Sri Lanka has an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three match series, with the final Test starting Monday. Pakistan will be both trying to recoup some pride with a win, and to gain some momentum heading into the upcoming one-day International series. “Pakistan has always been temperamental as a side,” Sangakkara said Sunday. .. more »

     When we played with him in the yard, Mother would come out and say, "You’re tearing up the grass”. “We’re not raising grass," Dad would... more »

Algeria v Egypt, African World Cup qualifying, June 7, 2009 After slipping down to 40th place in the FIFA rankings, their lowest since November 2007, the Egyptian national team will face Algeria on Sunday in a crucial World Cup qualifying match. Egypt has managed only a draw at home against Zambia in its first game, but Algeria also failed to .. more »

The chapter with Barbara Mori caused quite some damage in Hrithiks life, it has left a bitter feeling from all sides in his family. As for Suzanne, Hrithik has won her trust back and things are leveled on the emotional front too. But the handsome hunk could not mend matters with his dad Rakesh Roshan.They say Rakesh was partly responsible for the .. more »

Celina Jaitley is playing a ghost in the film called “Accident at Hill Road”, produced by Magna Publishing House. The cast of ‘Paying Guests’, Subhash Ghai’s next production, at the film’s music launch Mithun, Mimoh, Prabhu Deva, Boney Kapoor, Zarina Wahab at the finale of Zee TV’s dance reality show.. more »

The king of comedy David Dhawan will soon judge a comedy show, Hans Baliye on Star One, with his one-time favourite actress Karisma Kapoor. .. more »

Herit Shah from Surendranagar managed to take on Google Inc by its horns. He has a blog, googblog.com that became the bone of contention. Herit had registered the domain in his name in September 2008. He received a notice from a law firm in Gurgaon asking him to transfer the domain to Google as it infringed the intellectual property rights of .. more »

The International Cricket Council (ICC) says it wants to keep a check on the number of international Twenty20 ties despite the game’s increasing appeal. “In terms of increasing the number of Twenty20 games at the national level there is a huge debate on that,” ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said on Thursday at a promotional .. more »

In a fresh blow to beleaguered Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sea Tigers' deputy chief Cheliyan was killed by the Sri Lankan forces, which moved deeper into the fast-shrinking rebel territory in the embattled north. Cheliyan, the second-in-command of the Sea Tigers, was killed in Kariyamullivaikkal on Friday in clashes with Sri Lankan, the Media .. more »

Ace Indian choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant's semi-autobiographical musical "The Merchants of Bollywood" is set to be staged in Malaysia in July and she hopes to get superstar Shah Rukh Khan to attend the gala."I am very excited to see it being staged here in Malaysia. Perhaps I can try pulling Shah Rukh from his busy schedule to come and see the .. more »

League of Ireland round-up:Derry City closed the gap on Bohemians to two points at the top of the Premier Division as they beat the Dubliners 3-2 in a pulsating clash at a packed Brandywell tonight. .. more »

The central committee of the banned Communist Party of India - Maoist had decided to eliminate Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Laxmananda Saraswati as he was opposing them in Kandhamal, according to the confessions of an arrested Maoist commander, who was allegedly involved in the killing in August last year.P Rama Rao alias Uday, arrested on April 20 .. more »

A confident Rahul Gandhi set the rules of the game for his party and changed some along the way. At his first major press conference in the Capital, Rahul laid out the battle plan. Part of his plan seemed to be to make peace with the Left whom he had just recently described as an old party with old ideas. .. more »

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Are the Congress and the BJP on the revival trail in Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha? The answer to that question is yes, though the still incipient trend may take a few more years to acquire a more concrete form, reports Sunita Aron... more »