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Dhoni, Raina carry India to 258 against Sri Lanka (Deepika)

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina hit their second back-to-back fifties and shared in a fourth-wicket stand of 143 off 141 balls to carry India to 258 all out off 49.4 overs in the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka today.

Dhoni leads India to maiden ODI series win in Sri Lanka (Deepika)

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to their maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka, winning the fourth one-day international by 46 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series today.

India (258) beat Sri Lanka (212) in 4th ODI, win series (Deepika)

COLOMBO, Aug 27 (Reuters) India bowled Sri Lanka out for 212 to win the fourth one-day international at Premadasa stadium by 46 runs today.

India beat Sri Lanka, clinch ODI series (New Kerala)

By Rex Clementine, Colombo, Aug 27 : India recorded their first bilateral series win against Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan soil when they wrapped up the five-match series with a game to go at the R. Premadasa Stadium here Wednesday.

India win first ODI series in Sri Lanka (Stuff)

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has led India to their maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka, winning the fourth one-day international by 46 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

India wins first-ever one-day series in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

India clinched its first-ever one-day international series in Sri Lanka by winning the fourth match by 46 runs Wednesday to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-five series.

India win toss and bat first v Sri Lanka in 4th one-dayer (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

India won the toss and chose to bat first in the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

India elect to bat in fourth Sri Lanka cricket one-dayer (TODAYonline)

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot during the third one day international match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on August 24. Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international.

India elect to bat in fourth Sri Lanka cricket one-dayer (AFP via Yahoo! News)

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday.

Rebel air raid wounds 10 sailors in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Air force jets pounded a Tamil separatist bunker in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, a day after a brazen rebel airstrike on a naval base in the east wounded 10 sailors, the military said.

Rebels Injure 10 Sailors in Sri Lanka (Time Magazine)

Separatist Tamil rebels wounded at least 10 sailors in a brazen airstrike on a key harbor controlled by the navy in eastern Sri Lanka, while clashes in the north killed 27 guerrillas and two soldiers, the military said Wednesday

Sri Lanka Government: 27 Rebels, 2 Soldiers Killed In North Attack (Nasdaq)

COLOMBO (AFP)--At least 27 Tamil rebels and two soldiers were killed across Sri Lanka's embattled north, the defense ministry said Wednesday, a day after the rebels staged a daring air attack.

Sri Lanka says 29 more killed in fighting (AFP via Yahoo! News)

At least 27 Tamil rebels and two soldiers were killed across Sri Lanka's embattled north, the defence ministry said Wednesday, a day after the rebels staged a daring air attack.

Rebel raid wounds sailors in Sri Lanka (CNN.com)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Separatist Tamil rebels wounded at least 10 sailors in a brazen airstrike on a key harbor controlled by the navy in eastern Sri Lanka, while clashes in the north killed 27 guerrillas and two soldiers, the military said Wednesday.

Tamil air raid wounds 10 sailors in Sri Lanka (Las Vegas Sun)

Tue, Aug 26, 2008 (8:39 p.m.) Tamil Tigers launched a brazen airstrike on a key harbor controlled by Sri Lanka's navy in the country's embattled east, wounding at least 10 sailors, the military said Wednesday.

Tamil air raid wounds 10 sailors in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! News)

Tamil Tigers launched a brazen airstrike on a key harbor controlled by Sri Lanka's navy in the country's embattled east, wounding at least 10 sailors, the military said Wednesday.

Explosion hits eastern Sri Lanka (People's Daily)

Sri Lanka's eastern port town of Trincomalee was attacked by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday night, defense officials and local media said. Officials from the Ministry of Defense said explosions occurred in Trincomalee a short while ago and they are checking details. The local English newspaper Daily Mirror said on its website that an aircraft of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ...

Tamil Tigers make air strike at naval base in Sri Lanka (Lead) (New Kerala)

Colombo, Aug 26 : A light aircraft of the Liberation Tamil Tiger rebels carried out an air raid Tuesday night targeting a key naval base in Sri Lanka's eastern port city of Trincomalee and dropping at least two bombs, defence sources here said.

Sri Lanka rebels stage air strike (BBC News)

Tamil Tiger rebels carry out an air raid on a major naval base in eastern Sri Lanka, military officials say.

DD allowed to book ads for India-Sri Lanka ODIs (Business Standard India)

State-owned broadcaster Doordarshan has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to book advertisements for the two one-day international (ODI) cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels stage air attack against navy: military (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday carried out their first major air strike in 16 months, dropping two bombs on a naval base in the northeast of the island, officials said.

Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels stage air attack against navy: military (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday carried out their first major air strike in 16 months, dropping two bombs on a naval base in the northeast of the island, the defence ministry said.

Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels stage air attack against navy: military (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday carried out their first major air strike in 16 months, dropping two bombs on a naval base in the northeast of the island, the defence ministry said.

Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels stage air attack against navy: military (AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday carried out their first major air strike in 16 months, dropping two bombs on a naval base in the northeast of the island, the defence ministry said.

Sri Lanka military says Tigers drop bombs on port (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Explosions hit the eastern port city of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka late on Tuesday in what the Sri Lanka military said was an aerial attack by Tamil Tiger separatists. The ...