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LONDON: England will host two Test matches and two T20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

LONDON: Pakistan won the opening match of their three-Test series against England thanks to a 2-1 victory in Cannock, central England, on Tuesday. After both

England put up a good fight with Joe Root (71), Adil Rashid (61) and Stuart Broad (30). The first Test ended in a draw. The third and final Test would be played in Sharjah on November 1. -Samaa Story first published: 26th October 2015

FIFA has included several established referees in the 25-man nomination list for the World Cup in Brazil, including Howard Webb of England and Pedro Proenca of Portugal.

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has been recalled to face England in the upcoming Test series in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Tuesday, five years after his last match in the longest format. The 33-year-old middle order batsman's excellent limited-overs form saw him added as the 16th member of Pakistan's Test squad for the three-match series against England starting on October 13.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - It's the men's quarterfinals today at Wimbledon as five-time champion Roger Federer, closing in on a record 15th Grand Slam title,

Former President George H.W. Bush tosses the coin as his wife, Barbara, watches before the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots on Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. (Photo: David J. Phillip, AP) With a public life spanning more than 50 years, tributes honoring former President George…

DUBAI: Pakistan has secured third spot but India has ended 2016 as the number-one ranked Test side on ICC Test Team Rankings after registering a 4-0 victory over England in the five-match series. The series win has helped India gain five points and it has moved to 120 points in the last Test team rankings update of 2016, 15 points ahead of second-placed Australia.

It was a day to remember for Malik as he capped his return to the Test side after a gap of five years with an epic knock of 245, his best score in Test cricket, after coming in to bat in the third over of the match on Tuesday.

ABU DHABI: Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik said his sparkling double hundred against England was inspired by seeing his Indian wife Sania Mirza sweep to a series of tennis titles in 2015. Malik hit a career-best 245 to cap a remarkable return to Test cricket after five years on the sidelines and four days after Mirza clinched the China Open in Beijing alongside Martina Hingis.

Dashing cricketer Umar Akmal Thursday shamed the nation after being caught red-eyed watching the young dancing girls in sensual action. Akmal has been left out of Pakistan's T20 squad for the series against England in the UAE after being handed a show-cause notice for "bringing the PCB and Pakistan Cricket into disrepute".

SHO Haq Nawaz, who is seen along with Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal in a picture obtained by Samaa, claims that no raid was conducted on the cricketer's alleged dance party which prompted PCB to issue a show-cause notice to him. Besides the notice, Akmal was also dropped from squad for three-match Twenty20 series against England on disciplinary grounds.