India will continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel

India will continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel at its establishments, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said on Monday, notwithstanding opposition by parties from Tamil Nadu.......

Defence min examining Jaya's demand on Lankan personnel

The defence ministry is considering the demand made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha to send back two Sri Lankan officers training in the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington in......

Jaya shoots off angry letter to PM on SL forces' training

Accusing the Centre of showing 'excessive enthusiasm' in training Lankan defence personnel, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday said it has "mischievously concealed" the training......

SL: Fonseka challenges Rajapaksa's victory

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday filed a petition in the supreme court in Colombo challenging the results of the January 26 polls and accused President Mahinda......

Asian Athletics Meet: India finish 3rd with 27 medals

IMAGE: Abha Khatua threw a distance of 18.06m in her fourth throw to finish second behind Song Jiayuan (18.88m) of China in the women's shot put at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok on......

SLC suspends umpires accused of match-fixing

Sri Lanka Cricket's umpires' committee has suspended the three local umpires caught in a TV sting, which alleged that they were willing to fix Twenty20 matches. "We have decided to suspend them......

Lankan umpire Dissanayaka rubbishes fixing allegations

Gamini Dissanayaka, one of three local umpires implicated by an Indian TV channel over a match fixing inquiry outrightly rejected the accusation. "I reject all allegations. This is an attack on the......

Magesh Chandran in lead

Second seed International Master P Magesh Chandran rode on luck to end the dream run of Iranian Akbarnia Ahmed Saeed and emergejoint leader on 4.5 points after the sixthround inthe 26th Asian......