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NEWS ABOUT: cricket

cricket stories: 13 news summaries

 Sex Advice 
 for Indian 
 Cricketers 
 Sparks 
 'Masturgate' 

National debate follows after players urged to have sex or "go solo" before games

Oct 1, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A leaked training document urging India's cricket team to seek sexual release—either with their wives or by "going solo"—before big games has sparked both outrage and sniggers across India. With sex education banned in Indian schools, many commentators have welcomed the opportunity to speak more frankly... More »

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India • cricket • sex

 Cricket Victims See 'Inside Job' 

Sri Lankans say security vanished; al-Qaeda may have played role

Mar 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - An unexplained gap in scheduling at this week's cricket match in Lahore has led to angry speculation that the gunmen who attacked the Sri Lankan team may have acted on inside information. While the Pakistani and Sri Lankan teams had traveled together on earlier days, the Pakistani team left later... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Muttiah Muralitharan

(Newser) - A British cricket referee traveling in the Sri Lankan convoy attacked in Lahore yesterday said Pakistani police fled the confrontation, the AP reports. “There was not a sign of a policeman anywhere,” Chris Broad said. “They had clearly left the scene and left us to be sitting... More »

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Pakistan • police • cricket • Sri Lanka • Britain • Lahore • terrorist attack • gunmen • Chris Broad

Cricket Attack Raises Fears for Sports Events

Teams cancel Pakistan visits; 20 arrested in attack

Mar 4, 09 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As Pakistani officials arrested some 20 suspects in yesterday's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, new fears emerged that sports events may become a new target for terrorists, reports the Times of London. One international team canceled a trip to Pakistan last night, and the country's plans to... More »

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sports • terrorism • Pakistan • cricket • Cricket World Cup • Lahore • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 8 Die as Pakistan Gunmen 
 Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team 


5 cops killed, at least 8 team members injured

Mar 3, 09 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A dozen masked gunmen armed with rocket launchers and rifles opened fire in Pakistan today on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's national cricket team, killing five police officers and injuring at least eight team members. Gunmen rushed the bus as it headed to a stadium in Lahore for a match... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • gunmen

(Newser) - Before he was charged with massive fraud, Sir Allen Stanford was often charged with an equally grievous offense: subverting the game of cricket. The Texan was among the sport’s deepest-pocketed fans, but the fast-paced Twenty20 tournaments he favored annoy purists. When Stanford put up $20 million in prize money... More »

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fraud • cricket • Antigua • Ponzi scheme • Robert Allen Stanford

(Newser) - Alleged fraudster R. Allen Stanford may not have been a household name before the SEC accused him of skullduggery yesterday, but not because he’s been keeping a low profile. Calling himself “Sir” Allen Stanford ever since he was knighted in Antigua in 2006, the colorful financier is the... More »

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fraud • Texas • golf • cricket • Antigua • Ponzi scheme • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

 India Cans Pakistan Cricket Trip 

Tensions still high in wake of Mumbai violence

Dec 18, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Government officials have canceled the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, the Times of India reports, terming the trip unsafe and inappropriate in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks for which it holds a Pakistan-based group responsible. “The government has declined permission to go ahead with the... More »

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sports • terrorism • Pakistan • India • cricket • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Mumbai attacks

(Newser) - Reacting to the Mumbai terror attacks, India’s sports minister said today that he opposes upcoming cricket matches between India and Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. MS Gill said India's team should not take a 5-week Pakistani tour as planned while "people from their soil were indulging in... More »

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sports • Pakistan • India • cricket • Mumbai • terror attack

Pakistan Cricket Coach Wasn't Murdered

New tests show Bob Woolmer died of natural causes

Jun 12, 07 9:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Jamaica ruled today that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, reversing their previous stance that he had been murdered. Found dead in a Jamaican hotel room the day after Pakistan lost to Ireland in March's World Cup, the 58-year-old coach was originally said to have... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • murder • Jamaica • Kingston • Cricket World Cup • strangulation

Cricket Coach Poisoned and Strangled

New BBC investigation claims Bob Woolmer incapacitated

Apr 30, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The murder mystery that cast a shadow over international cricket is deepening. A BBC investigation claims Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, found strangled to death last month, was also poisoned. "It now seems certain that he had already been rendered helpless—leaving him unable to fight back," BBC's... More »

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Bob Woolmer • cricket • murder • death • poison

Aussies Dismantle South Africa

Australian Juggernaut to Face Sri Lanka in Cricket Final

Apr 26, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australia's wily bowlers looked unbeatable in an all-around thumping of fellow Antipodeans South Africa. The Aussies will oppose Sri Lanka in the final of a cricket World Cup marked by controversy and intrigue, including the as-yet-unexplained death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer following an eliminating loss to Ireland on St.... More »

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Australia • Shaun Tait • Glenn McGrath • Bob Woolmer • cricket • Cricket World Cup • South Africa

Cricket Coach Murdered

Woolmer now said to
be strangled, after team's surprising loss

Mar 23, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of Bob Woolmer, the English-born Pakistani cricket coach, was ruled a murder yesterday, roiling the sedate world of international cricket  with a crime investigators call “extraordinary and evil.” When Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica last Sunday, it was thought he... More »

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sports • Pakistan • Bob Woolmer • cricket • murder • Cricket World Cup • autopsy

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