain Salman Butt, fast bowler Mohammad Asif and the teenage... 

Top Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal reached her career-best ranking in WISPA by rising to the 24th spot. This is the best-ever ranking for an Indian woman, bettering Misha Grewal’s 27 achieved in 1995. Dipika is now at the same level as Saurav Ghosal who dropped from 23 to 24 in the men’s PSA ranking this month. The... 

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi lost the decisive doubles rubber as India suffered a 1-2 defeat against Uzbekistan and faced relegation to the Asia Oceania Group II in the Fed Cup here today. It was India’s second consecutive defeat in Pool A of Asia Oceania Group I in as many... 

Sunil Valson, member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad, spoke to DNA about India’s chances of winning the World Cup 2011. How would you rate India’s chances in the World Cup? Undoubtedly, they are the favourites. They have the home advantage. The question is how well they will handle the pressure of expectation. What... 

Sydney, Feb 2 (AFP) Australia conjured up their biggestever successful run chase to beat England by two wickets in athrilling sixth one-day international at the Sydney CricketGround today. After a Jonathan Trott century helped England post theirhighest ever ODI score against Australia of 333-6, the homeside batted their way... 

Karachi, Feb 2 (PTI) Pakistan Cricket Board has alreadyapplied for visas of their players to Indian High Commissionfor the Cricket World Cup in order to avoid any hassles lateron though they are not playing in India in the group stage,sources said today. Sources in the PCB told PTI that the Board had alreadycompleted all documentation... 

Strong starts by the opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag would be key to India’s success at the forthcoming World Cup, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Wednesday. The feisty 30-year-old off-spinner said the feat of the 1983 World Cup, when Kapil Dev and Co stunned one and all by lifting the coveted... 

A southeastern city in Bangladesh will pay local beggars to stay off the streets during next month’s cricket World Cup. Chittagong mayor Manzurul Alam said Sunday that the city will pay about 300 physically disabled beggars up to 150 takas ($2.11) a day. “Initially, it will continue for three months till end... 

Apart from individual honours and prize money, a berthat next year”s London Olympic Games is also at stake for theIndian army trio of Meghalaya-born Lyngkhoi, and UP-born Yadavand Angad. The magical mark of 2:18 is beckoning them and otherchallengers and they are hopeful of achieving it though theoverworked Yadav, running... 

KKR’s reluctance to buy Sourav Ganguly in the recent IPL auctions has inflamed passions in Kolkata yet again. But is the anger justified? For a generation, which has grown up watching ‘DADA’ demolish bowlers across the globe with his silken drives through the off-side, it was shocking to see Sourav Ganguly in such a plight....