Yamaha's Colin Edwards, overtaken by his Honda rival on the penultimate lap, seized back the lead but then crashed at the final chicane.
Virat Kohli, who recently became the fastest batsman in ODIs to score 9,000 runs, is the Most Valuable Player of the ODI series against New Zealand. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji explain why the Indian skipper is tops.
The Indian pro signed off at the US Open with a six-over-par 76 that contained two birdies and eight bogeys.
South Africa were 123 for four in the third Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Saturday before rain forced the abandonment of the first day's play after 41 overs.
Dr Kalidas Shetty from the University of Massachusetts is among US State Department's first five Jefferson Science Fellows.
England's bid to win the second Test against New Zealand and level up the series was hindered by bad light on Monday when play was abandoned early with the hosts 42 without loss chasing an unlikely 382 for victory.
The Briton, who stood down as Jordan sporting director, would retain an advisory role with the team.
'It wasn't as if the senior police inspectors in charge of the police stations were not aware of the communal tension that was being created in their areas before and during the riots.' 'Yet they chose not to act,' recalls Jyoti Punwani.
Rice, 50, will become the first female black secretary of state if she accepts the offer.
Powell has been asked to stay till a replacement is found.
New England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves says he did not give Kevin Pietersen any guarantees about being recalled by England this year.
Narain lost out on a Formula One drive with Midland next season because of his management, says team boss Colin Kolles.
The squads of both teams took part in the pre-game show of support for civil rights activists denouncing last Sunday's shooting death of Stephon Clark and the killing of numerous other African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement in recent years.
On December 15, Mohammed Mustafa, an MBA student and IAS aspirant from Jamia Milia Islamia University, was among the students who were dragged out of the library and lathi-charged by policemen. In a conversation with Rediff.com's Divya Nair, the 26 year old recounts the ordeal he faced for a protest he says he didn't participate in or volunteer for.
'Steven MacQueen, who was working for the [Afghan] Ministry of Rural Development and Rehabilitation, was killed last night,' British embassy press officer Colin Ball said.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers became the fastest man to score 9,000 one-day international runs as he led his side to a 159-run victory over New Zealand in the third one-day international on Saturday.
Kevin Pietersen will fly to India at the request of his IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Jordan launched their 2005 car in snow and sub-zero temperatures in Moscow's Red Square.
Trump ramped up his fight with the National Football League on Tuesday, calling on the popular league to ban players from kneeling in protest at games while the US national anthem is played.
A United States delegation led by Vice President Dick Cheney visited Saudi Arabia to meet newly installed King Abdullah and pay condolences on the death of his half brother, King Fahd.
Kevin Pietersen boosted his hopes of an England recall by scoring 170 for Surrey against Oxford MCCU on Sunday in his first red-ball match since the final Ashes Test in January, 2014.
India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the U S Open men's doubles semi-finals after a hard-fought win in the last-eight stage in New York on Tuesday.
Leg-spinner Imran Tahir underlined why he is the world's top-ranked bowler in limited overs cricket as he bamboozled New Zealand's batsmen to help South Africa to a 78-run victory in their only Twenty20 match at Eden Park on Friday.
New Zealand and Bangladesh enter their final group match of the ICC Champions Trophy, in Cardiff, on Friday, with the knowledge that even a win may not be enough to see either of them into the semi-finals.
Sinha told Powell that India was happy to respond to Pakistan's offer.
The Aussies routed Belgium 7-1 for their second successive victory in the Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
Powell said more than 30 countries have contributed troops. "I am very pleased that the Italian prime minister today reaffirmed that Italy will not cut and run. Italy will make the sacrifices necessary and stick with us."
The two will discuss recent developments in bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest on regional and international issues.
The Indian driver said he talked things over with team boss Colin Kolles, who said the previous day that he was not happy with results in the last two races.
Fast bowler Trent Boult picked up five wickets as New Zealand hammered India by eight wickets in the fourth One-Day International.
Pakistan's foreign minister is expected to discuss the impact of the Indian polls on the peace process.
Kevin Pietersen has been released from the majority of his Indian Premier League contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad so that he can play domestic country cricket in an attempt to earn an England recall.
