US firm Liberty Media has confirmed it is buying the racing business Formula 1 for $4.4bn (£3.3bn).

The 9-man Sri Lanka contingent for the 2016 Paralympic Games took wing to Rio, Brazil on Sunday (4).

The Rio Paralympic Games officially opened on Wednesday with a four-hour extravaganza featuring high-octane energy, artistic creativity and touching humanity.

Sachithra Senanayake, Sri Lanka's offspinner, has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for violating the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of Conduct during the first Twenty20 International (T20I) played against Australia in Pallekele on Tuesday (August 7).

World number one Serena Williams set a new Grand Slam record of 308 victories with a win over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the US Open in New York.

In 90 minutes of outlandish clean-striking, Glenn Maxwell marked a monumental return to form, sent Sri Lanka into freefall, and stole their T20I world record from under their noses.