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Pakistan is placed in a tough Pool A that also features World Champions Australia, Malaysia, Scotland and India.

A 54-member Pakistan contingent leaves today for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Test Cricketer Yasir Hameed has decided to take legal action against the British tabloid News of the World.

Conditions in the much-criticised athletes' village are finally improving as hundreds of competitors arrive.

Wapda thrashed PMC Athletico Club in a 4-1 victory in the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPL) match in Lahore.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad leading the event after they win their first and second round matches.

Pakistan Army clinch gold medal in 70-kilometre road team time trial at the 58th National Cycling Championship

Coach says lack of participation of other countries means Pakistan is deprived of international exposure.

Pakistan’s hockey captain Zeeshan Ashraf passed his fitness test and has been retained for Commonwealth Games.

Australian beats 5-1 as he claimes his sixth ranking title at the World Open final in Glasgow.

Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings continue their dominance by crushing Eastern Cape Warriors.

PCB chief and legal advisor to meet ECB and clear the air following English players’ decision to demand an apology.

POA asks for alternate accommodation for the Pakistan contingent at the Commonwealth Games.

According to a statement by Pakistan Cricket Board, Saeed has resigned as manager of the Pakistan cricket team.

Pakistan Kabaddi Federation will hold a joint-training camp for this November’s Asian Games.

Davy Jacobs leads his Eastern Cape Warriors to the final of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

Women’s cricket coach Mansoor Rana urges PCB to ensure the players remain involved in the sport all year round.

Pakistan Army’s M Rafique bags the 40-kilometre individual race in the 58th National Cycling Championship.

Blighted by filthy toilets and rogue King Cobra snakes, officials battle to showcase Delhi as a modern, clean city.

Snooker legend O’Sullivan faces current world champion Neil Robertson in the final of the World Open in Glasgow.

Alonso produces a masterful drive to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix ahead of a charging Sebastian Vettel.

Squad remains optimistic about grabbing medals in New Delhi despite little support from Pakistan Sports Board.

Michael Owen scores his 200th goal in English club football as Man U snatches a 2-2 draw against Bolton.

As the cricket team trundled back after a scandal-marred tour of England, Waqar Younis was quick to look for excuses.

England's Football Association has given permission to Mazhar Majeed to continue as director and benefactor.

The 2010-11 domestic season will start off with the seventh Twenty20 Championship from October 10 to 16 in Lahore.

Mark Williams fights back from being 2-0 down to overcome China’s Ding Junhui 3-2.

PIA record their first victory in the Pakistan Premier Football League as they beat KESC 1-0.

Raina slams an unbeaten 94 off 48 balls as Chennai Super Kings storm past the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

POA denies voting in favour of India to allow them to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games in return of a bribe.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso storms to pole position for the high-stakes Singapore Grand Prix.

Aisamul Haq and Shah Rukh Khan are contrasting personalities who have one thing in common: wanting world peace.

The Bolton-based boxer is part of the training camp underway in Islamabad and looks set to make his Games debut.

Chelsea suffer their first Premier League defeat of the season as a Tevez goal hands Manchester City a 1-0 victory.

PCB chief Ijaz Butt will not apologise or pay compensation for alleging England players were engaged in match-fixing.

Wapda thrashed Young Blood Football Club 6-1 in Lahore on the ninth day of the Pakistan Premier Football League.

Khan rues the lack of facilities and infrastructure in Pakistan which has failed to produce more quality players.

Pakistan went down 4-0 to Bulgaria in the fourth round of the 39th World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP) is launching its 2010 National Games in Karachi today.

New Delhi welcomes the first athletes to its crisis-hit Commonwealth Games.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel tops the times in the opening day’s practice.

Banned all-rounder Rana Navedul Hasan remains hopeful of being able to resume his international career.

Sri Lankan coach Julio Santhana has termed the joint-training camp as a positive step by the PBF.

Waqar Younis urges PCB to initiate training of players from young age in order to avoid controversies.

Ijaz Butt confers with legal team over possibility of filing legal action against Trott for calling Riaz ‘match fixer’

Afridi says Pakistan has given foreign media a chance to attack the team.

Mike Hussey strikes a half-century off 39 balls and takes two crucial catches.

Nicols wins win 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 against the first Egyptian woman to reach a World Open final.

England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan makes fellow Jimmy White pay for a poor display.

Army owe their resounding victory in the second-leg to a Mohammad Ikram brace.