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The Gqeberha Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka unfolded dramatically on Day 1, as the momentum swung sharply between the two sides. Ryan Rickelton’s gritty maiden Test century and Temba Bavuma’s composed innings initially put South Africa in a dominant position, but Lahiru Kumara’s fiery spell ensured Sri Lanka clawed their way back into contention. SA vs SL, 2nd …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. Dissanayake, 55, who ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition, defeated President Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and 35 other …

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Joe Root proved to be England's anchorman yet again as wickets fell around him in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday. Former captain Root, fresh from his match-clinching 62 not out in England's five-wicket win in the first Test at Old Trafford last week, was unbeaten on 81. Despite the sunny overhead conditions, Sri Lanka captain …

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine for justifying the lynching of a Sri Lankan citizen in a video, which went viral on his YouTube channel. On December 3 last year, a mob of over 800 men, including supporters of hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, attacked a garment factory …

Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a 48-year-old Sri Lankan man was lynched and burned to death by a mob in Pakistan's Sialkot for alleged blasphemy on December 3, 2021. According to the report, the woman seen in the image is Afshan Latif, a former superintendent of a government-run welfare center for destitute women, and she has been constantly making accusations on social …