Geoff Marsh's unimpressive four-month stint as Sri Lanka coach is almost over with the SLC set to appoint former South Africa coach Graham Ford as the Australian's successor.
Gas prices in Texas and elsewhere in the United States have jumped an average 7 cents in recent days after Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz through which 16 million barrels of oil - about a fifth of world's daily oil trade - passes every day.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives after her car was stopped and searched next to London's Olympic Park, British police said on Wednesday.
IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships roles at prestigious global universities.
Canada, a major energy producer, has become the first country to quit the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the 1997 accord was an 'impediment' on cutting global carbon emissions with top emitters like the United States and China not covered by it.
Defining the future fosters commitment within your team by imbuing its work with purpose.
When South Africa's AB de Villiers scored the quickest century on Sunday, he broke more than just an ODI record. Here is how the South African has rewritten cricketing history.
When South Africa's AB de Villiers scored the quickest century on Sunday, he broke more than just an ODI record. Here is how the South African has rewritten cricketing history.
The Olympic weightlifting competition ended with the crowning of a new super heavyweight champion and a frightening fall for the old one. Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won the last of 15 gold medals awarded in record-smashing barbell battles in London to remain unbeaten since 2009 in the sport's heaviest weight class.
Uncomfortable with the attention they are receiving from fellow inmates, Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif want to be transferred to a jail in their own country to serve their sentences for being involved in the spot-fixing scam.
Former Test player John Inverarity has been named as Australia's full-time national selector, replacing Andrew Hilditch, the country's cricket board (CA) said on Friday.
Former England fast bowler Graham Dilley died after a short illness at the age of 52, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday. Dilley played 41 Tests and appeared in 36 one-day internationals for his country, featuring in two Ashes series wins against Australia in 1981 and 1987.
The bomb scare was in Kent but the Indian cricket team, preparing for the practice Twenty20 match against Leicestershire, took precautions here and barred the media from its training session.
The mystery over Gautam Gambhir's health isn't ending in a hurry, for the latest indications emerging from the Indian dressing room is that all is not well with the left-handed opener. Gambhir is reportedly still suffering from blurred vision and is almost certain to miss out the day-night fixture against Kent on Friday.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.
After Dubai, New York City became a second home for celebrated Indian painter M F Husain, who was described by the Indian Americans in New York as a genius and master of colours who took Indian contemporary art to new places.
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Korean consumer durables LG on Monday announced its entry into the Indian water purifier market and said it aims to be a major player in the category by offering a range of products across all segments of consumers.
Former FIFA official Jerome Champagne formally announced on Monday that he will stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter in next year's election for president of the world soccer body.
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has been signed by English county side Gloucestershire as their overseas player for two Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup seasons.
From Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, these cricketers, among others, etched their names in the annuls of cricketing history with heroic efforts that helped their teams clinch the big prize of One-day cricket. With the 2015 edition of the cricket World Cup starting on February 14, we bring you a brief history of finals from 1975-2011...
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Reacting angrily to the match-fixing allegations, fans greeted the Pakistan cricket team with boos, jeers and pelted the team bus with rotten tomatoes as they used the stadium's back gate after crashing to a humiliating defeat by England at Lord's on Sunday.
The heightened activity on permissions to power and mining projects, which had been stuck for long, coincides with the run-up to a likely reshuffle of the council of ministers this month.
Barack Obama is planning to de-stress by spending time with his family, playing golf and catching up on reading, on his first vacation after taking charge as the US President.
Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Julian Schnabel's Israel-Palestine conflict narrative Miral starring Freida Pinto, are among the movies to be screened at the 67th Venice Film Festival in September.
Over half the Nobel Peace Prizes awarded since 1946 are illegitimate because they are in breach of the terms of Alfred Nobel's will, claims a Norwegian peace activist.Fredrik Heffermehl, who is also a lawyer, says all but one of the 10 prizes awarded in the last 10 years are illegal under Norwegian and Swedish law.Heffermehl says according to the dynamite inventor's will, the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to individuals who have engaged in a struggle to end wars.
Despite the initial success in tamping down the oil flow, no-one is giving the all clear signal just yet and the testing for oil pressure will continue for two days.
England have ruled batsman Kevin Pietersen out of the three-match one day series against Bangladesh starting on Thursday after he picked up a thigh injury against Australia at Lord's.
There's very little of Superman in the film.
Friday's opening ceremony of the ICC Twenty20 World Championships was cancelled for the sake of a timely start of the opening match between hosts England and the Netherlands as rain played spoilsport.
Overnight leader Jeev Milkha Singh fumbled in the final round and settled for a disappointing fifth place finish in the European open golf tournament in Kent on Sunday. Going into the final round with a three-stroke lead, Jeev brought home four-over 76, his worst card of the week, to finish with an aggregate of 286, which was two strokes adrift of winner Christian Cevaer of France.
A former British child model is among two youths found guilty of murdering an Indian-origin doctor and taking away his money to pay for a prostitute, with both convicts facing life imprisonment.
Kevin Pietersen must go back in time and start constructing his innings as he did at the start of his international career in order to ignite England's World Cup challenge, according to former team mate Geraint Jones.
Foreign actresses who appear in Bollywood films are being targeted in a hate campaign by the MNS in Mumbai.
Over a year after the 26/11 attacks, Jew residents have regrouped to start a Chabad House on a temporary basis in the metropolis after the Narmiman House was destroyed in the Mumbai terror strikes.
Captain Andrew Strauss has been rested for England's forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
If you have a creative streak yet enjoy the finer aspects of science, you might want to consider architecture as a career option.
Uncapped off-spinner James Tredwell was called into the England squad as cover on Thursday after Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad were ruled out of the first two One-Day Internationals through injury. Spinner Swann has a side strain and pace bowler Broad a shoulder injury.
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