Taliban gunmen armed with rockets and grenades attacked the largest Nato base in Afghanistan at dawn on Wednesday, sparking battles that killed 10 militants and wounded seven soldiers.

A suicide car bomb attack targeted Nato troops in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing up to 18 people near Parliament in one of the deadliest strikes on Kabul in more than a year, officials said.

A former UN envoy appealed on Monday for action to stop Afgha-nistan’s parliamentary elections later this year, charging that President Hamid Karzai could trigger civil war through vote-rigging.

South Africa will be looking to restore self belief, when they open their tour of the Caribbean with back-to-back Twenty20 Internationals against West Indies on Wednesday and Thursday at the Vivian Ri

A lawyer for Chelsea star Michael Ballack said he intends lodging a complaint against Portsmouth’s Kevin-Prince Boateng for the “intentional” tackle which ended the Germany captain’s World Cup hopes.

Juventus left-back Fabio Grosso was the shock victim as Italy coach Marcello Lippi cut two players from his pre-World Cup squad on Tuesday.

Few pundits expect England to be overly troubled by any of their opponents in Group C.

Tiger Woods added the British Open to his planned golf schedule in a posting Monday on his website even though there was no update on the neck injury which has him sidelined indefinitely.

England captain Paul Collingwood believes his side’s ICC World Twenty20 triumph is just as significant as their Ashes win over Australia last year.

England coach Andy Flower has insisted his side will keep their World Twenty20 final win over Australia in perspective ahead of the upcoming Ashes series with their oldest foes.