News Links : May 19

Shoaib Akhtar and controversies go hand in hand I swear. It’s like this man was born to be the centre of attention; for all the wrong reasons!

Pakistan’s daily, The Nation, posted a story a few days ago regarding airport customs officials finding empty syringes in his luggage while he was travelling to India to play in the Indian Premier League.

Shoaib’s personal doctor and trainer, Dr. Tauseef Razzak dismissed the claims as rubbish!

Talk about Shoaib telling the Customs officials that he needed the syringes to inject insulin as he is a diabetic patient is not true. He has asthma problems and uses an inhaler, for which he has got permission from the International Cricket Council (ICC) 

We don’t know if all this is true or just plain old ploy being sponsored by the disgruntled PCB when they got kicked in the face and had to allow Shoaib to play in the IPL. Or maybe it’s the newspaper merely ‘creating’ a sensational gossip because they didn’t have a ‘real’ story about the speedster to publish.

I say leave the guy alone. He’s doing well and entertaining the crowds out there. Give him breathing space and let him do what he does best.

Some links from around the world this morning:

Suicide attack kills 13 in Mardan, Pakistan

Shoaib’s Doctor Rubbishes ‘Syringes Report’

Soldier Used Holy Quran For Target Practice

Israel.com up for sale! Any Takers?

Prince Harry Almost Killed a Family!

Salman Butt’s 73 fails to save Kolkata Knight Riders!

Ellen DeGeneres to marry her lesbian partner Portia de Rossi

Fraud boy hires hookers to play “Halo”

Bollywood woos Pak back to cinemas