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Colombo: Sri Lanka completed a rare 3-0 sweep over Australia after left-arm spinner Rangana Herath spun the hosts to a comprehensive 163-run victory in the...

Colombo: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 163 runs in the final Test on Wednesday to complete a 3-0 sweep in the three-match series. Chasing 324 for victory,...

Rio de Janeiro: Lightweight Robson Conceicao won Brazil's first ever Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday, with a raucous home crowd roaring him on to a...

Rio de Janeiro: Asia's stranglehold over world badminton loosened on Tuesday as two gritty Danish women toppled a Chinese dynasty and gave Europe hope...

Rio de Janeiro: Shuttler P.V. Sindhu raised serious hopes of breaking India's long-awaited medal quest in the Rio Olympics by storming into the...

Rio de Janeiro: Jamaica, Kenya and the United States added to their athletics medal tallies in the 110metres hurdles, women's 1,500m and men's...

Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian duo Barbara Seixas and Agatha Bednarczuk dished out a first ever Olympic loss to American great Kerri Walsh Jennings amid a...

Rio de Janeiro: Simone Biles showed off her sassy moves and explosive tumbles on the floor exercise to win a record-equalling fourth gold at the Olympics on...

Rio de Janneiro: Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev made up for narrowly missing out on the all-around gymnastics title by winning the parallel bars gold at the...

Rio de Janerio: Australia's Tom Burton used a tense pre-start battle on Tuesday to snatch the gold medal from Croatia's Tonci Stipanovic who had led...