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Girl power: School key to ending oppression: Mukhtaran Mai
Says repression of women is especially rampant in Pakistan and India, must be addressed.
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Football: FIFA calls for strict match-fixing laws
700 matches worldwide, including Champions League ties and World Cup qualifiers, were targeted by gambling gangs.
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Olympics: Wrestlers urged to lobby IOC
Japanese wrestling chiefs urged Olympic medallists to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the 2020 Games.
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Golf: Olympics to prompt drug tests in Asia
Asian golfers will face drug tests in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics.
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Spending woes: Kerry warns against cuts to US diplomacy
Secretary of State John Kerry says foreign assistance is an investment in a strong America.
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Champions League: Beaten Wenger accepts Bayern superiority
Arsenal manager concedes German giants the better team after 3-1 loss.
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Tour of South Africa: Afridi recalled for ODI, Twenty20 series
Shoaib Malik, Kamran, Umar Akmal called up for Twenty20, One Day squads. Razzaq dropped again.
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Saudi beheads Pakistani for drug trafficking
The execution brings to 15 the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia so far this year.
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Education the only way to end oppression of women: Mukhtar Mai
Mukhtar Mai's impassioned endeavours to educate girls and women in Pakistan has not gone in vain.
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Cameron confronts 'shameful' colonial crime in India
The move is seen as a gamble by Cameron and could lead to calls for similar treatment from other former colonies.