The furor surrounding comments attributed to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has again cast an unfavorable light on racism in American sport. Sixty-seven years after Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s “color line” when he went to bat…
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Juventus came from behind to win 3-1 away to struggling Sassuolo and edge closer to retaining the Serie A title on Monday night. Simone Zaza put Sassuolo in front, but the visitors recovered and an own goal from Alessandro Longhi brought them level…
The World Health Organization announced on Monday that it had convened emergency talks amid rising concern over polio after cases were discovered in Afghanistan, Iraq and Equatorial Guinea. The UN health agency said that following several days of closed…
About 100 Venezuelan students chained themselves Monday to the front gate of a UN agency’s Caracas office, calling for an end to a new high court ruling requiring government approval for protests. Shouting defiantly “so where is the damn law that bars…
Between 100 and 200 victims of an April 22 train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo were buried in mass graves after the disaster, the Congolese Red Cross said Monday, casting doubt on the official death toll of 74. Many people were trapped for…
If you’ve been in the market for a new MacBook Air but have been weary to purchase a machine that hasn’t been updated since June of 2013, here’s a good word for you: according to extremely reliable sources reporting to 9to5Mac‘s Mark Gurman…
US stocks Monday finished mostly higher as investors absorbed new sanctions on Russia and looked ahead to a busy week of economic news and earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 87.28 points (0.53 percent) to 16,448.74. The broad-based…
Last week, Nokia was finally acquired by Microsoft, a merger that’d been in the works for months. But now that the deal is done, there are still plenty of questions swirling around about how the two companies will move forward. One question that seems…
The South African parliamentary committee looking into the $23 million state-funded renovations of President Jacob Zuma’s private residence on Monday delayed their inquiry until after May 7 elections, sparking a furious reaction from the opposition.…
Australia’s Neil Robertson booked his place in the quarter-finals of this year’s World Championships with a 13-7 win over Mark Allen on Monday only to barely miss out on a notable landmark. The world number one was left stranded on 99 competitive century…
Rory McIlroy has confirmed his participation in next month’s BMW PG Championship at Wentworth, outside London, seeking to win the European Tour’s flagship event for the first time. The Northern Irishman, a two-time major winner, has bounced back to…
Arsenal forward Theo Walcott is prepared to take his time as he recovers from severe injury, even if it means missing the start of next season. The 25-year-old England international saw his dreams of playing at this year’s World Cup in Brazil dashed…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied a charge of misconduct levelled against him by England’s governing Football Association following comments he made after the Premier League title-chasers shock loss to Sunderland. The Black Cats ended Mourinho…
Pablo Zabaleta believes Manchester City’s experience of a nerve-wracking run-in could see them snatch the Premier League title just as they did in 2012. Two years ago, a pair of goals in stoppage-time saw City to a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on…
Skype is one of the best and most popular services for video calls, but one of the most abnormal things about it has always been its lack of free group video conferencing. While Google Hangouts has offered this totally free of charge since the beginning…
President Barack Obama landed in the Philippines on Monday to cement new defence ties on the last leg of an Asian tour conducted against a backdrop of territorial tensions between US allies and China. Obama flew into Manila from Malaysia, hours after…
From Public Enemy Number One to Player of the Year, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has completed one of the most improbable rehabilitations in the recent history of the English game. Just a year ago, the football world recoiled in horror after the Uruguayan…
A successful and effective PR advertising campaign can result in exposure, new lead generation, and solidify and validate the place of a law firm in the mind of the public. An inadequate campaign can be frustrating and expensive and result in little or no positive feedback for the law firm. Expense is not a sufficient tool to measure the quality of a PR campaign. There are many overpaid PR professionals that continue to over promise and under deliver. An effective PR campaign must take into consideration the long and short term objectives of the firm and put in place effective…
Gus Poyet has insisted Sunderland still have plenty of work to do to secure their Premier League “miracle” by remaining in the English top flight when it seemed all hope had been lost. The north-east side climbed out of the bottom three for the first…
Manuel Pellegrini claims he never lost faith that Manchester City could win the Premier League after his side regained control of the title race with a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace. On a potentially decisive weekend in the battle for supremacy at the…