Playing his final Test, Sri Lankan batting legend Kumar Sangakkara was on Friday accorded a warm welcome as he walked out to bat with the rival Indian team forming a guard of honour to applaud the veteran cricketer. Coming in to bat after the fall of opener Dimuth ....

Resuming at the overnight score of 319/6, India were bowled out shortly after the lunch break and the hosts treaded cautiously to keep the match on an even keel at the end of the second day’s play. Opener Kaushal Silva (51 off 117 balls) played a watchful innin ....

Tendulkar visited the Foundation in the morning and spent time with the aspirants. With him were McGrath, Director of Coaching at the Foundation, and M. Senthilnathan, head coach. In the afternoon, Tendulkar and McGrath spoke about the Foundation’s contribution ....

While track and field buffs hungrily await the action from the World Championships, which begins in Beijing on Saturday, Anju is very excited with the recent news that the world body, IAAF, had suspended 28 athletes who had competed at the 2005 and 2007 Worlds. Anju, ....

President Maithripala Sirisena administered oath of office to Mr. Wickremesinghe at a brief ceremony attended by leaders of various parties including former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On the occasion, general secretaries of the UNP and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( ....

South Korean Vice-Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said on Friday it was likely the North would fire at some of the 11 sites where the loudspeakers are set up on the South’s side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the countries. The North’s officia ....

The statement from Pakistan sets the stage for a full blown confrontation over the talks between NSA Sartaj Aziz and Ajit Doval on August 23, with Indian officials indicating they would physically prevent the meeting between Mr. Aziz and the Hurriyat by detaining the Se ....

In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the 66-year old Labour party veteran, who was one of the founders of Stop the War Coalition against British involvement in Iraq, said that he would issue a public apology for the “deception” on which Britain enter ....

 A gunman opened fire on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, wounding two people before three American passengers subdued him, according to officials and one of the Americans involved. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking in Arras ....

In the letterhead used for sending out the appreciation letters, there were two mistakes. While Minister was spelt “minster,’ the Hindi word for “Resource” in “Human Resource Development’’ was also misspelt. This was flagged ....