The investigation into the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistan cricketers has gathered pace with the Metropolitan Police scheduled to meet the Crown Prosecution Service this week to discuss whether charges can be levelled against the suspended trio.
Zulqarnain Haider fleeing to England after deserting his team midway through a series has left the ICC "disturbed" as the governing body feels the Pakistan wicketkeeper has been targetted by "criminals behind betting operations", media reports said in London on Tuesday.
In his recently-released autobiography, Rafa: My Story, Spanish tennis star and World No. 2, Rafael Nadal claims that the separation of his parents made him depressed and 'his competitiveness had waned'. In an extract from the book, published in The Telegraph, Nadal said he was 'left stunned' when his father, Sebastian, broke the news to him that there were problems back home between himself and his mother, Isabel.
'The more seriously ill you are from heart disease, the more seriously ill you could get from infection with COVID-19.'
Spin legend Shane Warne feels that the world number one side England have the capability to surpass the outstanding bunch of Australian players of the late 1990s and early 2000s and dominate the world.
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson married his girl friend Jessica Bratich last week in a secret ceremony but did not invite his mother on the occasion, media reports said in Melbourne on Thursday.
England pacer Tim Bresnan feels the 0-5 ODI series whitewash at the hands of India cannot take the sheen off his team's spectacular rise in an "unbelievable" year.
In the twilight of his cricket career, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting could be seen swinging a golf club next summer as he might be given a sponsor's exemption in one of the major tournaments in Melbourne.
Almost a year after it declared a ban on nude covers, Playboy is back to nudity!
The Big Ben, the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, is leaning and its tilt is now visible to the naked eye, engineers have claimed.
Williams's bra was a clear violation of the All England Lawn Tennis Club's dress rules which state that 'any undergarments that either are or can be visible during play (including due to perspiration) must also be completely white except for a single trim of colour no wider than one centimetre (10mm)'.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, head of Kandahar's provincial council and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was entertaining some guests at his residence when his bodyguard opened fire on him, a family member told media sources on condition of anonymity.
An arm of the online collective Anonymous has said that it broke into the computer systems of Booz Allen Hamilton and then posted the details on Internet, The Daily Telegraph online reported.
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The Guinean maid, who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, may face perjury charges and she can also be deported from the United States following claims that she lied under oath, a news report said.
English cricket writer Simon Hughes has claimed that Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is better than the greatest batsman of all time, Sir Donald Bradman.
West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle will appear for the Sydney Thunder side in Australia's Big Bash League.
Two men alleged to be members of an illegal betting syndicate based in Singapore were charged with conspiracy to defraud on Thursday as part of a match-fixing investigation into English lower league soccer.
Simon Katich's axing from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players might have outraged several former players but Ian Chappell feels it was a 'pragmatic decision'.
Reeling under the pressure of two catastrophic aviation tragedies, Malaysia Airlines is mulling a name change and restructuring of routes in a bid to repair its reputation, a media report has said.
India's opposition to the Decision Review System continues with the BCCI refusing to allow its use in next month's four-Test cricket series against England.
Former skipper Graham Gooch is set to become the full-time batting coach of England after his successful stint with the team on a consultancy basis for the last two years.
Leading British newspaper Daily Telegraph on Friday apologised for publishing an article about United Nation's climate body chairman R K Pachauri, accusing him of making a fortune from his links with 'carbon trading' firms. The international publication had been running a campaign since last year against the chief of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who has strongly rubbished the allegations and even issued several legal notices.
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France's interior minister Brice Hortefeux has called for the withdrawal of citizenship of immigrants who practise polygamy or female genital mutilation. Hortefeux said there were "possibilities to have nationality withdrawn in the case of polygamy, genital mutilation and serious wrongdoing". The punishment would not apply only to immigrants, but also to those who have a foreign background, even if they were born in France.
The chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Giles Clarke will face four weeks in the high court after trial dates were announced for the libel writs brought against him by suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and global sports marketing and consulting firm International Management Group (IMG).
Miranda Kerr, who is expecting her first child with husband Orlando Bloom, has attributed her wholesome country-girl-next-door charm to clean and healthy living.
The government on Tuesday said it follows a proper procedure in ordering interception of telephones and a high-level committee reviews each case individually before giving its final approval.
When Subir Roy met Ruchira Gupta at The Telegraph 35 years ago she was not quite 20 and not a graduate. Today she is the indomitable founder of Apne Aap, which has touched the lives of over 21,000 women who were victims of sex trafficking.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blamed Hollywood's famous flick 'Harry Potter' for the dwindling number of wild owls in the country.
'Following Harry Potter, there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls,' the Telegraph quoted Ramesh as telling BBC.
Test matches have witnessed a decline in attendances in recent years, throwing the door open to a number of means to engage fans, including the introduction of day-night Tests.
Explosive Australian opener David Warner is mulling a baseball trial in the United States where successful hitters can earn millions of dollars a year, a report said on Tuesday.
The Nobel Prize committee has given up trying to reach musician Bob Dylan, days after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The lingering effects of colonial rule show up in a variety of subtle and not so subtle ways, says Rupa Subramanya Dehejia
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has claimed that 56 cricketers have reported being approached by illegal bookmakers in the past one year alone.
India captain M S Dhoni says the privilege of leading his team out against England on Thursday will rank with anything he has achieved in his glorious career.
England cricket coach Andy Flower is among the few who have been reportedly shortlisted by the BCCI for the India job left vacant by Gary Kirsten, prompting a worried ECB to offer the Zimbabwean a new three-year deal.
