South Africa and Australia will both be forced to call on fringe players when the number one ranking in Test cricket goes on the line in the final Test starting Friday in Perth.

After a tame draw in

Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), the military said.

The military described the Hatf V Ghauri missile as a liquid fuel

Tim Southee completed a five-wicket haul to help New Zealand gain a big lead over Sri Lanka on the penultimate day of the second and final Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Wednesday.

The fast b

Harry Redknapp's first match as Queens Park Rangers manager saw the Premier League basement club collect a point in a goalless draw away to Sunderland on Tuesday.

It was QPR's first point since they

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday but no tsunami alert was issued, the meteorology agency said.

The quake struck at 3:56 pm (0856 GMT) at a depth of 12

Brazilian legend Zico has resigned as coach of the Iraqi national team blaming a dispute over his contract.

"I would like to inform via this website that I have sent a communication to Fifa ... and t

The Chinese Communist Party's official mouthpiece on Wednesday deleted a story that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named 2012's ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ after it fell for a spoof by a US website.

A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard were killed when their car was fired upon by unidentified assailants in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, a diplomatic source said.

"Gunmen dressed in the central se

Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen has offered his services to the Lotus Formula One team should the English outfit fail to agree a new contract with Frenchman Romain Grosjean, according to Finnish TV c

The showdown between global steel giant ArcelorMittal and France over its Florange plant hit new heights on Monday as a minister said the company was no longer welcome in the country.