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Australia scrap day-night Adelaide Test post India refusal
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], May 8 (ANI): Cricket Australia has confirmed that India will not play a day-night Test in Adelaide during their upcoming tour to Australia later this year.
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Sri Lankan President Sirisena will not retire in 2020
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is not likely to retire from politics in 2020.
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Sri Lanka aims at rapid industrialisation, says its PM
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka is aiming towards rapid industrialisation throughout the country under the aegis of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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India finishes on top with 20 gold medals at SAJAC
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] May 7 (ANI): Junior athletes added nine more gold medals to India's tally before the curtains came down at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC) at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
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S Lankan President pitches for corruption-free government
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Pitching for a corruption-free government, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena promised to completely eradicate bribery and corruption from state institutions and other sectors.
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India wins 11 gold medals on first day of SAJAC
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 05 (ANI): Indian junior athletes dominated the proceedings on day one of the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC) at the Sugathadasa Stadium, here on Saturday.
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NZ Open: Shuttler Praneeth in semis, Sameer bows out
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], May 4 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth stormed into the semi-finals of the New Zealand Open Badminton Championship after scoring a convincing straight games win over Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka in their last-eight clash here on Friday.
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S Lankan President orders suspension of officials arrested for bribery
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered suspension of a senior official of the Presidential Secretariat and a Chairman of a State corporation on the charges of alleged bribery.
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WHO to member countries: Fast-track efforts to eliminate rabies
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called upon Member States and partners to accelerate efforts to end rabies which causes 59 000 agonizing and painful deaths globally every year, one person every nine minute, mostly children and the poor.
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Injured Dimuth Karunaratne doubtful for Windies tour
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne is doubtful for the upcoming Test series against West Indies after fracturing a finger during a practice session recently.
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Australia eye day-night Test against India at Adelaide
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 30 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) has confirmed that their opening match of the Test series against India will be held at the Adelaide Oval, however, they are still trying to convince the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to play it under lights.
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India announces 15-member squad for Women's Asia Cup T20
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): The All-India Women's Selection Committee has picked a 15-member India Women's squad led by Harmanpreet Kaur for the upcoming Women's Asia Cup T20 to be held in Malaysia.
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