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Pakistan hero Imran Khan in emergency operation

10.11.09
Imran Khan has undergone an emergency operation to remove an obstruction in his small intestine... more

18 die in battle with Taliban squads

15.10.09
Wave of violence engulfed Pakistan today as gunmen stormed a government building in Lahore and attacked two police academies on the outskirts of the city... more

Pakistan claim win in World Cup battle

14.08.09
The Pakistan Cricket Board have ended their legal battle with the ICC after agreeing a pay-off over the loss of co-hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup... more

Capital hosts carnival of cricket

05.06.09
A carnival of cricket begins in London today as the ICC World Twenty20 tournament gets underway... more

WORLD: Bomb kills 30 at Pakistan spy HQ

27.05.09
More than 30 people were killed and 300 injured in a car bomb attack which caused a huge explosion outside a spy HQ and police station in the Pakistani city of Lahore... more

Taliban chief: We will amaze world with strike on US

01.04.09
Pakistan's Taliban chief claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on a police academy in Lahore - and threatened attacks on Washington that would "amaze everyone in the world"... more

Commandos end police siege in Pakistan

30.03.09
Pakistani special forces overpowered a gang of Islamic miltants who had stormed a police academy... more

It's anything but friendly to invite Pakistan and India to the Oval will be anything but

11.03.09
Football: The Mumbai attacks mean any game between India and Pakistan will be full of tension, or worse... more

Pakistan v India match sparks Oval terror alert

09.03.09
Cricket: Surrey will be involved in English cricket's biggest ever security operation if a planned Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match between Pakistan and India goes ahead at The Oval... more

Strauss gives hope to dropped England trio

06.03.09
Cricket: Andrew Strauss has told Ian Bell, Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar to follow his own lead and come back from their omissions as better players... more

England IPL stars will put concern over safety ahead of pay-day

05.03.09
Cricket: England cricketers will await further security advice before deciding whether to play in the Indian Premier League but Paul Collingwood has already expressed his reservations... more

If we're honest, we know terrorism's won in India

05.03.09
Cricket: The attack on the Sri Lanka team raises concerns about the viability of future tours of the subcontinent... more

Radical secret of cricket hero

05.03.09
The driver of the Sri Lanka cricketers' bus, who averted a massacre after driving them to safety under a hail of bullets, is the brother of an extremist killed fighting for a jihadist militant group... more

We're lucky to be alive, say Sri Lanka cricketers

04.03.09
Sri Lanka's cricket team have flown home to an emotional reunion with their families after surviving the terror attack in Pakistan... more

Terror can’t kill cricket’s healing passion

04.03.09
Cricket has been known for many things: a kind of bucolic dream, shadows lengthening on the ground, the village blacksmith as fast bowler and, in this part of the world, as possessing a quality of Englishness... more

Jayawardene warning for cricket after attack

04.03.09
Cricket: Mahaela Jayawardene, one of the survivors of the Lahore terror attack, has underlined the new reality for cricketers across the world by saying: "This could have happened anywhere."... more

Cricket can play a role in healing the sickness of Islamic terror

04.03.09
Cricket: The Pakistan public love cricket and depriving them of watching their team compete anywhere is an effective way of making clear what a pariah Pakistan is becoming because of its tolerance of the Islamic fundamentalism that breeds terror ... more

England test star saves umpire in terror shoot-out

03.03.09
Former England batsman Chris Broad threw himself over a wounded colleague to protect him as they were caught up in the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan... more

Terror in sport

03.03.09
The attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team coach in Lahore marks another tragic example of terrorism affecting the sporting world. Here, we take a look at other occasions on which sport has been hit by terrorist attacks... more

Cork condemns attack on Sri Lankan cricket team

03.03.09
Former England cricketer Dominic Cork said he would never return to Pakistan after being caught up in the bloody attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team... more

Future bleak for Pakistan cricket after terror attack

03.03.09
Cricket: Pakistan's cricketers face the prospect of having to play all their games overseas for years to come after thes devastating terrorist attack in Lahore... more

Aussies earn victory over South Africa

02.03.09
Cricket: Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his men secured victory in the first match of their three-Test series against South Africa at the Wanderers ... more

ICC Trophy still set for Pakistan

13.08.08
ICC president David Morgan says tournament - now cut to just two venues - will be "safe and secure"... more

Terror fears don't put ICC off Pakistan

24.07.08
England players could be among those to boycott September's Champions Trophy after the ICC decides against moving the two-week event from Pakistan despite security concerns... more

Go native! Where food tastes like home

25.07.07
We pick the restaurants where Londoners from all around the world go for food that tastes like home - from Japan to Pakistan.... more

The capital's best kebabs

18.10.06
Once the sole preserve of late night drinkers, the kebab is now the choice of cosmopolitan Londoners. Bella Blissett reveals which restaurants are serving up the most delicious doners.... more

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