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NEWS ABOUT: Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup stories: 4 news summaries

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

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

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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