Новости за 17.10.2015

Sri Lanka needed less than four days to thrash West Indies by an innings and six runs in the opening Test at Galle with Rangana Herath leading the victory charge by claiming his fifth 10-wicket haul.

An independent candidate running for mayor of the German city of Cologne was stabbed in the neck and severely wounded on Saturday while she was campaigning in the city, police said.

Collingwood's pick 26 is at the centre of the deal that will see Brisbane relinquish James Aish to the Magpies

If the strength of the Perth Lynx roster didn't send a message, their win over Melbourne Boomers on Saturday night certainly will.

Racing Victoria stewards told champion Hong Kong-based Zac Purton that they had "grave concerns" over his ride on Fame Game in Saturday's $ 3.1million Caulfield Cup.

Any trade involving Jonathan Giles and West Coast is likely to involve a swap of draft picks, rather than another player.

Home buyers have taken a shine to Australia's first solar suburb with hundreds of bidders competing for 40 blocks in Denman's first land sale.

Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina due to a groin injury, the Irish Rugby Football Union said on Saturday.

Rod Fuentes wanted a sleek, modern grey driveway to match his new house. Just like thousands of other grey driveways he saw every day across Liverpool.

Delays in investigating social media, foreign translation and gathering international evidence given as reasons justifying extension.

The Liberals have said the election will be a referendum on light rail, but Andrew Barr calls for wider look.

Should I find myself in Texas next year, there is a very good chance I will be walking around a university campus wearing a whacking great rubber phallus.

A Gold Coast marine scientist is harnessing the power of social media in a bid to turn everyone into a citizen scientist.

The students used their laptops in different ways. Researchers were "stunned" by their different results.

Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic says it won't be too long before his side finds its groove in front of goal.

An owner of Trip To Paris threatens to upstage the Cup winner and go one better in the big one.

As far as racehorses go, Stratum Star, the Darren Weir trained colt who won the Group 3 David Jones Cup at Caulfield on Saturday, ticks all the boxes.

Victoria's leading trainer Darren Weir and jockey Michelle Payne admitted they'd taken a significant gamble in Tristarc Stakes winner La Passe taking her place in the field.

Big race success in Australia is nothing new for New Zealand trainer Murray Baker.

New Zealand raider Mongolian Khan has won the 2015 Caulfield Cup, with Trip to Paris finishing second and Our Ivanhowe third.

Owen Patrick Bosson got to 78kg a couple of years ago and was playing halfback in local rugby competition when he realised there was nothing like being a jockey.

The Queensland city built on mining has finally completed a memorial to the 186 lives the once-perilous profession stole away.

The Sydney Kings suffered their second consecutive loss at home, going down 100-86 to the Illawarra Hawks on Saturday night.

What is the top issue at your club heading into 2016?

Safeguarding stretches of the striped legless lizard's native grassland habitat has been the undoing of many redevelopment schemes in the capital. What will relocation of the rare reptile mean?