Sydney, Sept 6 (ANI): World record swimmer Stephanie Rice has apologized following her homophobic tweet over the Wallabies' victory over South Africa.

London, Sept 6 (ANI): 1,200 pound-a-night prostitute Jennifer Thompson has claimed sex with footballer Wayne Rooney was seedy and insists that the footballer has cheated on wife Coleen.

London, Sept.6 (ANI): The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit is likely to interview Pakistani batsman Yasir Hameed as part of its match-fixing investigation, even as his team mates have questioned his reliability as a witness on Sunday.

London, Sept.6 (ANI): Shady Asian cricket betting rings are reported to be directly funding al-Qaida terrorism.

Wellington, Sep 6 (ANI): After Kevin Pietersen's rant on Twitter, another England player Dimitri Mascarenhas is being investigated by the English Cricket Board for reportedly posting two tweets blasting ECB chief selector Geoff Miller.

London, Sep 6 (ANI): Pakistan ODI and Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi has said that Yasir Hameed has the mind of a teenager despite being 30-31 years of age, after the opener allegedly told an undercover journalist that his teammates were corrupt and had constantly fixed games.

Wellington, Sep 6 (ANI): New Zealand cricket team may have been exposed to spot-fixing long before the alleged betting and corruption scandal of the England-Pakistan series were revealed, according to Black Caps legend Martin Crowe.

London, Sept.6 (ANI): England cricket fans used Sunday's Twenty20 clash between England and Pakistan to taunt Pakistani cricketers in Cardiff about spot-fixing allegations.

Islamabad, Sep 6(ANI): A Pakistani parliamentarian has said that it was the right decision to continue with the national cricket team's tour of England despite the embarrassment caused by a 150,000-pound 'spot-fixing' scandal.

London, Sep 6(ANI): Many Pakistani cricket fans who turned up at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff for Sunday's Twenty20 match against England insisted that despite the 'spot-fixing' scandal which has engulfed the sport, they still had hopes of watching 'good and fair cricket'.

Islamabad, Sep 6(ANI): Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Zahid feels that there are more corrupt Pakistani players who need to be investigated by the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

London, Sep 6 (ANI): British tennis star Andy Murray's chances of winning a Grand Slam title faded when he made a shock third-round exit at the US Open losing 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.

London, Sep 06 (ANI): Love rat Wayne Rooney took the help of text messages to inform his wife Coleen about claims that he repeatedly cheated on her with a prostitute.

London, Sep 06 (ANI): Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen could fetch 10million pounds if she divorces the love rat footballer.

Islamabad, Sep 6(ANI): Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan reckons that the latest revelations in the 150,000-pound 'spot-fixing' scandal would further damage cricket in the country.

London, Sept 6 (ANI): Wayne Rooney branded his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo a f****** w*****, Jenny Thompson, a prostitute claimed.

London, Sept 6 (ANI): There was no one who could be more boring off pitch than Wayne Rooney - the man who would head straight home after a match and never even went to a nightclub - a role model for many, but that was a few months earlier.

London, Sep 6(ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt cancelled his scheduled visit to Cardiff for the two Twenty20 matches against England following more revelations about the 'spot-fixing' scam looming over the national team.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan has suggested lifetime ban from cricket for the three Pakistani cricketers accused of spot-fixing, if found guilty.

New Delhi, Sep.5 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) President Sharad Pawar clarified here on Sunday that the three tainted Pakistani cricketers had not been punished by the world cricket body for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing and they would get a chance to present their case.

London, Sep 5(ANI): A British tabloid has revealed that a trail of texts could help Scotland Yard nail London-based bookie Mazher Majeed and the Pakistani cricketers accused in a 150,000 pound 'spot-fixing' scandal.

London, Sep 5(ANI): The British tabloid, which unearthed a 150,000 pound 'spot-fixing' scandal, has said that it can shatter the ludicrous claims of Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK, Wajid Hasan, that his country's cricketers were victims of a set up.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Spot fixer Majeed is said to have insisted on walking around the room to check there was nobody else there when was close to accepting the deal offered by the News of The World (NOTW) team masquerading as representatives of a Middle East business consortium seeking to sign Pakistan cricketers.

London, Sep 5(ANI): Cheap food and drink may no longer be available to British lawmakers with Prime Minister David Cameron deciding to cut down on taxpayer-funded subsidies.

London, Sept 5 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist Libby Trickett has revealed her entire family's decade-long struggle with depression, and claimed that it was competitive swimming from a young age that saved her from a downward spiral.

Sydney, Sep 5(ANI): Australian fast bowler Brett Lee's agent Neil Maxwell has said he was dismayed when information provided by his client and fellow Australian players, which was supposed to be confidential, was released by the ICC's anti-corruption unit.

New York, Sep 5(ANI): British tennis ace Andy Murray is determined to blast his way past Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the last 16 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Sydney, Sep 5(ANI): Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has defended the practice of advertising fluctuations in the betting market during Channel Nine broadcasts as business.

London, Sep 5(ANI): Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has admitted that he only stayed back at the club because he was given no choice.

London, Sep 5(ANI): England Twenty20 captain Paul Collingwood has urged the authorities to take strong decisions to eradicate corruption from the sport.

Sydney, Sept 5 101(ANI): The chairman of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and security unit, Ronnie Flanagan, has said that ICC could widen its probe into the alleged 'spot-fixing' scandal, to cover the controversial Twenty20 match between Pakistan and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) last summer.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): During his conversation with a News of The World (NOTW) team that was masquerading as a business conglomerate from the Middle East seeking to hire Pakistan's cricketers for a tournament on lucrative terms, millionaire-cum match fixer Mazhar Majeed revealed that Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi was one man that needed to be kept out because he was a difficult customer to please.

New York, Sep 5(ANI): US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki will on Monday face former champion Maria Sharapova in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.

Sydney, Sep 5(ANI): Canadian investigator and author Declan Hill believes that low wages given to Pakistan's cricketers is the main reason behind the 'spot-fixing' scandal hitting the game.

Cardiff, Wales, Sept 5 (ANI): England's Twenty20 captain, Paul Collingwood, has said that his team will give its best to win the series opener against Pakistan.

London, Sep 5 (ANI): David and Victoria Beckham have put their UK house up for sale.

Sydney, Sep.5 (ANI): Australia's dramatic win over Pakistan in January's Sydney Test is now suspected to be the result of a fix.

London, Sep.6 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC), cricket's world governing body, is investigating a fourth player over match-fixing claims.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): British police have found between 10,000 pounds and 15,000 pounds in cash in team captain Salman Butt's hotel room, which they are claiming was part of the 150,000 pounds handed to cricket fixer Mazhar Majeed by a News of the World undercover team last week.

London, Sept 5 (ANI): Roger Federer brushed aside France's Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets to move one step closer to a quarter final showdown with Sweden's Robin Soderling.

London, Sept 5 (ANI): World No.2 Roger Federer chasing a seventh successive US Open final, moved into the fourth round after mastering brutal winds and a flaky opponent, France's Paul-Henri Mathieu, who self-destructed in the tough conditions.

Sydney, Sep 5(ANI): Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen has revealed that he has in the past reported suspect behaviour to the team management, and declared that young players are particularly vulnerable to corrupting influences.

Sydney, Sep.5 (ANI): Australian cricket team vice-captain Michael Clarke says he doesn't like what he sees affecting the game he loves so much.

London, Sep 5 (ANI): Venus Williams, whose tennis outfits have often raised eyebrows in the past, turned heads yet again with her choice of attire for her latest match at the US Open.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket captain and Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Ramiz Raja has accused suspended skipper Salman Butt of being a liar in connection with the latest spot fixing scam.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): The three shamed Pakistani cricketers have built an affluent life for themselves.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Former England cricket captain Michael Atherton has said that there is an air of disbelief and shock in veteran cricketer circles about young Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer being one of the accused in the latest spot fixing scandal to hit world cricket.

London, Sep 5(ANI): Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur insists that missing the New Delhi Commonwealth Games would not be important to her, as she eyes one of the rarest feats in women's tennis.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Former Australian cricket captain and noted commentator Richie Benaud has said that England captain Andrew Strauss would do himself a favour by concentrating solely on the well-being and winning capabilities of his team.

London, Sep 5(ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, and members of team management have reportedly called an emergency meeting in London following fresh revelations made by a British tabloid.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has banned his players from reading the News of the World.

London, Sep 5(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC)'s anti-corruption unit has reportedly been monitoring the activities of a leading Sri Lankan player since the Twenty20 World Cup in England last year.

Karachi, Sep 5(ANI): Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan fears that the menace of 'spot-fixing' might be going on uninterrupted in many countries, and was not just a problem confined to Pakistan cricket.

Wellington, Sep 5(ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief Justin Vaughan feels that people may not be interested in Pakistan's upcoming tour due to the recent 'spot-fixing' scandal.

Auckland, Sep 5(ANI): Calling for extreme steps to defend the spirit of the game, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has said that life bans should be imposed on the three Pakistan players if the 'spot-fixing- charges against them are proved.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed has denied reports of having told an undercover journalist that his teammates were corrupt and had constantly fixed games.

London, Sep.5 (ANI): The three Pakistan players in the dock for spot fixing - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir-have been hit with a staggering 23 charges after a News of the World (NOTW) undercover investigation.

London, Sept 5 (ANI): Wayne Rooney had a series of encounters with a prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant, it has emerged.

New York, Sep.5 (ANI): Golfer Tiger Woods didn't hit a bad shot through six holes and played bogey-free for the first time in more than a year for a 6-under 65 in the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.