Sri Lanka have set a target of 313 runs for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup Cricket tournament at Dambulla. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Sri Lanka made 312 for four in 50 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan was the highest scorer with 71 followed by Upul Tharanga 54, Kumar Sangakkara 52 and Mahela...

Serbia beat Germany 1-0

In the World Cup Football on Friday, Serbia upset one of the tournament's favourities Germany by a solitary goal. In their second Group D match in Port Elizabeth, the all important goal for Serbia came in the 30th minute through Milan Jovanovic. The goal came a minute after Germany were red...

Paes – Dlouhy enter semi-finals of UNICEF Open Tennis

Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy enter the semi-finals of the UNICEF Open Tennis after defeating Thiemo de Bakker and Robin Haase in straight sets in The Netherlands.The Indo-Czech pair carved out a 7-5, 6-3 over the Dutch wild card entrants in the quarter-finals.The French Open runners-up br...

Germany takes on Serbia today; Slovenia meet US, England takes on Algeria

Argentina defeat S Korea 4-1; Greece beat Nigeria 2-1; France suffer a shock defeat against Mexico

In the World Cup Football on Thursday, Argentina thrashed South Korea 4-1, Greece beat Nigeria 2-1, and France suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat to Mexico. In a Group B match at Soccer City in Johannesburg, Argentina lit up the World Cup with the first hat-trick of the current tournament. Striker Gonza...

FIFA' 10: Argentina beat South Korea 4-1

Title-contenders Argentina have recorded an emphatic 4-1 victory over South Korea in their second Group B match of the World Cup Football tournament. In the match played at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, the winners led 2-1 at half-time.Argentina went ahead in the 16th minute when Chu Youn...

FIFA' 10: Argentina register emphatic 4-1 victory over S Korea

Title-contenders Argentina have recorded an emphatic 4-1 victory over South Korea in their second Group B match of the World Cup Football tournament. In the match played at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, the winners led 2-1 at half-time.Argentina went ahead in the 16th minute when Chu Youn...

FIFA' 10: Argentina leading against S Korea 2-1 in Group B match

In the World Cup Football Group B match, now underway at Soccer City in Johannesburg, Argentina were leading 2-1 against South Korea at half-time. Argentina got the lead in the 17th minute when Chu Young scored an own goal following a Messi corner kick. Gonzalo Higuain then cosolidated the lead in t...

UNICEF Open: Bopanna, Qureshi bow out after defeat

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi bowed out of the UNICEF Open after defeat at the hands of fourth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the Netherlands. The Indo-Pakistan pair lost the quarter-finals of the grass court event 2-6, 3-6 to the Sweden-Romania combination. However, the Indian c...

CW Games: Queen's Baton Relay arrives in Colombo

The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi from October 3-14, arrived in Colombo from Maldives today. The Baton was received by the representatives of the Indian High Commission and the senior officials of Sri Lankan Tourism Ministry. After Colombo, the fla...