NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Wednesday claimed that he was threatened by the underworld and there have been three attempts to kill him for refusing to fix Indian Premier League matches.

“I was threatened considerably by the underworld for refusing to fix IPL [...]

SHARJAH: Skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan urged his batsmen to stand up and score big to help Sri Lanka level the series against Pakistan by winning the third Test which starts from Thursday.

Poor first innings batting let Sri Lanka down in the first Test before an epic double hundred [...]

CHANGA BANGYAAL (Pakistan): The mother of one of the Pakistani cricketers disgraced in a bribery scandal said on Wednesday her teenage son’s actions were understandable because he was still a child.

“I’ve had this in my hand for a year and a half,” said Naseem Akhtar, mother of 19-year-old Mohammad Aamer, pointing [...]

LONDON: A day after Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were convicted for spot-fixing, former England skipper Michael Vaughan suspects that a Test match against Pakistan in 2000 might have been fixed.

Vaughan said Pakistan had surrendered from a strong position and now he is forced to [...]

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was on Wednesday given a hearing by the newly appointed PCB chief, Zaka Ashraf, at his Gaddafi stadium office but there is no clarity on the all-rounder’s return to the international cricket.

Afridi, who earlier announced his return to the international cricket following the [...]

LONDON: The ICC may now initiate fresh investigations against Pakistani players Kamran Akmal and Wahab Riaz following the conviction of their team-mates Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in the spot-fixing scandal, a newspaper report said.

According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the [...]

MUMBAI: He may have immortalised himself in limited overs cricket, but it is surprising how Yuvraj Singh still has to answer the same set of uncomfortable questions before a Test series comes around.

The 29-year-old has managed just 35 Tests since his debut back in 2003. To make [...]

LONDON: As one of cricket’s ugliest scandals threatened to bring more players under the fixing cloud, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif became the first cricketers ever to be convicted for fixing a part of a match.

A 12-man jury at London’s