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‘Champion of Champions’ Shastri New India Coach

India's new coach Ravi Shastri is expected to look for a good working relationship with captain Virat Kohli after a...

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Sri Lanka Take Flak After ‘disgraceful’ Cricket Defeat

Sri Lanka's cricketers faced a barrage of criticism Tuesday a day after their series loss to bottom-ranked Zimbabwe in...

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Shastri Hot Favourite To Be New India Cricket Coach

Former skipper Ravi Shastri has emerged as the front-runner to be the new coach of India, but a final decision remains...

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US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...

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Sri Lanka Monks Vow To Resist Deal With Tamil Minority

Sri Lanka's hardline monks on Monday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,...

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India Holds Naval Exercises With US, Japan

India began holding naval exercises with the United States and Japan off its south coast on Monday, seeking to forge...

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Zimbabwe Off-Spinner Raza Helps Restrict Sri Lanka To 203-8

Off-spinner Sikandar Raza claimed three wickets to help Zimbabwe restrict Sri Lanka to 203 for eight in the fifth and...

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Rohit Returns For India Tests Against Sri Lanka

Batsman Rohit Sharma has returned to India's Test squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka that starts this month,...

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South Africa’s Rabada ‘heartbroken’ Over Test Ban

Kagiso Rabada is "heartbroken" at being banned from next week's second Test against England at Trent Bridge, according...

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Pakistan’s Yasir To Face Afghanistan Cricket Team At Lord’s

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah will complete an impressive international line-up when MCC face Afghanistan in the new...

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Dickwella, Gunathilaka Steer Sri Lanka To 300-6 Against Zimbabwe

A record double-century stand between openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka guided Sri Lanka to 300-6 in...

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India To Play Tests, ODIs and T20s On Sri Lanka Tour

Sri Lanka and India will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one T20 in their first series involving all...

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Dickwella, Gunathilaka Give Sri Lanka Big Win

Openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka hit sublime centuries to help Sri Lanka humble Zimbabwe by eight...

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England Bat Against South Africa In First Test

England's new captain, Joe Root, won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the first Test at Lord's on...

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Masakadza Ton Steers Zimbabwe To 310-8 In Sri Lanka ODI

Opener Hamilton Masakadza hit a sparkling century as Zimbabwe posted 310 for eight against Sri Lanka in the third...

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Thailand Leads the Pack For Asia’s Abused Tourist Elephants

Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept...

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Sri Lanka Vows Tamil Autonomy Despite Buddhist Resistance

Sri Lanka vowed Wednesday to grant greater autonomy to its Tamil minority in a new constitution after an influential...

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Former AFP Journalist’s Murderer Gets Death Sentence

Sri Lanka's High Court handed the death sentence Wednesday to a labourer who was found guilty of murdering former...

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Indian Troop Withdrawal ‘precondition’ For Peace

China's ambassador has said the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory is a "precondition" for peace, in...