Top seed Vasisht Vinod Cheruku beat Anurag Nenwani 6-0, 6-1 to make the boys’ semifinals of the adidas-MCC National under-18 tennis championship at the Madras Cricket Club on Thursday. Abinikka Renganathan retired at 0-5 in the first set to let defending cham ....

If proof was required of the Indian batsmen’s recent weakness against spin, it was presented on a mostly bright Thursday at Krishnagiri. On a wicket that was by no means a square turner, the India ‘A’ batsmen came a cropper against the South Africa ‘ ....

The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator. — Edmund Gibbon, historian On a typically warm Chennai day, a group of young kids unfurl their sails and set out into sea on their Optimist-class boats, as the small vessels are called. Un ....

 It was battle of attrition on day one at the P Sara Oval, with both sides going shoulder to shoulder but not forcefully enough to box either into a corner. After having started with a guard of honour for Kumar Sangakkara, Thursday served up a manic first session, a ....

Military spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree also said that Chinese tourists, who were among the victims, were not the “direct target.” “The security agencies have collaborated with intelligence agencies from a lot of countries and have come to the same ....

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted his resignation to the country’s president later on Thursday to clear the way for early elections. "The present parliament cannot offer a government of majority or a national unity government," Mr. Tsipras tol ....

The crash took place on Thursday morning near the village of Cerveny Kamen, said Zuzana Farkasova, a spokeswoman for the Slovak fire-fighters. Rescue workers used helicopters to reach the forested crash site in the White Carpathians mountain range that forms the bord ....

B Rishikesh Bahadurdesai » Zahid Rafiq » TOPICS World economy, business and finance science and technology Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif says the project is an 'example of the healthy friendship' with Beijing. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ....

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday initiated the process to strike a deal between his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) for forming a “national government.” Nandimithra Ekanayake, se ....

Agency sources said searches were conducted on four more premises of Mr. Raja’s associates in Chennai on Thursday and said several documents relating to property transactions were seized. So far 24 places in New Delhi and Tamil Nadu were searched in connection wit ....