Colombo, June 10 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sent a letter of apology to Sri Lanka for the country's cricket team being greeted by a Hindi song at the ICC Champions Trophy opening  Read more »

Rio de Janeiro, June 10 : Spain and Uruguay raise the Group B curtain at Recife's Arena Pernambuco Sunday in a fixture laden with European-based stars.  Read more »

Rio de Janeiro, June 10 : Brazil meet Asian Cup winners Japan in the Confederations Cup opener in Brasilia Saturday and Concacaf champions Mexico make their tournament debut against European runners up Italy a day later in Group A fixtures.  Read more »

Mumbai, June 10 : Filmmaker Prakash Jha wants to tap the power of digital media and says he will promote his forthcoming political drama "Satyagraha" through social-networking sites, a platform that has witnessed outpourings on some of the major public outrages.

Inspired by the current situation in the country, "Satyagraha" shows the uprising of the middle class against a corrupt system.

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London, June 10 : Music mogul Simon Cowell was pelted with eggs by a failed contestant from last year's talent show "Britain's Got Talent". This happened during the show's live finale Saturday night.

Cowell was seated with his fellow judges Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden watching a performance when a girl stormed onto the stage with a box of eggs and began throwing them at Cowell, reports dailystar. co. uk.

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New York, June 10 - Sri Lankan authorities should challenge a parliamentarian’s claim as to the whereabouts of a political cartoonist who was forcibly disappeared in 2010 and provide information on his fate, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

Lawmaker Arundika Fernando told the Sri Lankan parliament June 5 that Prageeth Ekneligoda, a cartoonist and government critic who has not been seen since leaving work Jan 24, 2010, is currently living in hiding in France.

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Los Angeles, June 10 - Singer Taylor Swift is a sucker for detective shows on the small screen and says she would like to try playing a detective some day.

The singer's career is certainly not going down but she's got a back-up lined up.

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New Delhi, June 10 : The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) here Monday elected Ravi Sawant as the new treasurer of the cricket board.  Read more »

Porto Alegre, June 10 - Brazil scored three second-half goals to warm up for the FIFA Confederations Cup with a 3-0 victory over France.  Read more »