The Hong Kong, Indian and Japanese teams (from top to bottom) compete in the lightweight men’s four-rowing final during the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Thursday.

Lisbon, Nov. 18: Portugal got a measure of revenge for their World Cup second round defeat by world champions Spain here on Wednesday as the hosts ran out 4-0 winners.

Goals by Carlos Martins, an own

Doha, Nov. 18: A brilliant solo goal in injury time by Lionel Messi earned Argentina a 1-0 victory over their arch-rivals Brazil in an international friendly here on Wednesday.

The Barcelona supersta

Paris, Nov. 18: Families of French engineers killed in a 2002 bombing attack in Pakistan pressed on Thursday for the President, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, to testify over alleged corruption linked to the de

Galle, Nov. 18: Inexperienced Shane Shillingford and Kemar Roach shared seven wickets to help the West Indies gain a big lead in the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Off-spinner Shillingfo

A long-range rocket fired on Friday from Gaza into Israel exploded near the Negev desert town of Ofakim without causing any casualties, Israel's military said.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was sworn in Friday for a second six-year term by Chief Justice Asoka de Silva at a nationally televised ceremony outside his seafront office.

President Barack Obama departed late Thursday for a NATO summit in Portugal where allied leaders will take up the bogged down war in Afghanistan.

The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has formally objected to plans by the opposition Maoist party to include members of its army in an upcoming political conference, a spokesman said Friday.

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday he believed it was "realistic" for foreign forces in Afghanistan to hand over control of security to local forces by 2014.