Pakistan recorded a dramatic two-run victory over Bangladesh in a sensational final to win the Asia Cup one-day tournament for second time here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Earlier, they had become the Asia Cup champions in 2000. It was looking that Bangladesh, playing the final for the first time in Asia Cup history, would win the title. They played extremely well – first restricting Pakistan to 236-9 in 50 overs with …

A mobile clip taken of the Tuesday night fight at the restaurant in Taj clearly shows that it was not Saif Ali Khan alone who was the culprit by landing a punch on South African NRI businessman Iqbal Mir Sharma. It was the other way round too. The mobile clip shows, Saif with a broken tooth, crashing on to a sofa, and nursing a black eye with his T-shirt torn. According to staff who were present inside the restaurant, it was Iqbal Mir Sharma, …

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan on Thursday denied starting a fight in which he is accused of breaking a man's nose at a luxury hotel in Mumbai, saying he was acting in self-defence. Khan said the brawl began when his girlfriend, actress Kareena Kapoor, and other companions were verbally abused by fellow diners at the Wasabi Japanese restaurant in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. "There was an ugly incident where my friends and the ladies with us were …

Amid high drama, Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was arrested Wednesday evening with two others for assaulting an NRI businessman. All three were later released on bail after being interrogated, police said. Police detained Saif and his friends Bilal Amrohi and actress Amrita Arora’s husband Shakeel Ladak at the Marine Drive police station, and later brought them to the Colaba police station. The interrogation of the trio – about the incident early …

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been booked for allegedly assaulting a man after a heated argument with him in a restaurant in Mumbai last night, Indian media reported quoting city police. The victim Iqbal Sharma approached the police last night claiming that he was attacked by Saif Ali Khan and his friends, during which, he was punched by the actor, a senior police officer said adding that the actor is likely to be arrested. Saif was part of …

Putting Islamabad squarely in the dock, Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has testified that he dealt with senior government officials and terrorists in Pakistan a month before the November 2008 Mumbai attack, the three-day siege of India’s financial capital he said he was “pleased” with. The revelation by the prosecution’s star witness on the second day of the trial of Headley’s one-time friend Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur …

Jacques Kallis followed up a masterly half-century with four catches in the deep as the Kolkata Knight Riders rode past the Deccan Chargers to register their maiden win in the Indian Premier League edition four here Monday. Replying to the Knights’ challenging 163/4, the Chargers managed 154/8 on a tough batting track at the half-filled Eden Gardens to crash to their second defeat in as many matches. Left arm spinner Iqbal Abdullah (3/24) chipped …

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s inspired captaincy again played a key role as champions Chennai Super Kings snatched a dramatic two-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders to open their campaign in the 2011 Indian Premier League on a strong note here Friday. Three stumpings, a run out and shrewd bowling changes at the death underlined Dhoni’s Midas Touch as the Knight Riders, chasing Super Kings’ total of 153 for four, collapsed to 151 for seven despite …

Home conditions, current form, youthful vigour and a balanced team composition could make Bangladesh the side to watch out for in the cricket World Cup which is set to go cracking next week in the sub-continent. Now ranked the world’s number eight One-day International team, the co-hosts of cricket’s showpiece event have the advantage of playing all their group matches on home soil, beginning with the game’s opener against India in Dhaka next Saturday. …

Police Monday began questioning Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in connection with the complaint filed against him by Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims to be his first wife. A police team reached the residence of Shoaib’s bride-to-be and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in Banjara Hills. Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Reddy and Banjara Hills police inspector Iqbal Siddiqui reached Sania’s residence around 9.30 a.m. to question him. Shoaib, …