Cricket

India Cricket Team Instructed To Have Sex Before Matches

India Sex | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


NEW DELHI, India -- Gary Kirsten, the coach of India's cricket team, has some advice for his players: Have sex before matches, boys. And if no par...

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York


Len Berman

Roger Federer and Dinara Safina are the #1 seeds for next week's U.S. Open. So I guess everybody doesn't know who the real # 1 is, Serena.

Cricket Team One Of A Kind In Queens

The Columbia Journalist | Regina Galea | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


When the spring sports season began last year at John Adams High School in Ozone Park, Queens, Thakur Singh, then a junior, was planning to join the b...

Cricket Inspired Style Comes to Soho

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York


Arlene M. Roberts

Tucked away on Mercer Street in Soho, cricket enthusiasts and savvy shoppers alike can take respite at Jack Olive.

Jubilation in Pakistan

Mona Sarika | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


Mona Sarika

For Pakistanis cricket is like a glue that binds them all together. It acts as a common faith that overrides regional differences of language and culture.

PAKISTAN VS. SRI LANKA: Even Cricket Matchup

Associated Press | Associated Press | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home


PAKISTAN VS. SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Twenty20 Group F Super Eig...

World In Photos: June 2, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

Chris Lewis, Cricket Star, "Carried Cocaine Into Britain Thinking It Was Fruit Juice"

Times Online | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


Chris Lewis, the former England cricketer, smuggled cocaine into Britain thinking it was fruit juice, he told a court today. ...

Why Obama Is Reading "Netherland" (And Why You Should Too)

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media


Ariel Gonzalez

After having finished Netherland, I can see why President Obama added it to his reading list. Aside from being extraordinarily well-written, it's...

World In Photos: May 1, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

Pakistan Loses 2011 Cricket World Cup Hosting Rights Due To 'Uncertain Security Situation'

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


Pakistan has been stripped of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup because of the "uncertain security situation" in the country, the International Cr...

Afghan Cricket Team Close To Qualifying For World Cup

Telegraph | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


Afghanistan beat Bermuda by 60 runs a day after defeating Denmark in their opening game of the World Cup qualifying tournament in South Africa. The e...

My Visit to South Africa Part 2

Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 04.28.2009 | World


Queen Rania of Jordan

What did I take away from my visit? That reconciliation is achievable and deep-rooted hatreds can be addressed.

Athletes Increasingly Caught Up In Global Strife

GlobalPost | Mark Starr | Posted 04.12.2009 | World


There were two particularly distressing events in international sports last week. The first was the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team,...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

It's Not Cricket -- It's War

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 04.05.2009 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

Sport can bring out the best, but also the worst in mankind.

Cricket Attack: Suspicions Grow That Ambush Was An 'Inside Job'

Huffington Post | Omar Waraich in Lahore | Posted 04.05.2009 | World


Dramatic footage showing the alleged perpetrators of Tuesday's audacious attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team making their getaway was released by a ...

Pakistan Cricket Attack: New Video Shows Gunmen Casually Leaving Ambush Scene With No Fear Of Pursuit (VIDEO)

AP | RIZWAN ALI and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 04.04.2009 | World


LAHORE, Pakistan — A day after the ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistanis asked Wednesday how terrorists managed to attack such a hig...

Behind the Ambush on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team

Tom Gerety | Posted 04.04.2009 | World


Tom Gerety

It may seem sad that it takes an attack on a sports team to turn Pakistani nationalist opinion against terror. Yet there's real cause for hope in the sad news from Lahore.

Pakistan Attacks On Sri Lankan Cricket Team Leave At Least 6 Dead, Stun Region

GroundReport | Posted 04.03.2009 | World


GroundReport

Published by GroundReport.com, a global citizen news platform with over 4,000 international reporters. By Imran Schah LAHORE- Unknown assailants ope...

Allen Stanford's Girlfriend Gaffe: Caught On Camera With Wives, Girlfriends Of English Cricketers

Huffington Post | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business


R. Allen Stanford, the Texas billionaire who has Antiguan citizenship, was charged Tuesday by the SEC for allegedly trying to bilk some 50,000 custome...

Obama Must Learn to Play Cricket

Frankie Martin | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


Frankie Martin

Americans began to understand tribal culture and tribal codes of honor and hospitality. And they realized that organizations like Al-Qaeda were antithetical to traditional culture.