Take two weeks off because of tendinitis in his knee.

Oscar Pistorius will become the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics.

Last year, Pakistan reported the highest number of polio cases in a decade, 198, while Afghanistan had 81 cases.

Squad includes 18 hockey players, two athletes, two swimmers and a shooter.

Physicists say they had found a new sub-atomic particle consistent with the Higgs boson.

Nato’s Isaf is due to pull out the vast majority of its 130,000 forces by the end of 2014.

Third and final Test starts in Pallekele on Sunday with Sri Lanka leading 1-0 in the series.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that up to 1.5 million Syrians now need aid.

UN members have until July 27 to hammer out deal on dealing in conventional weapons worth more than $70b a year.

Talks have been soured by arrest of Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, suspected of being key handler for Mumbai attackers.