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Australia name Aaron Finch new T20 capta...

Australia name Aaron Finch new T20 captain

Australia have named swashbuckling batsman Aaron Finch captain of the Twenty20 cricket team, replacing George Bailey, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Bailey announced on Sunday he had stood down to concentrate on longer forms of the game with an eye to adding to his five test caps. The rise... read more »

Bryan brothers win 5th US Open title, 16...

Bryan brothers win 5th US Open title, 16th major

For their 100th tournament title, the Bryan brothers broke out a new victory celebration. Not that they planned it this way. The twins were so excited to win their first Grand Slam championship in more than a year that they botched their signature chest bump at Sunday’s U.S. Open final. Mike... read more »

We are geared up for Korea: India captain
Dhoni takes blame for T20 loss

Dhoni takes blame for T20 loss

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the blame for his side’s narrow three-run loss to England in the one-off Twenty20 international after failing to finish off the game in the last over. India were set a target of 181 runs but they could only score 177-5 despite Virat Kohli’s first... read more »

Cars that can talk to each other 2 years...

Cars that can talk to each other 2 years away from showroom

Cars that can talk to each other and almost drive themselves at freeway speeds are just two years away from the showroom, according to General Motors executives. The company announced that the semi-autonomous system for freeways will be an option on an unidentified new 2017 Cadillac that goes on... read more »

Supreme Court: Child cannot be ‘tossed like shuttlecock’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition on deciding the custody of a child, directed the father to bring his four-year-old daughter to the Court with these stinging words,... read more »

Uproar in Karnataka Assembly over rising rape cases

The Legislative Assembly on Friday witnessed acrimonious scenes and bouts of slogan-shouting by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) over alleged increase in the... read more »

Nikesh Arora leaves Google, joins SoftBank Corp

In a surprise move, Google’s Chief Business Officer India-born Nikesh Arora, regarded as among the top lieutenants at the Internet search giant, is leaving the company after almost 10... read more »

Highway collision in China kills 38

A truck loaded with flammable liquid collided with a bus on a highway in southern China on Saturday, killing at least 38 people. The state-run Xinhua News Agency said the truck rear-ended... read more »

U.S. condemns religious and ethnic prosecution by ISIL in Iraq

The U.S. has condemned in the strongest terms the systematic persecution of ethnic and religious minorities by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “We are outraged by... read more »