­LOS ANGELES(RS): Chart-topping English indie folk rock band Mumford and Sons postponed three sell-out shows on their US tour Tuesday while bassist Ted Dwane undergoes surgery for a blood clot.Writing on its website, the group -- winners of this year's Grammy for best album -- said scans had ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! treated a select group of fans to a private performance of Grammy-winning band fun., wrapping up a cross-country music tour aimed at re-introducing people to the Internet pioneer."It's been quite a ride," Yahoo! chief marketing officer Kathy Savitt said before fun. took to the ...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to undertake a short tour of the West Indies in July to play a five-match ODI series and two Twenty20 matches after the West Indies Cricket Board revised a confirmed tour schedule that included Test matches also.Official sources in the PCB said ...

AJACCIO: Prisoners in France's southern island of Corsica are in for a treat next month when they will be allowed out of jail to cycle a Tour de France stage three weeks ahead of the professionals.The local government announced Friday that an undisclosed number of heavily-guarded prisoners who have ...

DUBLIN - Cricket Ireland chief Warren Deutrom believes it is important that "the doors remain open" for countries to return to touring Pakistan. Pakistan has not hosted international cricket since the 2009 gun attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore, which killed eight people and injured six ...

LAHORE - Pakistan’s lady tennis star Ushna Suhail beat British International player Helen Harvey after a three-hour encounter 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at the Mounty Tour Spanish Tournament, Barcelona. Ushna did not allow her opponent to settle down with aggressive net game taking the first set 6-3. The ...

DUBLIN - Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom revealed at the weekend that he had spoken with Pakistani officials about the possibility of a ground-breaking tour. Deutrom told the Irish Sunday Independent that CI was happy to contemplate touring Pakistan, adding that talks were not "empty ...

SANTA ROSA - Tejay van Garderen, fifth in last year's Tour de France, captured the eighth Tour of California cycling race on Sunday, sealing his first career stage-race triumph in the final stage.Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the eighth and final stage, which took the riders out of San Francisco via ...

DUBLIN - Pakistan are heading to Ireland to play two internationals, but the benighted land of Pakistan has little to cheer about these days. Since the attack on Sri Lankan team in 2009, not a single ball has been bowled in an official international fixture in Pakistan, and the chances of it ...

LAHORE - The students and teachers of RFG High School Ferozepur Road conducted a study tour of the Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan, in connection with the Pakistan Awareness Programme of NPT on Thursday.  In the meanwhile, the Ideological, Educational Mobile Units visited various schools ...

LONDON: Boyband One Direction have announced a 2014 worldwide stadium tour. The Where We Are tour will kick off in the US next April before heading to the UK and Ireland next May. The five boys are currently on their Take Me Home tour which is about to begin its American leg. They’ve also ...

SANTA CLARITA - Slovakia's Peter Sagan captured the third stage of the Tour of California Tuesday, earning his ninth career stage victory in America's most prestigious cycling race. Sagan completed the 177 kilometre (110 mile) trek from Palmdale to Santa Clarita in four hours, 21 minutes and 31 ...

EDINBURGH: Susan Boyle is heading out on tour for the first time after finally feeling ready to perform a string of live shows. The unlikely superstar shot to fame in 2009 when she auditioned on Britain's Got Talent. She has restrained from touring in subsequent years, but has now confirmed she ...

PALM SPRINGS - Colombian cyclist Janier Acevedo battled dehydration, steep climbs and oppressive heat to win stage two of the Tour of California, finishing 12 seconds ahead ofAmerica's Tejay van Garderen Monday. In temperatures that climbed to 46 Celsius (115 Fahrenheit), Acevedo made his move on ...

LAS VEGAS (PA): Madonna will receive Billboard’s top touring artist award for the global success of her MDNA tour. The Queen of Pop has cemented her position as one of music’s top players following her sold-out 88-date run, which was the top-grossing tour of 2012. The songstress will ...

ESCONDIDODutchman Lieuwe Westra seized the yellow jersey at the Tour of California after winning the 165 kilometre (130 mile) opening stage on the outskirts of San Diego on Sunday.Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) outduelled Spaniard Francisco Mancebo in a sprint over the final kilometres while Slovak Peter ...

MANCHESTER: Beyonce hired Sir Alan Sugar’s private jet for her world tour. The ‘Love On Top’ hitmaker and her camp have made a deal with ‘The Apprentice’ UK star to allow her to use his £18.5 million Embraer Legacy 650 to travel between concerts in Europe and the ...

WASHINGTON: Prince Harry broke hearts in Washington’s corridors of power, showing more interest in landmines than in the excited fans who greeted him at the start of a week-long US visit. Squeals ricocheted down the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill as the ...

LOS ANGELESLawyers for Michael Jackson’s mother will launch their case Monday for massive compensation from the promoter of his last doomed tour, at the trial over the late King of Pop’s 2009 death. Opening statements are due in Los Angeles at the wrongful death trial pitting Katherine ...

STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said Thursday they had found a “small amount” of drugs on Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s tour bus while he was performing in Stockholm.“We conducted a search of Justin Bieber’s bus and found a small amount of drugs,” Stockholm police ...

VANCOUVERGNSelena Gomez has revealed that her new tour will be partially inspired by Janet Jackson and Britney Spears’s past stage shows. The singer recently announced that her ‘Stars Dance’ world tour will begin on August 14 in Vancouver, on the heels of releasing the new hit ...

LOS ANGELESDSOne Direction has chosen a Scooby Doo-style tour bus to travel the US leg of their world tour.The Mirror reports that the five-piece have picked out a VW campervan like the iconic vehicle from the Hanna Barbera cartoon. As well as having the One Direction logo “wrapped” on ...

ISLAMABADPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf acknowledged Thursday that foreign teams are still reluctant to tour Pakistan due to security fears after Bangladesh twice postponed its scheduled tours to Pakistan last year."I've talked to three, four presidents of the cricket boards, but ...

ISLAMABAD - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has brushed aside media reports suggesting that Pakistan's tour of the Caribbean this year is in jeopardy. A statement released by WICB says et Board wishes to advise the media and the public that negotiations with the Pakistan Cricket Board are ...

PESHAWAR - One Abdullah, resident of Peshawar, on Tuesday announced to leave for a ‘Peace Tour’ of ten countries via bicycle, aims to dispel the negative impression about Pakistan and promote a soften image of the motherland across the world. Addressing a news conference here at press ...

LAHORE  - Pakistan's tour of the West Indies in 2013 is in serious jeopardy, after both boards failed to find a suitable window for the tour. Pakistan were originally scheduled to play two Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20s in the Caribbean in June and July, but ESPNcricinfo understands that ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has said that Bangladesh's tour to Pakistan will benefit the Bengal Tigers whereas Pakistan Super League (PSL) will become a source of international cricket return to Pakistan. Zaka said here Wednesday that he was in talks with the ...

Bangladesh said Monday it had shelved plans to become the first cricket team to tour Pakistan since a 2009 attack on Sri Lanka's bus, with the head of the board saying there were fears for players' safety."Bangladesh will not visit Pakistan for now," Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Nazmul ...

LAHORE – Bangladesh tour to Pakistan for one One-day international and a one-off Twenty20 will become a first drop for return of international cricket to Pakistan that could end the exile of Pakistan hosting international cricket team in their backyard as Bangladesh has agreed to tour ...

DHAKA  – The International Cricket Council (ICC) President Alan Isaac on Saturday said Bangladesh's proposed tour of Pakistan next month was a matter between the two nations and the governing body's role was limited to deploying match officials for the series."The matter of Bangladesh ...