England enjoyed a valuable day of batting practice before the third Ashes Test in their drawn tour match against Western Australia on Sunday.
Kenya, facing scrutiny from world anti-doping officials and criticism that it is not doing enough to tackle the problem, has banned seven more athletes for doping offences, raising the total number of Kenyan drug cases in the last three years to 40.
England ended a run of nine straight losses to Australia with a stunning 92-run win.
A day after Qantas sought to expand its presence in India by code-sharing with Jet Airways, the Singapore-based Jetstar Asia, a regional extension of Qantas, said it is also considering an alliance with the Indian carrier.
Lives "will once again be at risk" if funding is not urgently secured, United Nations officials have said on the eve of the first anniversary of a military crackdown that forced them to flee their country.
Singaporean of Indian origin jailed for terror threat on flight
Former Asian champion Alok Kumar is the only Indian left in fray at the quarter-final stage in the World Snooker Championship.
They are now on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup 2007.
Bollywood stars celebrate Father's Day with adorable pictures of their papas.
Sounding critical of and disappointed by the collections presented at the Lakme India Fashion Week, big business houses said the designers should shun duplication of designs and trends, be more organsied, and "edit" their presentations.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said the assault is being investigated as a hate crime.
America's professional football players may be bigger than life on the field but one in four is also so fat they risk weight-related health problems, a doctor said on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
SC seeks responses from Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Getty's Allison Joyce went out with a cow vigilante group in Rajasthan to get a sense of their working style.
Parker was charged by the FBI last month with felony civil rights abuse.
If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair.
Photos of the World Cup Pool B game between Pakistan and Ireland being played in Adelaide
'The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was 0.7 -- anything below 1 suggests the epidemic is receding.' 'The city-State achieved this without the de facto police-State curfew that India has resorted to,' says Rahul Jacob.
A United States court has granted 15 days to the petitioners to respond to the State Department's "suggestion of immunity" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an alleged human rights violation case.
Indian men's hockey captain P R Sreejesh has been named as one of the candidates for 2016 Goalkeeper of the Year award of the FIH while Harmanpreet Singh made the grade as one of the 2016 Rising Men Star of the Year nominees. The nominees for the 2016 Hockey Stars Awards, the annual prizes recognising the best players, goalkeepers, rising stars, coaches and umpires in a given calendar year were announced during the Hockey Revolution Part 2 Conference of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) which is currently taking place in Dubai.
At least nine such NGOs that had 'gau' or 'cow' in their names are on the list.
Victoria Azarenka was anything but amused when Kim Clijsters accused her of benefiting from "illegal coaching" from her players' box during her nail-biting victory over Britain's Heather Watson in the Wimbledon third round on Friday.
Indian women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj said their first aim is to qualify for the semifinals of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup. "Our first aim is to qualify for the semifinals, but we will treat all group matches on par with the knockout matches," Mithali told reporters ahead of the warm-up matches here. Mithali said the team is confident of performing well in the World Cup as they had a very successful T20 series against Australia and Sri Lanka prior to the tournament. "We had a very successful T20 series against Australia and Sri Lanka. Getting into the World Cup with these wins, the team is very confident. With the kind of phase the team is in, I don't see why we shouldn't be qualifying for semifinals," she said. Asked about the toughest opponent in the event, Mithal said Australia even though India had beaten them recently. "Australia will be a tough contender for us, even though we have beaten them recently," she said.
Paul Stirling struck a blistering half-century to guide Ireland to a three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a qualifying Group B match of the ICC World T20 on Monday.
The countries' biggest cities -- Delhi and Lahore -- are fighting a common enemy: Smog.
The fashion police fell in love with the yellow Emilio Pucci gown the US First Lady wore for Modi's White House visit. But then the former Slovenian model rarely gets it wrong.
Zimbabwe also maintained their unbeaten run in Group B and progressed to the next stage with an 89 runs victory over Hong Kong.
Inspirational men's team captain P R Sreejesh and fast-rising drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh are the two Indians in contention for different honours at the FIH annual awards which will be given away in a formal ceremony for the first time, in Chandigarh on February 23.
Ringing in the new year in style!
The spurt in pollutants was caused by a combination of meteorological factors including a drop in temperature, wind speed and mixing height, a layer where air and particulates float, the Central Pollution Control Board said.
Argentina were the better side on display as they created more chances and scored three times through Agustin Mazzilli (23rd), Lucas Villa (41st) and Lucas Martinez (55th) to pocket full three points from the Pool A encounter at the Kalinga Stadium.
When will the world deal with the Rohingya crisis?
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
India closed in on a berth in the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 after a resilient 49-run victory over South Africa in the first round of Super Six matches at the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017.
'You cannot give authority to citizens to start policing the State.'
Rupinderpal Singh converted two penalty corners as India outclassed New Zealand 4-0 to clinch a bronze medal in the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, in Ipoh, on Saturday.
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