CAPE TOWN, Nov 11 (AFP):Australia's last wicket pair saved their team from being bowled out for the lowest total in Test history on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday. Australia were bowled...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Nov 11 (AFP): Top- ranked African team Ivory Coast defend a perfect record this year when they confront South Africa for the Nelson Mandela Challenge here Saturday. An Ivorian Elephants squad packed with familiar English Premier...
CAPE TOWN, Nov 11 (AFP): Australia captain Michael Clarke said his team's batsmen were to blame for the team's collapse to 47 all out in their second innings on a frenetic second day of the first Test against South Africa...
MONACO, Nov 11 (AFP): Howard Aris, the president of the Jamaican athletics federation, has died at the age of 75. Aris was found unconscious during a People's National Party (PNP) mass rally in Port Antonio, Jamaica, on Thursday and was...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP): Mike Tindall was on Friday fined £25,000 and booted out of the England rugby union squad following his off-field antics during the World Cup, the Rugby Football Union announced. Flanker James Haskell and winger Chris Ashton...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP): England youngster Phil Jones insists he isn't losing any sleep over the daunting prospect of facing Spain's world champions in just his second international appearance. Jones has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last two years,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (AFP): Former Manchester United player Gary Pallister predicted Friday that Sir Alex Ferguson still has "a few more years" with the English Premier League club. Ferguson celebrated his 25th anniversary as manager of United earlier this...
BANGKOK, Nov 11 (AFP): Each year as the monsoon draws to an end, Thais thank the water goddess for sustaining life. But with deadly floods now plaguing the kingdom, many feel she has been a little too generous of late....
SYDNEY, Nov 11 (AFP): The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Danny Philip resigned Friday after lawmakers deserted his government, plunging the Pacific island nation into political turmoil. Philip stepped down shortly before a motion of no confidence in him was to...
DUBAI, Nov 11 (AFP): Returning all-rounder Shahid Afridi took three wickets to help Pakistan restrict Sri Lanka to 131 in the first day-night international at Dubai stadium here on Friday. Afridi, who finished with 3-27, led the Pakistan spin attack...
SAO PAULO, Nov 11(AP): Pele says he's concerned about Brazil's slow preparations for hosting the 2014 World Cup. The soccer great defended FIFA for asking Brazil to urgently approve a law establishing the legal framework needed for the tournament. He...
CAPE TOWN, Nov 11(AFP): Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both hit centuries to take South Africa to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Australia on Friday to end one of cricket's most topsy-turvy Test matches. Amla raced to a 126-ball century...
KARACHI, Nov 11 (AFP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday said Mohsin Khan will continue as interim coach for this month's tour of Bangladesh as a permanent replacement for Waqar Younis is yet to be finalised. Former fast bowler Waqar...
NEW YORK, NOV 11 (AP): David Beckham has been selected for the MLS Best XI for the first time, joining Los Angeles Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Todd Dunivant. In the final season of a $32.5 million, five-year...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov 11 (AP): Japan brushed aside Tajikistan 4-0 to continue its unbeaten streak in 2014 World Cup qualifying on Friday. Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored his second goal of the match in the dying seconds, putting the final...
Former West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe has initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for revoking its decision to name the pavilion at Sabina Park in Kingston after him, according to website cricinfo. "We received written notification from...
SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (AP): Former star striker Romario is pledging to step up his efforts in Brazil's parliament to shed light on alleged irregularities involving FIFA and Brazilian football federation president Ricardo Teixeira. Romario, now a congressman, said he...
PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a sore shoulder and apologised to fans who had bought tickets for his quarter-final showdown with French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "Sadly I have to...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...
No offence meant to the self-proclaimed religious brethren who are bent on performing ancient rituals far more than following the actual spirit of their faith. But isn't the gory spectacle of slaughtering millions of big animals on a single day...
Nilratan Halder Evolution of human society is a wonderful process where new ideas come along but only in a great while. Ideas or knowledge has catapulted human civilisation on to higher planes and the process continues. Where will man's cognitive...
Nehal Adil The Chinese Imperial government was serving as a stooge of the Anglo-Saxon powers and their ally the Czarist Russia. One can not ignore that the Chinese Revolution took place six years before the Russian Revolution that overthrew the...
Nusrat Jahan Most of us think that after completing graduation we should go for searching jobs. We cannot stay away ourselves from this kind of thinking. We always think that it is not our job to develop new ideas; it...
NEW YORK, NOV 11 (AP): David Beckham has been selected for the MLS Best XI for the first time, joining Los Angeles Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Todd Dunivant. In the final season of a $32.5 million, five-year...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov 11 (AP): Japan brushed aside Tajikistan 4-0 to continue its unbeaten streak in 2014 World Cup qualifying on Friday. Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored his second goal of the match in the dying seconds, putting the final...
Former West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe has initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for revoking its decision to name the pavilion at Sabina Park in Kingston after him, according to website cricinfo. "We received written notification from...
SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (AP): Former star striker Romario is pledging to step up his efforts in Brazil's parliament to shed light on alleged irregularities involving FIFA and Brazilian football federation president Ricardo Teixeira. Romario, now a congressman, said he...
PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a sore shoulder and apologised to fans who had bought tickets for his quarter-final showdown with French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "Sadly I have to...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...
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