London -- A 38-year-old golfer hit a 230-yard hole-in-one, but was later told it was on the wrong green.

Karachi -- The Australian hockey team is to skip this year‘s Champions Trophy tournamentto be held in Lahore in December.

London -- Legendary England cricketing all-rounder Sir Ian Botham‘s wife, Kath Botham, has said that she almost came close to getting her husband out of her life after a stormy 30 years of marriage over suspicions that he was having an affair.

Sydney -- Keeping faith with its World Cup squad, the Cricket Australia selection committee today named their squad for theTwenty20 World Cup to be held in South Africa in September.

Kolkata -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the expulsion and suspension order of Jagmohan Dalmiya, which was issued by the BCCI on December 17, 2006, paving the way for him to contest in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) elections to be held next week.

Karachi -- The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it wanted to play a Twenty20 game against India to raise funds for an academy established in memory of Bob Woolmer, but was unable to fit such an event in a ‘extremely busy‘ international schedule.

Karachi -- Former Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad has said the statement of newly appointed coach Geoff Lawson that he would like to have the former (Miandad) in his "coaching crew," is a "slap on the faces" of PCB officials.

Karachi -- The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party has blamed former military ruler General Zia ul Haq‘s remnants for the Islamist attack that took at least 17 lives in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Karachi -- Former Pakistan cricketers - Javed Miandad, Moin Khan, Intikhab Alam and Sarfraz Nawaz have criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over its decision to appoint Australian Geoff Lawson as the new coach of the Pakistan cricket team.