Karāchi :: Pakistan
| about 9 hours ago
Pakistan,” PCB’s chief operating officer Saleem Altaf said on Saturday. “We are very much optimistic the tour will go ahead as planned.” Earlier this week, PCB officials had met with the Indian High Commission in Pakistan. Also, Pakistan prime minister...
Tags: pakistan, cricket, india, sports, The Pakistan Cricket Board, Saleem Altaf, PCB, Indian High Commission, operating officer, Salim Altaf
Berlin :: Germany
| about 23 hours ago
The surgery in December will remove calcifications on his Achilles tendon. Xiang pulled out of his first-round heat at the Beijing Olympics at the last moment and may now be unable to defend his world title in Berlin. "I don't care so much about next...
Tags: olympics, sports
Sydney :: Australia
| 2 days ago
A review of the nation's controversial citizenship test will today find the test has been too strongly focused on Australian history and will recommend an overhaul of the test process. Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans said the focus of the new...
Tags: australia, cricket, citizenship test, Donald Bradman, Don Bradman, National Australia Day Council, Australian, sports, cricketer legend, Kevin Rudd
Tucson :: AZ :: USA
| 2 days ago
Bertine, a University of Arizona graduate, tackled 10 sports — team handball, fencing, swimming, rowing and running to name a few. She settled on cycling and gained dual citizenship with the United States and the tiny Caribbean island nation of St...She...
Tags: cycling, swimming, sports
Harare :: Zimbabwe
| 5 days ago
Top-level cricket returns to troubled Zimbabwe from Thursday (tomorrow) this week after Sri Lanka sent a 15-player squad to play a series of five One-day Internationals. The irony is that it was Sri Lanka, as much as any Test nation, which saw the end...
Tags: sri lanka, cricket, Zim-Sri Lanka, sports, Zimbabwe, india, India, ICC, innings zimbabwe, Yuvraj Singh, England, ODI
Hyderabad :: India
| 5 days ago
Australia's tour of India, paceman Doug Bollinger will on Wednesday end a frustrating two months without a match. Bollinger is sure to be keen to uncork a fine performance after being named in the NSW team for its one-dayer against Queensland at the...
Tags: cricket, sports, Doug Bollinger, 2008, bollinger ready
Beijing :: China
| 6 days ago
In addition to the world-class sports venues, new jobs, and good memories, the Olympics health legacy will stand as a long-term gift to China , a World Health Organization official said. The public health programs associated with Beijing's hosting...
Tags: sports, China Daily, Beijing
Sydney :: Australia
| 9 days ago
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has fired a parting shot at Australia by suggesting our selectors bungled in overlooking off-spinner Jason Krejza for the first three Tests of the series. But Ganguly resisted the temptation to thumb his nose at captain...
Tags: Australia, ponting, cricket, spinner, sports, sport
Gwalior :: India
| 10 days ago
Villarreal's Gonzalo Rodriguez (L) and Almeria's Alvaro Negredo fight for the ball during their Spanish first division soccer match at the Madrigal Stadium in Villarreal November 9, 2008.
Tags: soccer, sports
Lake Elsinore :: CA :: USA
| 10 days ago
The 71 divers from across the world assembled in the largest ever mid-air formation in the short history of wing-suiting - a variation on skydiving in which participants wear specially designed suits that slow down their fall to the ground.The "wings"...
Tags: enetrtainment, sports, sky diving