Routine security for Afghanistan-Pakistan cricket series
May 14th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 14 (IANS) Afghanistan will be the first international cricket team to tour Pakistan in more than two years when the two nations clash later this month -- but ... Read more...
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Pakistan needs major steps to bring back international cricket: ICC
January 14th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistan will have to take major steps to regain the confidence of foreign teams if it wants to bring international cricket back to this country, a senior International ... Read more...
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2011 Cricket World Cup teams under terror threat, warns security expert
December 12th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 12 (ANI): A security expert has warned that the 14 national teams taking part in next year's cricket World Cup in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are at risk from ... Read more...
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Pakistan mooting China as neutral venue for cricket
December 3rd, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 3 (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering China as a neutral venue for its international cricket events as the foreign teams are not willing to visit Pakistan due to ... Read more...
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Lanka less worried about Aussies sans ‘on song’ spearhead Tait
October 30th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Perth (Australia), Oct. 30 (ANI): The Sri Lanka cricket team which will take on Australia in the first of two Twenty20 internationals here ob Sunday, has said that the absence of Australian ... Read more...
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Attack on Sri Lanka cricket team: Butt says he suggested hosting the match in Karachi
December 22nd, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec. 22 (ANI) : In an apparent bid to come clear from the charges of slack security preparations during Sri Lankan cricket team's visit earlier this year , Pakistan Cricket Board's ... Read more...
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Lanka cricket team’s chief security advisor seeks commando cover for players during ODI series
November 25th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Nov 25 (ANI): The chief security officer of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Laurence Fernando, met Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner B.K Sharma here on Tuesday and demanded a commando cover for his ... Read more...
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Jehadi who planned attack on Sri Lanka team held
October 11th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Rawalpindi, Oct 11 (IANS) A terrorist arrested from the Pakistani Army headquarters has been identified as the mastermind of the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in March, a media ... Read more...
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India assures foolproof security for 2010 Commonwealth Games
September 25th, 2009 - 12:44 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 24 (ANI): India has promised foolproof security for next year's Commonwealth Games to be staged in New Delhi.The senior functionaries of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee disclosed this to ... Read more...
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International cricket to return in ’safe’ and ’secure’ Pak : ICC
August 29th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug.29 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has assured Pakistan that international cricket would return to the troubled nation as soon as it is safe to for the foreign teams to ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh says Pakistan has not given any dossier to India on Balochistan
July 29th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday dispelled reports that Pakistan has given any dossier to India on Balochistan.The statement came during the debate in ... Read more...
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India denies receiving any dossier on Balochistan from Pakistan
July 23rd, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): India on Thursday denied Pakistani media reports claiming that a dossier, blaming India for being involved in supporting revolutionaries in Balochistan, the terror attack on Sri ... Read more...
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‘Foreign hands’ involved in attack on Sri Lanka cricket team: Pak Interior Ministry
July 15th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): The Pakistan government has claimed the involvement of 'foreign hands' in the terror strike on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March this year, in ... Read more...
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‘Top PCB officials have no knowledge about sports management’
July 4th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 4 (ANI): Criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for its unprofessional way of handling cricket issues in the country, former Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) director general Zakir Hussain Syed has ... Read more...
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Influential Pak minister suppressing Lahore attack probe
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): Pakistan's National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Sports is being pressurized by some influential leaders to the stop the criminal proceedings against security officials who have been accused ... Read more...
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Pak govt. holds PCB responsible for losing hosting rights of 2011 World Cup
July 1st, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 1 (ANI) : The Pakistan government has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the International Cricket Council' s (ICC) decision to shift 2011 World Cup matches from the country.Pointing ... Read more...
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PCB banking on ‘understanding’ with Pawar to resolve 2011 World Cup hosting issues
June 18th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, June 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping that its mutual understanding with the Board of Cricket Control in India's former chief, Sharad Pawar, would help it resolve the ... Read more...
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PCB prepares two security plans to salvage its 2011 World Cup hosting rights
June 15th, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 15 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is readying two different security plans to table before the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the other three host countries, to salvage its ... Read more...
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Pakistan cricket board hails charity act of global body
May 30th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 30 (IANS) Pakistan Saturday hailed International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to turn Wednesday's warm-up match against India in England into a fund-raiser for the victims of the attacks on the ... Read more...
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2010 Commonwealth Games has no security threat, says Kalmadi
May 6th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi ruled out any security threat to 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG).Talking to reporters after inspecting a hockey ground being ... Read more...
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Qureshi says foreign hand behind attack on Lankan team in Lahore
March 24th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 24 (ANI): Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has disclosed that traces of foreign powers involvement were found in the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team, and that ... Read more...
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New Lanka captain Sangakkara eyes Twenty20 World Cup
March 12th, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, March 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka's newly appointed cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara said his immediate focus would be on the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup that begins in June in ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan cricket attack mastermind has escaped’
March 10th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 10 (IANS) The suspected mastermind of last week's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore has escaped a police raid on his home, a British newspaper reported ... Read more...
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Security was reduced in Lahore, says Lanaka coach Bayliss
March 10th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar.10 (ANI): Sri Lanka cricket team coach Trevor Bayliss claimed on Tuesday that security was less than it had been on previous occasions in Pakistan.
It was certainly less than when ... Read more...
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Pak umpire Ahsan Razas condition critical
March 5th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.5 (ANI): Test cricket Umpire Ahsan Raza, who was seriously injured in Tuesdays attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team, is still in critical condition.
Raza had sustained bullet injuries which ... Read more...
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Overseas players having second thoughts on IPL
March 4th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne/London, March 4 (IANS) The attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore Tuesday has put a question mark on the participation of overseas players in the second edition of the Indian ... Read more...
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Playing in IPL can be a risk: Jacob Oram
March 4th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 4 (IANS) New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram Wednesday said the terror attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore has made playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) unsafe.
In ... Read more...
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Kashmiris feels Lahore attack jeopardises their hope for peace
March 4th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) While political leaders did their bit by condemning the terror strike against Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, angry Kashmiris also spoke out against the attack that they feared ... Read more...
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Attack on Lankan cricket team launched to divert focus from Mumbai
March 4th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): Attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday is a ''diabolical attempt'' to divert the global focus from the Pakistan Army-ISI sponsored ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka cricket team security beefed-up amidst fear of political turmoil
February 27th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb.27 (ANI): Fearing large scale protests by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) activists against Supreme Courts verdict to disqualify the Sharif brothers, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stepped-up ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka cricket team to tour Pakistan from February 14
February 10th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb.10 (ANI): The Sri Lankan cricket team will return to Pakistan on February 14 to participate in the two match Test series starting February 21.
The islanders would be playing a ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka Cricket led by Ranatunga dissolved
December 23rd, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge Tuesday dissolved the interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headed by former world-cup winning cricket team captain Arjuna Ranatunga. Minister Lokuge ... Read more...
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Instead of India, Sri Lanka cricket team may tour Pakistan
December 19th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 19 (IANS) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Friday confirmed that it had received an invitation from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to undertake a tour in place of India and said ... Read more...
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Sponsors snub Sri Lanka cricket team
December 17th, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 17 (IANS) Marketing and financial prospects of the Sri Lanka cricket team are said to have hit rock-bottom as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) failed to attract a single bidder ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate
October 14th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Oct 14 (IANS) The Sri Lanka cricket team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the final of the Twenty20 International tournament in ... Read more...
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