England qualified for the World Twenty20 semi-finals and knocked holders Sri Lanka out after a nail-biting 10-run victory in their do-or-die showdown in New Delhi yesterday.
England qualified for the World Twenty20 semi-finals and knocked the holders Sri Lanka out on Saturday after a nailbiting 10-run victory in their do-or-die showdown in New Delhi.
Troubled champions Sri Lanka will need to tame a rampant Chris Gayle as they face the West Indies in the first major test of their defence of cricket’s Twenty20 trophy today.
Australia Thursday hailed its controversial regime of turning back asylum-seeker boats as a success after 600 days with no vessels arriving, and almost 700 people being repelled since the policy was launched.
Sri Lanka announced lengthy daily power cuts nationwide as the state-run electricity monopoly struggled to restore supply after the island's worst blackout in 20 years.
Sri Lanka suffered its worst nationwide power cut in 20 years causing water shortages, transport and trade disruptions across the country, officials said.
Sri Lanka's government announced a slew of emergency tax increases to help combat a debt crisis that has forced it to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
Defending champions Sri Lanka said Lasith Malinga was stepping down as captain of their World Twenty20 side Tuesday after the team's disastrous Asia Cup showing, with Angelo Mathews to skipper the team in India.
Sri Lanka's police Sunday re-introduced war-time road blocks and random checks on vehicles following a surge in gang-related shootings in the capital, a spokesman said.
Google's balloon-powered high-speed Internet service known as "Project Loon" began its first tests in Sri Lanka ahead of a planned joint venture with Colombo, the country's top IT official said.
Swashbuckling opener Shikhar Dhawan struck his maiden Twenty20 fifty to help India to a crushing 69-run victory over the visiting Sri Lanka yesterday.
Ex-president Mahinda Rajapakse's brother denounced the UN human rights chief's visit to Sri Lanka as a "big joke", as the former regime stepped up opposition to a UN-backed war-crimes probe.
