ISLAMABAD: Pakistan`s top crime investigative agency will send a team to Britain this week to probe corruption allegations against some of the country`s cricket players, a senior official said on Tuesday.Investigations by British police and the International Cricket Council (ICC) are

LONDON: Cricket`s world governing body promised swift action if betting scam allegations against Pakistan were proven as preparations began Tuesday for one-day internationals which some insist should not go ahead.The International Cricket Council (ICC) said corruption would not be

KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan Tuesday served a legal notice on British newspaper The Daily Telegraph for linking him with a spot-fixing scam involving seven national team players.The Pakistani cricketers are being investigated by British police over a newspaper

LONDON: England cricketers Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad insisted Tuesday that the limited overs internationals against Pakistan should go ahead despite the betting scam allegations engulfing the tourists.The Nottinghamshire bowlers said the two Twenty20 games in Cardiff and the

LONDON: The sister newspaper of the tabloid which made the betting scam allegations engulfing cricket called Tuesday for Pakistan to be sent home from England.The Sun, the daily stablemate of the weekly News of the World, also slammed the cricket authorities for doing "nothing" with the

NEW YORK: Roger Federer is becoming as deadly with his back to the net as he is when he faces his foes.The world number two smacked another between-the-legs shot for the ages at the US Open on Monday in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 first-round victory over Argentina`s 96th-ranked Brian Dabul in a

LAHORE: A Pakistan court Tuesday summoned seven national cricket players, the country`s sports minister and its cricket chief to face treason charges over fixing allegations in England.The chief justice of the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore said those under investigation in

SUNDERLAND: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admitted after his side`s 1-0 defeat at Sunderland that unhappy forwards Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz could be on the move before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.Mancini hopes to hang on to Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given

MILAN: AC Milan opened their Serie A campaign with a classy 4-0 win over Lecce but it was another bleak Sunday for defeated Juventus and the officials who wrongly awarded Napoli a goal in their 1-1 draw at Fiorentina.Milan, third last term, had new recruit Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the San

LIVERPOOL: Fernando Torres scored his first competitive goal since April as Roy Hodgson secured a first Premier League victory as Liverpool manager with a 1-0 win over West Brom on Sunday.The Reds had impressed in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal but slipped to a 3-0 defeat at Manchester City and,

MELBOURNE: Australia`s cricketers remain convinced their test victory over Pakistan in Sydney earlier this year was achieved fairly after the contest has once again become the subject of match-fixing allegations.On Saturday, police in London arrested a man for offering bribes to some

KARACHI: Pakistan`s former cricket captain Imran Khan called for exemplary punishment to be given to any player found guilty of spot fixing during the tour of England."I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters...that crime does not pay," Imran told Geo News channel on

LONDON: He may be a proven ball-muncher and pitch scuffer but Shahid Afridi is now charged with leading Pakistan out of the mire of a corruption probe and to victory in one-day series against England.Last month, Afridi resigned the Test captaincy -- having returned for only one match

LONDON: The man at the centre of an alleged betting scam involving the Pakistan cricket team was out on bail Monday as police, governments and authorities probed the scandal rocking the sport.Mazhar Majeed, 35, was released from custody having been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to

MADRID: Jose Mourinho`s La Liga adventure got off to a limp start on Sunday when Real Madrid were held to a 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca while champions Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win at Racing Santander.Snapped up after last season`s treble-winning exploits with Inter Milan, Mourinho`s

LONDON: David Beckham has received a personal phone call from England manager Fabio Capello to explain why he controversially ended the midfielder`s international career without telling him first.Beckham was said to be aghast when Capello announced in a televised interview ahead of a

ABIDJAN: Didier Drogba will sit out a second successive international for the Ivory Coast, who have left him out of the squad for next Saturday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda.The same privilege has not be accorded to any other of the team’s big-name players such as

NEW HAVEN: Caroline Wozniacki will take the top seed and the confidence of a third straight WTA New Haven title into the US Open next week.The Dane defeated Russian eighth seed Nadia Petrova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday to claim a third consecutive crown in the Pilot Pen hard court tournament,

MANCHESTER: Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney is back to his clinical best after the Manchester United striker ended the worst goal drought of his professional career in the 3-0 victory over West Ham.Rooney netted a first half penalty on Saturday to secure his first goal in 1,113

LONDON: England completed a crushing innings and 225 run victory over Pakistan in the fourth and final test at Lord`s on Sunday on a morning overshadowed by corruption allegations.Police arrested a 35-year-old man on Saturday after a British newspaper said Pakistan players had been