Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed a match haul of 12 wickets as Sri Lanka condemned top-ranked England to their fourth consecutive Test defeat on Thursday in the series opener. The 34-year-old grabbed six wickets in each innings as the tourists, chasing a stiff target of 340 runs, were bowled out for 264 soon after tea [...]

Experienced middle-order batsman Ian Bell was today dropped from England’s one-day international (ODI) squad after struggling to find his form during his team’s 3-0 Test defeat to Pakistan. The 29-year-old managed just 51 runs in six innings and failed to cope against spinner Saeed Ajmal, who finished with 24 wickets in the series. Pakistan romped [...]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took his fight against extradition to Sweden over rape allegations to Britain’s top court on Wed-nesday in a case that could trigger a major upheaval in European law. The 40-year-old Australian’s lawyers told the Supreme Court in London that the Swedish prosecutor who issued the European Arrest Warrant in December 2010 [...]

Off-spinner Graeme Swann trapped Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq in the penultimate over of the second day to help England fight back in the second Test here today. Misbah’s 13th half-century his 11th in 13 Tests as captain had kept Pakistan in a good position after openers Mohammad Hafeez had made 88 and Taufiq Umar 58 [...]