Cup

London, July 5 (ANI): German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has dropped a strong hint that he could back Australia's bid to host a FIFA World Cup....

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....

Lahore, June 29 (ANI): The national selectors, who picked the Pakistan squad that won the Twenty20 World Cup, are angry that they have been completely ignored in the celebrations for the team's triumph....

Johannesburg (S. Africa), June 29 (ANI): The United States came close to denying Brazil the Confederations Cup here on Sunday, losing their match by a margin of three goals to two....

Lahore, June 27 (ANI): While the International Cricket Council (ICC) has made it clear that it would not revoke its decision of hosting any 2011 World Cup matches in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still hoping that it would force the apex cricketing agency ...

London, June 26 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) request to stage its share of 2011 World Cup matches at neutral venues such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....

Bloemfontein (South Africa), June 25 (ANI): The United States pulled off a 2-0 upset win over world No. 1 Spain here in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup....

Colombo, June 24 (ANI): While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is persuading the International Cricket Council (ICC) to overturn its decision of not allowing any World Cup matches in Pakistan, the Sri Lankan Cricket Committee (SLCC) has said that the other three host natio...

London, June 22 (ANI): Pakistan captain Younis Khan drew a parallel between his team's Twenty20 World Cup triumph at Lords' with Imran Khan's 1992 World Cup victory....

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 2011 World Cup hosting rights issues with the International Cricket Council (...

Islamabad/London, June 16 (ANI): The International Cricket Council has agreed to pay the Pakistan Cricket Board a fee of more than 10 million dollars as a World Cup co-host, despite Pakistan being stripped of its scheduled 14 limited-overs matches for securi...

New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla on Monday defended Team India and its skipper M S Dhoni, a day after the team was ousted from the second Twenty20 World Cup that is being p...