WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket on Wednesday confirmed Pakistan would tour later this year but admitted concerns at how the public would react to the visitors following their scandal-tainted trip to England.New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan dismissed a British newspaper

  LONDON: Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will be out for up to three weeks with a hamstring injury, the English Premier League club said on Tuesday. The Spanish midfielder, who has been in good form in recent weeks, picked up the injury shortly after scoring in Saturday`s 1-1 draw at

MADRID: The girlfriend of Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas, Sara Carbonero, has hit out at star striker Cristiano Ronaldo for being "selfish"."Ronaldo has always been like that, selfish and an individualist on the pitch and Real Madrid signed him like that," Carbonero, a sports

KARACHI: Pakistani sporting hero Imran Khan brushed aside calls to ban his nation from international cricket until corruption allegations are investigated, saying a country cannot be punished collectively.Former England captains Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan have demanded Pakistan are

NEW DELHI: Australia`s cricket captain Ricky Ponting said on Tuesday he was satisfied with security arrangements for his team`s tour in India even as concerns grew over next month`s Delhi Commonwealth Games."During our tours we are regularly briefed as far as security issues are

NAIROBI: Kenya`s athletics squad for the Commonwealth Games was further decimated Tuesday by the late pull-out of Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop and women`s world 10,000m champion Linet Masai.Officials said the athletes were suffering from fatigue and injury respectively.Kenya`s

KARACHI: Pakistan great Zaheer Abbas praised England on Tuesday for not abandoning the series with Pakistan despite a tour blighted by mounting allegations of corruption."England cricket officials and players should be praised for their positive stance of continuing cricket with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan`s sports minister Tuesday vowed tough action against anyone in cricket found guilty of spot-fixing after the beleaguered national team were hit by fresh allegations.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into a "certain scoring pattern"

NEW DELHI: New Delhi`s Commonwealth Games organisers on Tuesday shrugged off criticism of the athletes` village, saying they will provide an "excellent facility" for guests."I can assure everyone there is no cause for worry," organising committee vice-chairman Randhir Singh told

MADRID: Champions Barcelona go in search of their first league home win of the season on Wednesday when they host Sporting Gijon at Camp Nou.Pep Guardiola`s side lost 2-0 to promoted Hercules in their first home match in the league but have bounced back with a 5-1 routing of Panathinaikos

LONDON: England captain Andrew Strauss insisted his side were still seething at Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt`s claims they`d deliberately lost last week`s third ODI after the tourists levelled the series at 2-2 with a convincing 38-run success at Lord`s here on Monday.And he was

LONDON: Pakistan beat England by 38 runs to level their one-day international series at 2-2 at Lord`s here on Monday in a match the hosts had thought about giving up on as the `fixing` row escalated.England captain Andrew Strauss, in a statement issued shortly before the toss, expressed

LONDON: England batsman Jonathan Trott`s pre-match altercation with Pakistan`s Wahab Riaz ahead of the fourth one-day international here at Lord`s on Monday was now a "closed matter" according to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier.South Africa-born Trott

LONDON: England captain Andrew Strauss insisted his side were still seething at Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt`s claims they`d deliberately lost last week`s third ODI after the tourists levelled the series at 2-2 with a convincing 38-run success at Lord`s here on Monday.And he was

CENTURION: The Victoria Bushrangers outclassed a dismal Wayamba Elevens team at SuperSport Park on Monday night to keep alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.Fast bowler Peter Siddle took four for 29 as Wayamba crashed to 106 all out in

LONDON: Pakistan beat England by 38 runs to level their one-day international series at 2-2 at Lord`s here on Monday in a match the hosts had thought about giving up on as the `fixing` row escalated.England captain Andrew Strauss, in a statement issued shortly before the toss, expressed

SYDNEY: Captain Ricky Ponting says victory over the top-ranked Indians in next month`s Test series would be a major step in Australia`s bid to return to the number one spot.The Australians are scheduled to arrive in India later Monday in an unaccustomed position as the fourth-best Test

NEW DELHI: The chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games told AFP Monday that the event would be safe and that a gun attack at the weekend was not related to the October 3-14 showpiece."Yesterday`s shooting was a one-off incident which was not targeted at the Games," said Suresh

NEW DELHI: Ricky Ponting`s Australian side flew into India Monday to play two Tests and three one-day internationals against the hosts.The Australians, placed fourth in the official Test rankings, will leave for Chandigarh later Monday to play in a three-day warm-up game against a Board

MILAN: Samuel Eto`o shone once again with both goals in Inter Milan`s 2-1 comeback win at Palermo to send the champions joint top of Serie A on Sunday.Inter have seven points from three games, level with promoted Cesena, who beat Lecce 1-0 despite the referee saying he had wrongly sent