Mohammad Yousuf

Champions Trophy 2008 Mohammad Yousuf doesn't want to play during the holy month of Ramadan Mohammad Yousuf has made himself unavailable for Pakistan's Champions Trophy campaign in September, thus further depleting Pakistan's 30-man list of probables for the tournament. The announcement of the squad has already been delayed twice so far, initially because of disagreement between the board and selectors over some names on the list, as well as uncertainty over Shoaib Akhtar's eligibility. The names were supposed to be made public today, but the revelation that Mohammad Asif, one of the names in the squad, was the player who tested positive in a ... Read Full Story

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) _ Five Seattle-area immigrants from Afghanistan enslaved a teenage girl they brought to the U.S., with some forcing her to do chores and one — her 37-year-old husband — beating and sexually assaulting her, according to a federal indictment unsealed this week. The girl is from an impoverished single-parent home in Afghanistan, and she was informally adopted by another family there that forced her to marry at age 13 in 2005, Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said Thursday. The girl’s husband is Mohammad Atahee, a friend of the adoptive family; U.S. officials ... Read Full Story

Mohammad Yousuf 108* 1st ODI Pakistan v Bangladesh at Lahore 2008 Read Full Story

The one-day series between Pakistan and Australia could run into trouble if Pakistan insist on playing the rebel Indian Cricket League's Mohammad Yousuf. Pakistan's sports ministry cleared the way for the banned players to return to domestic cricket Monday, but the government is also keen for the likes of Yousuf to once again play for the national side despite being blacklisted by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Cricket Australia (CA) does not support the ICL and could boycott the one-day series should players from the outcast Twenty20 tournament be selected for Pakistan, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. All ICL players are banned from international ... Read Full Story

(AP) - Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf addresses a news conference in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Nov 17, 2008. Suspended star batsman Mohammad Yousuf criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday for banning all its players competing in the non-sa Read Full Story