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KARACHI (Reuters) – Arch-rivals Pakistan and India will play six bilateral series in cricket’s future tours programme after N. Srinivasan was elected chairman of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) on Thursday. Pakistan did not oppose the election of India’s Srinivasan and has been rewarded with a six-series agreement between 2015 and 2023 “After N. Srinivasan’s election as the first ICC chairman in a landslide, India has officially turned the MOUs (memorandum of understanding) signed earlier this year with regard to six rubbers between the two nations into binding agreements straightaway,” the Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) said in a statement on Thursday. “Four of these series will be hosted by the PCB in the United Arab Emirates or Pakistan with mutual consent. The six tours are now part of the Future Tours Program and are to be played from 2015 to 2023.” The Asian nations have not played each other in a full test programme since 2007, although India hosted Pakistan in a ha...

http://isthattrue.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Pakistan-batsman-Shahid-Afridi-2.jpg Karachi: Jun 27, 2014 Pakistan cricket legend Shahid Afridi said on Friday he is planning a Twenty20 match to raise money for almost half a million people displaced by a military operation in the country’s northwest. More than 470,000 have fled the offensive against strongholds of the Taliban and other militants in North Waziristan tribal area on the Afghan border. Aid efforts have been stepped up to cope with the exodus and Afridi, who was born in Pakistan’s tribal areas, said he wanted to help. “I am in talks with the authorities and will soon announce a Twenty20 match in Lahore to raise funds,” the big-hitting all-rounder told reporters. The 34-year-old was speaking at the launch of his charity foundation which will focus on mothers and internal refugees. Afridi said the foundation had set up a 16-bed maternity hospital in remote Tangi Banda village in northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. “I ...

The 10 Most Dangerous Countries In 2013 If you’re reading this article, the world for you is probably a relatively safe place. As long as you don’t go out looking for trouble, you’ll usually get through the day unscathed. However, there are certain countries on this planet where security and safety elusive indeed. These places have danger lurking everywhere, waiting to attack you the moment you let your guard down. So which of them belong to the list of the most dangerous countries in the world in 2013? Here they are: 1. Syria (Photo courtesy: Wikipedia) One of the most dangerous countries in the world in 2013 is Syria. Since the year 2011, the death toll caused by the civil conflict in this country has reached as much as 60,000.  Such rate is considered a conservative estimate as no one can really figure out for sure. This is all due to the political freedom being severely repressed by the currently reigning President Bashar al Ass...

Russia and Korea Republic began their World Cup campaigns with a 1-1 draw in Group H on Tuesday. The first half an hour was a cagey affair, with neither side creating a chance of note. Russia had the first meaningful effort on goal. Sergei  Ignashevich  crashed a free-kick on goal, but it was pushed away by Korea goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong. Korea Republic responded well, creating a few chances of their own. One of the best fell to Son Heung-min, only for this for to happen. The two teams went into the break at 0-0. The first real chance of the second half went to Russia's captain Vasily Berezutskiy. His powerful header was i nches away from putting Russia ahead—hitting the side netting instead. Korea were next to threaten, from a free-kick. Kim Young-gwon produced a clean strike, and it almost caught out Russia's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Akinfeev was having a shaky night and you felt a costly mistake was coming. It duly arrived when Lee...

PRINT A   A   A Google has celebrated the 2014 Fifa World Cup with a third doodle, this time marking Tuesday's match between Belgium and Algeria by paying homage to Paul the 'psychic' octopus. The search giant’s latest creation shows a halo-wearing Paul on a cloud as he struggles to decide between two boxes, one of which bears the Belgium flag while the other carries the Algerian flag. Paul the octopus  lived in a tank in at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany where he became known for his divinations with his aquarium keeper before his death in October 2010. The animal oracle would predict the outcome of matches in Germany, with the help of staff who would put two different boxes loaded with a mussel food treat and marked on the outside with one of the teams in front of him, before waiting to see which box he would select. In the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, he correctly predicted the outcome of four out of 6 of Germany's m...

Thirty-five-year-old was successful with 103 of his 108 passes in a sweltering Manaus, the best record of any player at the World Cup so far It was not as if  England  had been taken by surprise. Ever since the World Cup  draw was made six months ago, Roy Hodgson has been answering questions about Andrea Pirlo and contemplating how best to negate his threat. But even then, in the extreme 30C heat of the Amazon jungle, the man the Brazilian locals now call ‘Pirlinho’ did what every genuinely world-class player does. He adapted, seized the moment and still imparted his vast influence on the occasion. Pirlo famously out-passed the entire England squad during their Euro 2012 quarter-final with  Italy  and, although it was marginally more competitive on Saturday, the statistics were again emphatic. Since records began in 1966, no team has completed a World Cup match with a superior passing accuracy than the 93.19 per cent that Italy achieved on Saturda...

San Jose Sharks centre Joe Thornton's name surfaced in trade rumours this week, so of course the Leafs were mentioned as a possible destination. This according to a Toronto-centric hockey media, who quite often ignore logic and reason, all to the delight of Leafs Nation. Not a free agent, tradeable asset, or draft eligible player can enter hockey's consciousness without being linked to Toronto. Before long, kids in The Junction were dreaming of Thornton's pure passing skills and Phil Kessel's scoring prowess, Jumbo Joe sweaters under the Christmas tree, and parade routes up Yonge Street. But would Thornton, who has a full no-trade clause and as such controls his destiny, want to play in Toronto? I would argue no, and here's why: Toronto is the most difficult place in the world to play hockey. It is the NHL's Hell. The challenges of playing hockey in a Canadian market are well documented: higher taxes, over abundant media coverage, lack of anonymity,...