Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described his side’s relegation from the Premier League as the bleakest day of his illustrious career. Solskjaer saw Cardiff drop back into the Championship on Saturday as their fate was sealed by a 3-0 defeat at…
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One of Vietnam’s last surviving veterans of the battle of Dien Bien Phu recounts with pride the day in May 1954 when, aged just 19, he captured the commander of the French colonial forces. Hoang Dang Vinh’s display of military prowess earned him the…
Even as Europe powered up its most ambitious ever cybersecurity exercise this month, doubts were being raised over whether the continent’s patchwork of online police was right for the job. The exercise, called Cyber Europe 2014, is the largest and most…
Ryan Giggs, Manchester United’s caretaker manager, conceded David Moyes’s permanent replacement faces a difficult task in resurrecting the fallen Premier League champions next season. Louis van Gaal, who is about to lead the Netherlands in the upcoming…
Hundreds of supporters of detained republican leader Gerry Adams rallied in Belfast on Saturday after Northern Ireland police obtained an extension to quiz him over a notorious IRA murder. With tensions rising, his Sinn Fein party warned it could review…
The United States is ready to help fund the demobilisation of Democratic Republic of Congo’s rebels, a senior US official said on Saturday as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on the latest leg of an Africa tour. “I can say categorically…
Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release. Frustrated by the lack of progress so far in trying to free their daughters, the parents…
Saracens face an anxious wait before discovering if England prop Mako Vunipola will be fit for the Premiership play-offs and the European Cup final. Vunipola went off with a hamstring strain just seven minutes into Saracens’ 44-20 Premiership win at…
Louis van Gaal was served a timely reminder of the size of the re-building job facing the club’s next manager as Seb Larsson’s first-half goal secured Sunderland a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford on Saturday. The result relegated Cardiff and Fulham while…
Manchester City claimed top spot in the Premier League and took a significant step towards the title by coming from behind to edge Everton 3-2 on Saturday. Ross Barkley’s stunner put hosts Everton ahead in the 11th minute, but Sergio Aguero quickly…
Fulham and Cardiff City were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after defeats in their penultimate games of the season left them unable to reach safety. Fulham’s 13-year run in the English top flight was ended by a 4-1 defeat at Stoke City…
Birmingham City staged an astonishing great escape as they fought back to preserve their Championship status at Doncaster’s expense, while Brighton also left it late to snatch the last play-off spot. On a dramatic final day in the second tier, there…
I live in Minneapolis, and despite the fact that it’s got a pretty solid bus system to ferry folks to and fro, a lot of my traveling within the city and the surrounding environs comes from driving myself there. But like any person who drives a lot…
India’s Sun Pharma said Saturday it will take “appropriate action” after a court suspended the generic giant’s $3.2-billion takeover of troubled rival Ranbaxy while insider trading allegations are probed. The Andhra Pradesh High Court order, dated April…
Hundreds of exhausted illegal migrants reached the safety of a northern Sudanese town Saturday, an AFP journalist said, after 10 died when human traffickers abandoned them in the desert. A convoy of six Sudanese army trucks delivered the migrants to…
Let’s be honest — Twitter’s following system falls apart when you have a noisy friend. On Facebook, you can simply stop that person’s posts from showing up without unfriending them, but Twitter has no comparable function (at least officially…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has explained that he switched to a counter-attacking strategy midway through the season in order to safeguard the club’s position in the Premier League’s top four. Mourinho has a reputation as a tactical pragmatist, but…
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez continued his MotoGP domination on Saturday at Jerez to secure his fourth straight pole in track record time for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s time of 1min 38.120sec broke compatriot Jorge Lorenzo’s…
The closest English top-flight title race in 33 years speeds towards its conclusion this weekend, with Manchester City carrying the advantage ahead of a thorny trip to Everton on Saturday. Leaders Liverpool’s 2-0 loss at home to second-place Chelsea…
Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan eased into this year’s World Championship final with a 17-7 win over Barry Hawkins on Friday. Such was the scale of victory achieved by O’Sullivan, aiming for a third successive world title and sixth in all, he gave…