MUMBAI:  Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan alias Malad has made a shocking revelation that he paid Rs 100 million (Rs 10 crore) to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match, according to report published in an Indian newspaper. Devendra Kothari was arrested on Thursday by the crime branch for their alleged involvement in betting racket involving the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. He confessed to ...

Taking a sensible approach, captain Sohail Abbas is not promising much in the short-term, instead hoping experience and time helps his players win accolades. KARACHI: Newly appointed Pakistan hockey captain Sohail Abbas has made realistic plans. The penalty-corner specialist, who will lead the Greenshirts for the first time in the upcoming Azlan Shah Cup that starts in Malaysia on May 24, has said that an i ...

MADRID: An aching Roger Federer made a seamless transition from slick blue clay to the slower red dirt on Wednesday as he saw off Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Rome Masters. The Swiss, carrying a few aches and pains following his Madrid Masters title win last week-end, decided to play only after his morning practice. Second seed Rafa Nadal, beaten in the third round on ...

LAHORE: Dav Whatmore has warned his Pakistan players they face a battle on next month's tour of Sri Lanka. The Australian backed the six uncapped players picked across Pakistan's Test, one-day and Twenty20 squads to make an impact on the tour, which starts with a Twenty20 international in Hambantota on June 1. Pakistan began a short training camp in Lahore on Wednesday ahead of the tour, where they play two ...

Shah Rukh Khan gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to direct children accompanying him off the playing field after the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan faced a police probe and a lifetime ban from Mumbai’s main cricket stadium on Thursday following a furious late-night row ...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to restrain Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar from taking oath as Rajya Sabha member and sought the central government's response on a petition challenging the cricketer's nomination to upper house. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was hearing a petition by Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia, who contended that Te ...

LAHORE: Fast-rising opener Nasir Jamshed was Wednesday ruled out of Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka after fracturing a finger on his left hand. The 22-year-old, who hit a brilliant one-day hundred against arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup in Dhaka two months ago, injured his finger during a club match, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said. Jamshed, only named in the one-day squad for Sri Lanka, has been advis ...

LONDON: Mushtaq Ahmed is to join Surrey as 'coach and mentor' on a month-long contract. Mushtaq, the former Pakistan legspinner and current England spin bowling coach, will link up with Surrey on June 20 and depart on July 20. The deal will reunite Mushtaq with his former captain at Sussex, Chris Adams, who is now team director at Surrey. The pair combined to take Sussex to the club's first County Champions ...

Dr M Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter LAHORE, May 16: With the recent news that the Pakistan-Australia series which was scheduled to comprise five one-day internationals and three T20Is to help the sides prepare for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka now cancelled by Sri Lanka cricket, due to a fixture clash with the Sri Lankan Premier League, the Pakistan Cricket Board finds itself in an uncomfortable and all too ...

LONDON: World number one Nicol David will have a surprising first round opponent when she begins her campaign to win back the British Open title here on Tuesday. The legendary Malaysian will take on Maria Toor Pakay who became the first Pakistan-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw after upsetting the seedings in the qualifying competition. The 21-year-old left-hander from Peshawar overcame Emi ...