ROME: Top seed Novak Djokovic played without ankle pain Thursday in a routine 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Alexandr Dolgopolov for a quarter-final place at the Rome Masters, and then spared a thought for the injury plight of rival Andy Murray. Djokovic dis...
ROME: Rafael Nadal began laying the groundwork for a dream seventh title at the Rome Masters on Wednesday as the Spanish fifth seed beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3 to reach the third round. Nadal, who has won five titles since making his retur...
LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. Blue skies overhead and the prospect of a typically good Lord's pitch suggested conditions would favour the batsme...
NEW DELHI: Three players from the Indian Premier League (IPL) including fast bowler Sreesanth and eleven bookies were sent on five days police remand by a Delhi court here on Thursday. Earlier, Indian police had arrested the three cricketers af...
LONDON: David Beckham is to retire from professional football at the end of the season, his representative announced on Thursday. The 38-year-old midfielder has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and AC Milan, as well as...
LONDON: New Zealand took charge of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday, reducing England to 160 for four when rain forced an early close to the first day. England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and batted but his side rarely got out of first...
WASHINGTON: US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time. The method described Wednesday by Oregon State University scientists i...
KATHMANDU: A small plane carrying 18 passengers skidded off the runway of a high-altitude airport on Thursday and plunged into a river in northwestern Nepal seriously injuring five, a police spokesman said. The government-run Nepal Airlines Twi...
WASHINGTON: NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft appears to be hobbled by a faulty wheel and may be near the end of its four-year mission, space agency scientists said Wednesday. Kepler, a $600 million mission, was launched in 2009 on a sear...
SAN FRANCISCO: An anonymous bidder paid $610,000 in a charity auction for coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook, the organizers said Wednesday. The Tim Cook auction tied the record for highest winning bid at charity auction site haritybuzz, ac...
DEHLI: In a sensational development, Indian pacer S. Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested by the Delhi Police on the charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League. The ...
AMSTERDAM: A 93rd-minute header from Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a stunning 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Europa League final on Wednesday as the London club claimed the trophy for the first time in heart-stopping fashion. The game in Am...
MUMBAI: On a slightly surreal night, Rahul Dravid lost his cool and shouted at the umpire, Kieron Pollard mocked Shane Watson so much he made him leave the dugout and go into the dressing room, Pollard was run out for the first time in the IPL, Mu...
ROME: Two-tme Rome masters champion Novak Djokovic began his campaign for a hat-trick trophy with a 70-minute, 6-2, 6-3 win over Albert Montanes which was wrapped up with an ace. The Serb was all smiles as he got the job done in his second-roun...
LONDON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum admits he will wait until the last minute before deciding if spinner Bruce Martin or seamer Doug Bracewell will fill the final place in his bowling attack for the first Test against England. McCullum's...
ROME: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki is still without a win in a major clay-court tournament this season as the French Open approaches after losing a marathon match to Bojana Jovanovski 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) at the ATP/WTA Rome Masters o...
LONDON: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will celebrate the Bicentenary of Lord's next year with two showpiece matches against the Rest of the World. MCC, which owns the famous Lord's Ground in north London, on Wednesday revealed they will play the ...
RANCHI: Pune Warriors won their first match since April 15, which knocked Kolkata Knight Riders out of the tournament. This was their third win in 24 matches, which gave them hope of avoiding the bottom of the table for a second year running. War...
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people as forecasters said a cyclonic storm would hit low-lying coastal areas by early Thursday. "We've ordered people in low-lying river shoal areas to evacuate t...
MANCHESTER: Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko cheered managerless Manchester City in the wake of Roberto Mancini's sacking as the Argentina and Bosnia strikers scored in a 2-0 win over relegated Reading at Madejski Stadium. Aguero bagged the first five mi...
Afghan Official Challenges U.S. Tax Audit
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan's top finance official is disputing an audit b...
Embassy Row: After Afghanistan for NATO
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Afghan Star Khaled Hosseini's New Book
As a boy growing up in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini heard lots of fab...
Airing Of Dirty Laundry Raises Afghan Hopes That Corruption Will Be Tackled
The very public trading of graft accusations in Afghanistan's parliame...
Violence against women act modification sparks furor in Afghanistan
A number of civil society organizations including independent human r...
Afghan treasures display in Melbourne tells a different Afghanistan story
MELBOURNE: Several hundred priceless antiques from ancient Afghanistan...
Afghan soldiers' incompetence raises concerns about U.S. withdrawal plans
Mansurabad, Afghanistan A suicide bomber drove his car into a U.S....
Afghanistan wants lethal weapons from India; Karzai visit from Monday
New Delhi: Ahead of its President Hamid Karzai’s visit next week, Afg...
