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US Pulls Huge Upset in Sport No One in US Watches

Men's cricket team defeats Pakistan to move to top of the table in debut at T20 World Cup

(Newser) - The US men's national cricket team has scored a huge upset in defeating one of the world's top teams in its first appearance in the T20 World Cup, a tournament showcasing the shortest and fastest form of the game. The team from Pakistan, a finalist at the last...

Cricket Fans Filling Hospitals. They're Not Sick

Overnight check-ups double as affordable accommodation for Pakistan game

(Newser) - Hospitals in Ahmedabad, India, are filling up amid a major outbreak of cricket fever. Arch-rivals India and Pakistan play each other Saturday in the group stage of cricket's World Cup, and hospitals have seen a surge in people scheduling check-ups that include an overnight stay on the day of...

Cricket Attack Raises Fears for Sports Events

Teams cancel Pakistan visits; 20 arrested in attack

(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...

Pakistan Cricket Coach Wasn't Murdered

New tests show Bob Woolmer died of natural causes

(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...

Aussies Dismantle South Africa
Aussies Dismantle South Africa

Aussies Dismantle South Africa

Australian Juggernaut to Face Sri Lanka in Cricket Final

(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....

Cricket Coach Murdered
Cricket Coach Murdered

Cricket Coach Murdered

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

(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...

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