Football’s governing body Fifa is considering scrapping drawn games from the group stages of the World Cup.

Top seed Rafael Nadal won 10 points in a row to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber and reached the semi-final against Murray.

Blackpool marked their first top-flight match in 39 years with a surprise 4-0 win away to north-west rivals Wigan.

At least one case of cholera has been confirmed by the United Nations following Pakistan’s worst floods in memory.

Canada will provide up to 33 million US dollars in urgent aid for victims of Pakistan’s historic floods.

Two policemen were shot dead and their bodies set ablaze at a Baghdad checkpoint,

“As a citizen, and president I believe Muslims have the same right to practice religion as anyone else...”

The Daily Telegraph report said there were fears the diversion would put off foreign donors for flood victims.

The United Nations has appealed for $460 million to deal with the immediate aftermath of the floods.

Security forces imposed a strict curfew in Indian Kashmir on Saturday.