Pakistan's tarnished bowling star Shoaib Akhtar faces a "make-or-break" test of his fitness and commitment this week ahead of an all-important home series against resurgent England. The 30-year-old known as the Rawalpindi Express returned to

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Football's governing body FIFA said it will send a security official to next month's World Cup play-off game in Uruguay amid Australian concerns over player safety, reports said here on Sunday. Australia have bitter memories

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Ricky Ponting has defiantly told would-be suitors to his Australian Test cricket captaincy that he's staying put and not going anywhere. Ponting, who along with team coach John Buchanan received most of the fall-out from

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Former Australian captain Steve Waugh says he felt betrayed by a drinking culture and let down by his brother Mark and Ian Healy on his first cricket tour in charge of the Australian cricket team.

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A host of players were stalking clubhouse leader Rich Beem when a storm stopped play in the third round of the Funai Classic on Saturday, but Tiger Woods wasn't among them. Woods spent just 10

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Just because hot rival Roger Federer is missing the Madrid Masters with ankle ligament damage doesn't mean he's become a stranger to this weekend's top seed Rafael Nadal. In fact, on his way through the

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England coach Duncan Fletcher has once again called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to continue with plans for a greater use of technology when it comes to making on-field decisions. During the recent Super

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Ashes holders England are halfway to supplanting Australia as the world's best Test cricket team, the chairman of England's board of Test selectors was quoted as saying on Sunday. David Graveney, in Hong Kong as

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Lindsay Davenport overcame Patty Schnyder 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 to win the 1.3-million-dollar Zurich Open on Sunday, earning her sixth title of the season. The 29-year-old American has now won 51 career titles, just two short

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Justin Kemp hit a power-packed 73 as South Africa squeezed a two-wicket win in the first one-day international against New Zealand at Springbok Park here on Sunday. Kemp shared successive stands of 65 with Mark

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