
Moscow: Russia on Sunday expressed its displeasure and concern over the arrival of a US warship in the Black Sea to take part in naval exercises with Ukraine, saying the move once again raised concern about America's plan to deploy missile shield in Europe. In a statement issued the Russian Foreign Ministry has objected to the entry of USS Monterrey guided missile cruiser armed with AEGIS missile shield for joint...

08:15 PM, Jun 12, 2011

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08:46 PM, Aug 29, 2008

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Thursday alleged that corruption in cricket is not just restricted to his nation but exists in other countries too where the cricket boards often bury the matter. "It's not only in Pakistan, it happens in other countries too where the cricket boards bury the matter," Afridi said after three Pakistani players were today sentenced to jail for their role in the spot-fixing...

04:28 PM, Mar 15, 2008

Chittagong: West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul had much to celebrate over the weekend. It started on Friday with news that he had been voted Trinidad & Tobago's International Player-of-the-Year and got better when he collected two wickets for 27 runs from 10 overs to help West Indies complete an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh to seal a rare One-day International series victory on his 27th birthday. It was a great...

06:24 PM, Mar 10, 2008

Karachi: A year on from the spot-fixing scandal that ended in long bans for three leading Test players, Pakistani cricket is still struggling to recover. In late August 2010, Britain's now-defunct News of the World tabloid alleged that captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif had arranged deliberate no-balls for money from an agent during the Lord's Test against England. We were settling in the hotel...

10:57 PM, Feb 25, 2008