European champions Chelsea outclassed Mexican side Monterrey 3-1 at the Club World Cup in Japan on Thursday to set up a mouth-watering final clash with Brazilian giants Corinthians. The English Premier League club, debuting at

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Pakistan starts a week-long training camp Friday for its landmark limited overs series against India with former captain Inzamam-ul Haq and a psychologist drafted in, an official said. India and Pakistan play two Twenty20s and

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Faf du Plessis will lead South Africa in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand later this month to free regular limited overs skipper AB de Villiers from the burden of captaincy, the cricket board

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Rookie Dimuth Karunaratne was picked to open the Sri Lankan batting with veteran Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first Test against Australia in Hobart on Friday. The 24-year-old will be making only his second Test appearance

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Mahela Jayawardene said Thursday he will give up the captaincy after Sri Lanka's current Test and One-day tour of Australia, with Angelo Mathews seen as his likely replacement. The 35-year-old said it was time for

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Skipper Michael Clarke has vowed there will be no complacency in the Test series with Sri Lanka, insisting Australia will improve on their recent performances against South Africa. Paceman Mitchell Johnson has been left out

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Pakistan blind cricket team's winning streak in the Blind T20 World Cup came to an end when host India defeated the team by 29 runs in the climax of the tournament on Thursday in Bangalore.

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Abdessalam Yassine, spiritual leader of Morocco's radical Justice and Charity Islamist movement and outspoken opponent of the monarchy, died on Thursday aged 84, the banned but tolerated group's spokesman told AFP. The founder of the

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Thousands of people protested Thursday outside a Turkish prison complex where the mass trial of almost 300 people accused of plotting to overthrow the Islamist-rooted government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered its closing

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Millions voted Thursday in India's Gujarat state where Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is seeking a big win to spur his prime ministerial ambitions, 10 years after anti-Muslim riots on his watch. Crowds thronged polling stations

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