Nigeria: Troops killed man acting as Boko Haram leader
Nigerian forces battling the Islamist terror group Boko Haram have killed a man suspected of acting as the group’s leader, Nigeria’s Defense Ministry said. The soldiers and Boko Haram militants clashed several times in the past week in communities around the city of Maiduguri in the... read more »
Veteran batsman Younis not named in ‘new and younger’ ODI, T20 ...
Veteran batsman Younis Khan failed to find a spot in the ODI team as Pakistan announced the squads for the upcoming one-day and Twenty20 series with Australia. The Pakistan-Australia series, comprising one T20 and three ODI matches, is scheduled to kick off on October 5 in the United Arab... read more »
Atapattu takes over as Sri Lanka head coach
The executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has “unanimously approved and appointed” Atapattu with immediate effect, the SLC said in a statement without revealing terms and tenure of the appointment some five months before next year’s 50-over World Cup in Australia and New... read more »
Saina in quarterfinals, disappointment for Sindhu
Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal sailed into the quarterfinals with a comfortable straight-game win after P. Kashyap advanced to the pre-quarters, but there was heartbreak for P V Sindhu in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Thursday. World number seven Saina thrashed Iran’s Soraya... read more »
