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Two bowlers reported for suspected illegal bowling actions at ICC Women''s World Cup

Dubai, Mar. 9 : England fast bowler Jenny Gunn and Sri Lanka off-spinner Rose Fernando have been reported because of suspected illegal actions.

The two bowlers were reported by umpires Gerard Abood and Kathy Cross at the conclusion of their ICC Women's World Cup 2009 match which England won by 100 runs at the Manuka Oval, Canberra on Saturday.

In their report the umpires raised concerns over the Gunn's short-pitched deliveries and Fernando's quicker balls and decided it was appropriate for their deliveries to be scrutinised further under the relevant ICC process.

That process states that any bowler reported in this way will be dealt with by the relevant Member board as per ICC regulations for women's ODIs below:

Indian teen escapes death from Facebook ''Death Room'' gang

Indian teen escapes death from Facebook ''Death Room'' gangDubai, Mar 5 : An Indian teenager has admitted to have escaped death at the hands of a Facebook gang called ''Death Room'', which tortures rich school age kids and extorts money from them.

The boy claimed that it was his cheap mobile phone that saved him from the members of the horrendous gang.

The gang members assumed he came from a middle class family so they would not gain by extorting money from them.

The ''Death Room'' gang consisted of three people of unknown nationalities and two Pakistanis.

Workshop on Kerala’s ancient martial arts to be held in Dubai

Workshop on Kerala’s ancient martial arts to be held in DubaiDubai, Mar 5 : A world class instructor from Germany is set to hold a workshop on Kerala's ancient martial arts `Kalarippayat' in Dubai this weekend.

Gerhard Schmid, the instructor based in Hamburg, is offering a Kalari foundations workshop on March 6 and 7 at the Zen Yoga studio in Dubai Media City.

Dubai to appeal massive WTA fine

Shahar.Peer.Dubai, UAE - Dubai officials will make an official protest to the WTA after being slapped with a 300,000-dollar fine for the UAE visa exclusion of Israeli Shahar Peer at the Barclays Championships this month.

Owner Dubai Duty Free is also concerned over an unprecedented requirement that the event lay down a 2-million-dollar bond to make sure that the visa problem is not repeated in 2010.

Delhi-born artist launches first painting exhibition in Dubai

Dubai, March 3 : A Delhi-born artist has launched her first major painting exhibition in Dubai.

Cricket condemns attack on Sri Lankan team

Sri-Lanka Cricket logoDubai, UAE - Cricket's world governing body Tuesday condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan.

"We note with dismay and regret the events of this morning in Lahore and we condemn this attack without reservation," chief executive Haroon Lorgat of the Dubai-based International Cricket Council (ICC) said Tuesday.

"It is a source of great sadness that there have been a number of fatalities in this attack and it is also very upsetting for the wider cricket family that some of the Sri Lanka players and one match official have been injured in this attack.

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