Indian author Timeri N. Murari juxtaposes two oddly opposite entities – cricket and the Taliban – in his latest book.

As the Indian Premier League (IPL) returns with its fifth edition in Chennai, India this month, the threat of matches getting fixed looms large.

In the first half of the match, it seemed that Pakistan had done enough to secure a win. But when India came on to bat, they exposed the many flaws in Pakistani bowling and went on to win the match quite comfortably.

A year on from Mohali, India and Pakistan face each other once again. What are both teams’ strengths and weaknesses? Join Newsline for a live chat with Indian and Pakistani sports journalists at 7pm today to discuss all this and more.

Pakistan comfortably defeated Sri Lanka today, but does the team have what it takes to beat India in the coming match on March 18?

Pakistan may have lost the T20 and ODI series against England, but there’s no denying that the team had made a spectacular comeback in the Test series.

Rehman and Ajmal almost singlehandedly stopped England this past weekend in the UAE. But will England, considered the world’s best side, fall so quickly again?

For Newsline’s Annual 2012 issue, Nadir Hassan compiled a list of people who made Pakistan proud in 2011.

Newsline looks back at the biggest events of 2011 and gives them a satirical spin.

Spats, brawls, scuffles, tiffs and quibbles: call them what you want but 2011 was full of confrontations and Newsline recaps the biggest face-offs of 2011.