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Karzai cousin killed in Afghan suicide attack: officials
29 July 2014 11:21 PM ISTHashmat Karzai was a campaign manager in Kandahar for Ashraf Ghani, one of the two presidential candidates involved in a bitter dispute over fraud...
Man City crush AC Milan 5-1 in friendly
29 July 2014 5:57 AM ISTEnglish Premier League champions Manchester City cruised to a 5-1 triumph over Italy’s AC Milan on Sunday in a weather-hit friendly at Heinz Field,...
Thrilling draw takes SA atop ICC Test ranking
29 July 2014 5:55 AM ISTThe series victory propelled South Africa to the top of world Test ranking ahead of Australia and also ended their 21-year-old jinx in Sri Lanka where...
Sanga stars on rain-hit day
29 July 2014 5:22 AM ISTSangakkara (72) hit his tenth 50-plus score of the year and Mathews chipped in with an unbeaten 63 as the hosts declared their second innings on 229-8...
Ricciardo wins dramatic Hungarian GP, Nico 4th
29 July 2014 5:21 AM ISTAussie Daniel Ricciardo charged to a thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix victory on Sunday, his second Formula One win for Red Bull, as a drenched track...
MH17 crash caused by 'massive explosive decompression': Kiev
28 July 2014 11:56 PM ISTInvestigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine have determined the crash was caused by "massive...
Libya army, Islamists clash in Benghazi, 38 dead
27 July 2014 11:46 PM ISTA military source said the clashes broke out on Saturday when Islamist groups launched an assault on the headquarters of a special forces unit near...
‘India toughest period of my captaincy’
27 July 2014 4:36 AM ISTThe Aussies not only lost the Test series 0-4 against MS Dhoni’s India but were also hit hard after four players were dropped from Test duties after...
Amla leads South Africa fightback on second day
27 July 2014 4:34 AM ISTAmla, 31, dug in with a painstaking 46 off 134 balls as South Africa trailed the hosts by 323 runs with seven wickets in hand on the second day of the...
Murdoch seals deal with BSkyB to create pan-European pay TV giant
26 July 2014 5:38 AM ISTBSkyB, 39-per cent owned by 21st Century Fox, said it had agreed to buy Fox’s 100-per cent stake in Sky Italia and its 57.4-per cent interest in Sky...
Jayawardene ton lifts Sri Lanka
26 July 2014 3:11 AM ISTMahela Jayawardene smashed an unbeaten 140 as Sri Lanka regrouped after early strikes to post 305-5 on the first day of the series-deciding second...
Manan, Mohit star in easy India ‘A’ win Down Under
26 July 2014 3:10 AM ISTYoung opener Manan Vohra and limited overs specialist Mohit Sharma came up with fine performances as India A posted a comfortable six-wicket win over...


