Legendary lock Victor Matfield marked his return as captain by leading Northern Bulls to a 23-19 victory over Coastal Sharks in a captivating Super 15 clash Saturday. Matfield, the second most capped Springbok with 110, ended a two-year retirement to…
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Wayne Rooney took his cue from watching Manchester United predecessor David Beckham with a breath-taking 58-yard goal in his side’s 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Saturday. Beckham made his name as a United player with a goal from the halfway line…
Saracens turned on the style to go top of the Premiership with a 39-17 rout of Harlequins in front of a record crowd for a club rugby match on Saturday. A new attendance record for a club match of 83,889 was set at Wembley and the bumper crowd were…
Public secondary schools in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday. The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some…
As the world marks the 2014 World Water Day today (Saturday), many Nigerians have renewed the call for the erection…
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…
If you do any kind of shopping online, then you’re probably already familiar with the concept of a metasearch engine—a…
It’s another troubling example in a frustrating trend: despite repeated and pointed calls for answers, the NSA is still relying…
Today, President Obama is meeting with prominent American tech companies to discuss the ongoing NSA spying controversy. This comes just…
Chelsea spoilt Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th match as Arsenal manager by humiliating their London rivals 6-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to pull seven points clear in the Premier League. Wenger was hoping to celebrate his milestone by cutting Chelsea’s…
US First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday emphasised the importance of universal rights, telling a crowd of students in Beijing that freedom of expression and religion should not be determined by one’s country of birth. Obama, who is on a week-long trip…
Two masked robbers wielding a gun and an axe burst into the Colette boutique in the heart of Paris Saturday, making off with 600,000 euros ($800,000) worth of goods from the trendy concept store, officials said. The pair held up the store on Saint-Honore…
Three Shiite rebels and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, rebels and a security official said. The rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, had travelled to Amran to take part in a demonstration…
Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and decided to bat against South Africa in their group one match in Chittagong on Saturday. South Africa were without their T20 captain Faf du Plessis who failed to recover from a hamstring injury and…
TED turns 30 years old with a mind-sizzling mix of intrigue, wonder and passion in the renowned gathering’s new home in Canada. A conference born in California in 1984 that grew into a global forum for heady “ideas worth spreading” ended Friday after…
A new window air conditioning unit looks to add Nest-like smart home functionality to an appliance that, to this point, hasn’t been all that smart. It’s called the Quirky+GE Aros, and it’s a Wi-Fi-capable, smartphone-compatible 8,000 BTU system…
Today is a sad day for those of us who actually used Twitter’s floundering Twitter Music service, originally released last April, just shy of a year ago. While the service has been rumored to be on the chopping block for quite some time now, Twitter…
Google’s announcement of Android Wear earlier this week has suddenly changed the conversation when it comes to wearables. Instead of a weird side-business explored by Sony and Samsung that has yet to be proven, Google—and the subsequent announcements…
China has new satellite images of one or more floating objects that could be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Saturday. “The news that I just received is that the Chinese ambassador…
Thousands of mourners packed a Shanghai square Saturday to bid farewell to “underground” Catholic Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, whose faith led him to endure decades of suffering at the hands of China’s ruling Communist Party, they said. Fan, who was…