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LONDON: Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their teammates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a Test match against England last year, a London court heard on Wednesday. The plot was orchestrated by Pakistan captain Salman Butt and...

With its safe havens inside Pakistan, the Haqqani network poses a threat to NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top NATO official has said. “The Haqqani Network constitutes a threat both to the Afghan people and to our troops in Afghanistan,” NATO Secretary General, Fogh Rasmussen told...

Just a day after claiming that he saw Sachin Tendulkar's legs trembling while facing Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan's former captain Shahid Afridi has now stated that he did not intend to question the Indian batting icon's greatness and was only talking about one incident. "I am not denying what...

Published: Saturday, Oct 1, 2011, 17:40 IST Place: Washington, DC | Agency: ANI US President Barack Obama has said that Pakistan must “take care” of the Haqqani network, which, according to the US Treasury Department, is a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates from North...

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Saturday backed his ex-teammate Shoaib Akhtar's claim that Sachin Tendulkar was uncomfortable against his pace, saying that he had once witnessed the Indian batsman "trembling" while facing the pacer. Afridi, who retired after revolting against the his...

A senior Indian minister has said that his government is aware that Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is living in Pakistan, according to local media reports Saturday. "We know where he (Dawood) is but surely no one is...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Saturday defied warnings from China and welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House, urging respect for human rights and cultural traditions in Tibet. China immediately lodged a protest and accused Obama of undermining relations between the world’s two...

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan resists overhauling its creaky cricket administration, the question is whether the International Cricket Council can force change upon a local board with strong vested interests in maintaining the status quo. Unlike most of the 10 test-playing nations, the Pakistan...