July 10 (Reuters) - England were 43 for one wicket in their first innings, trailing India by 414 runs, at the close of play on the second day of the opening test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Thursday. Scores: England 43-1 v India 457 (Vijay 146, M.S. Dhoni 82, ...

(Reuters) - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat in the first test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Wednesday. The visitors, who have not played a five-test series on English soil since 1959, will look to take ...

BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil remain bitter about the tackle that ended their marquee striker Neymar's World Cup but hope his absence will inspire the rest of the team in Tuesday's semi-final against Germany. Neymar broke a vertebra in Brazil's ...

FORTALEZA Brazil (Reuters) - Colombia will not dwell on their dismal record against Brazil when they face the five-times champions in their World Cup quarter-final, coach Jose Pekerman said on Thursday. "The key is not think about past events," Pekerman ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It was "a weird match with a weird ending" but all Eugenie Bouchard cared about was the split-second in which she saw Simona Halep's lunging service return spinning into the net. It was the moment that confirmed her 7-6(5) 6-2 victory ...

... * Al-Omar oil field in the hands of Islamic State. * Al Qaeda's Nusra Front withdraws from two towns. * Islamic State strengthens gains across Deir al-Zor (Releads with oil field capture). By Sylvia Westall. BEIRUT, July 3 (Reuters) - Militants from the Islamic ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong police forcibly removed kicking and screaming protesters from the Central business district on Wednesday, holdouts of a mass rally demanding greater democracy from Communist Party rulers in Beijing.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian separatists agreed on Thursday to resume peace talks to end the conflict in the east, but President Petro Poroshenko warned he might not extend a ceasefire beyond Friday night if their gesture was aimed only at buying time.

(Reuters) - Manchester City have completed the signing of FC Porto's Brazilian midfielder Fernando, the Premier League champions said on Thursday. The Portuguese club had said in a stock market statement on Wednesday that they has sold the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - France took top spot in World Cup Group E while 10-man Ecuador were eliminated after a sprightly 0-0 draw at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday. Switzerland, who beat Honduras 3-0, took second spot and will play Argentina ...

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil passes the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates stadium in London May 4, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Jun 25 2014. By Philip O'Connor. RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) ...

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil passes the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates stadium in London May 4, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Jun 25 2014. By Philip O'Connor. RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) ...

LONDON (Reuters) - On July 7, 2011, at the height of Britain's phone-hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks announced the closure of Britain's biggest-selling newspaper, The News of the World. That evening, she sat with senior colleagues in a restaurant in ...

CURITIBA Brazil (Reuters) - Carlo Costly scored Honduras's first World Cup goal in more than 30 years on Friday but an equaliser for Ecuador from Enner Valencia just three minutes later left the teams level at 1-1 at halftime of their Group E match on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark equity index rose on Friday as a surge in the shares of drugmaker Shire (SHP.L) lifted the stock market, which many traders expected to inch further towards record highs in coming days. Shire (SHP.L) hit all-time highs ...

WASHINGTON/TIKRIT, Iraq, (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the Iraqi crisis as government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's new king, Felipe VI, was sworn in on Thursday in a low-key ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household. Felipe became king after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's new king, Felipe VI, was sworn in on Thursday in a low-key ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household. Felipe became king after his father, Juan Carlos, abdicated ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar held firm with higher Treasury yields on Wednesday after a surprisingly high reading for U.S. inflation threatened to give a hawkish tilt to the Federal Reserve's policy outlook later in the session. The risk was more than enough ...

... * U.S. considers air strikes in Iraq. * Iraqi oil exports remain unaffected as govt tightens security. * Iran, world powers to meet in Vienna for nuclear talks (Adds analyst's quote; updates prices). By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen. SINGAPORE, June 17 (Reuters) ...