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Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf on Friday formally withdrew the 220 million rupee defamation suit which he filed against maverick pacer Shoaib Akhtar, from a civil court in Lahore.

Justice Aftab Farrukh, who is heading the appellate tribunal hearing Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar's case, disclosed on Friday that he was reluctant to accept the job due to lack of any cricketing background and still open to be replaced by any other candidate.

Needing nothing short of a win in their last round robin match to reach the final, India will leave no stone unturned as they meet hosts Malaysia in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh on Saturday.

Rajasthan Royals will have to come out fast from the aftershock of the serial blasts in Jaipur and concentrate on the Indian Premier League game on Saturday against a beleaguered Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

A huge monkey off their back after the win against Deccan Chargers, the born-again Delhi Daredevils would be gunning for revenge when they collide head-on with the high-flying Kings XI Punjab in a potential Indian Premier League humdinger in New Delhi on Saturday.

Michael Clarke will miss Australia's first cricket test against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica after remaining in Sydney due to the death of his fiancee's father.

Hours before the crucial IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, the Shiv Sena on Friday renewed its attack on cricket players from Pakistan in one of the teams.

West Indies coach John Dyson believes his team's daunting, imminent challenge against Australia could be the making of his Caribbean team.

The disarming smile was replaced by a sombre look and Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag simply cannot believe that he has been stoned at his home ground of Ferozeshah Kotla, of all places.

Test cricket needs a radical overhaul to ensure its continued existence in the face of the Twenty20 revolution, India coach Gary Kirsten said.

Days after Kavita Devi brought another dope shame to the country, Sports Minister MS Gill has asked Indian Weightlifting Federation chief Harbhajan Singh to explain him on Monday how the Federation would deal with the drug menace in the sport.

Vanquished Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist on Thursday criticised the Delhi Daredevils for their pacer Mohammad Asif's off-and-on presence on the field during the IPL match even though his opposite number Virender Sehwag pooh-poohed the allegation.

Muslim militants have made appeals for attacks against the Euro 2008 football championships on jihadist websites which worry Swiss police but they said on Thursday there was no 'concrete' threat yet.

Amit Mishra registered the second hat-trick of the Indian Premier League as Delhi Daredevils staved off Deccan Chargers' audacious design for an upset win and eked out a nervy 12-run victory to snap their losing spree here tonight.

Kristian Pless tried to dig up every solution in the journeyman's book as he clawed his way back into his quarter-final match against Great Britain's Alex Bogdanovic.

After clinching the third successive win by beating arch-rivals Pakistan in Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh on Thursday, Indian coach A K Bansal attributed the success to the mental toughness of his players.

Despite his lacklustre performance in the Indian Premier League so far, Deccan Chargers' all-rounder Scott Styris says he enjoys the glamorous Twenty20 tournament.

Former Australian middle-order mainstay Damien Martyn and ex-New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming have signed up for the All Stars team in 2008's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament to be held on November 8,9. The two are the first players to sign up for the annual event - which is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council - at Kowloon Cricket Club in Hong Kong.

India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten does not foresee slap-gate protagonists Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth sharing cold vibes in the team's dressing room but the South African says even if it comes to that, he has the man management skills to handle the situation.