KARACHI : Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam has rubbished reports that Shoaib Akhtar was not ready for the World Cup semifinal against India because of fitness problems. “Shoaib has been fully...

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt is extremely pleased with Pakistan’s show in the World Cup but said the team is missing banned paceman Mohammad Aamir. Aamir was...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will open its Gaddafi Stadium to thousands of fans to watch Wednesday’s high-voltage World Cup semifinal between Pakistan and India on big screens for free....

ISLAMABAD - Cricket fever gripped Pakistan on Tuesday ahead of a World Cup showdown with the historic foe India in Mohali today. The South Asian neighbours, with a shared history of brotherhood...

MOHALI: It’s the biggest match of the World Cup, not because it’s the semi-final, but because archrivals India and Pakistan are playing it. While both teams are under pressure,...

Chaudhry Abdul Jalil (C), popularly known as 'Chacha Cricket', waves after crossing the India-Pakistan border in Wagah on the eve of the India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup semi-final match. MOHALI:...

ISLAMABAD - Just two days before the most anticipated encounter in the World Cup - the India-Pakistan semi-final to be played in Mohali - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani spoke to Pakistan...

NEW DELHI - India will bank on the stroke-makers while Pakistan will pin hopes on their bowlers in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday which has gripped the sub-continent's imagination. Cricket...

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is keen to watch Wednesday’s India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final, which he says has caused “unbelievable frenzy”. “Pakistan is our...

Ricky Ponting quits as Australia's Test and one-day captain, bowing to pressure after their World Cup exit. SYDNEY: Ricky Ponting quit as Australia’s Test and one-day captain Tuesday,...