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All-rounder wants to concentrate on shorter formats of gameFLAMBOYANT batsman Shahid Afridi has told Pakistani selectors not to consider him for Test matches until next year's cricket World Cup saying that he wants to concentrate on the One-day and...

Pakistan Cricket Board offer condolencesFORMER Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram is mourning the loss of his wife after she died in a hospital in India on Sunday. Huma Akram, 42, was buried in Lahore yesterday.She died following heart andkidney...

Boxers meet for first time ahead of December title fightAMIR Khan and Dimitriy Salita embarked on a hectic media tour yesterday to promote their December 5 fight. The pair will meet in Newcastle in seven weeks time for the first...

Muhammad Abdul Bari of the Muslim Council of Britain gives us his viewsDESPITE the best efforts of thousands of anti-fascist campaigners BNP leader Nick Griffin made it onto BBC’s Question Time last night. Millions tuned in to see Griffin...

‘It would be amazing to see the World Cup in Birmingham’, says Jaz Dhami A BIRMINGHAM raised Asian music star turned FA coach is backing the city’s bid to be a host city for the 2018 World Cup. Popular...

One Game One Community week of action rolls into action in BirminghamBIRMINGHAM kicked racism into touch last weekend when hundreds of budding football enthusiasts took part in a Futsal festival in the city. The weekend festival was held as...

Muslim Khan and Jewish Salita put religion to one sideIF Barack Obama really is serious about solving the crisis in the Middle East, he could do worse than sign up Amir Khan and Dimitriy Salita as examples of religious...

Bowler runs risk of arrest if he returns to UAE following 2008 deportationPAKISTAN bowler Mohammad Asif has been ruled out of Pakistan’s forthcoming series against New Zealand for fear of being arrested if he travels to the United Arab...

‘He will continue as captain until the World Cup in 2011’, says PCB chiefTHE PAKISTAN Cricket Board has reportedly rejected Younus Khan’s resignation. The 31-year-old quit as captain last week following match-fixing allegations levied against the team at the...

Dravid out as Sehwag returns to teamFORMER captain Rahul Dravid has been omitted from the India squad for the first two matches of the one-day series against Australia. The 36-year-old was called up to the one-day team for the ICC...