Kishan, Iyer fire India to 199-2 in Sri Lanka T20
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer smashed half-centuries to guide India to a challenging 199 for two against Sri Lanka in the opening Twenty20 international on Thursday.
Read moreWorld stocks plunge, oil tops $105 as Russia invades Ukraine
Oil surged past $105 per barrel and equities tumbled Thursday after key crude producer Russia sent forces into Ukraine, accelerating fears of a major war in eastern Europe.
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Fear, disbelief on Ukraine border as Russia invades
An elderly woman keeping night watch at a hotel in the city of Taganrog sounds incredulous as guests trickling down to the lobby at dawn tell her Russia had invaded Ukraine.
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Holding the Russian Grand Prix would be wrong, say Verstappen and Vettel
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen and former champion Sebastian Vettel said on Thursday it would be wrong for the Russian Grand Prix to go ahead in September, after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Queen cancels virtual audiences due to Covid
Queen Elizabeth II cancelled two engagements on Thursday after she tested positive for coronavirus at the weekend, Buckingham Palace said.
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Americans ponder the cost of 'defending freedom' in Ukraine
President Joe Biden has told Americans to prepare for the "costs" of Washington's pushback against Russian aggression in Ukraine, but truck driver Jeremy Rakestraw wonders if he hasn't paid enough already.
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Townsend tells Scotland to seize 'last opportunity' against France
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has said Saturday's Six Nations Championship match against Grand Slam-chasing France at Murrayfield on Saturday represents a "last opportunity" for his side's title ambitions.
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Pakistani-American sentenced to death for beheading girlfriend
A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death Thursday, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation.
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German club Schalke remove Gazprom as shirt sponsor after Russian invasion
German football club Schalke 04 said Thursday it would remove Russian gas company Gazprom from its shirts, following the invasion of Ukraine.
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Bloodshed, tears in eastern Ukraine as Russia attacks
A son wept over the body of his father among the wreckage of a missile strike in a residential district in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguiv as the country reeled Thursday from Russia's invasion.
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