Hockey games will be cut by 10 minutes to four 15 minute quarters in a bid to step up the sport’s fan appeal, the international federation announced. The new format has already been tried in the Euro Hockey League and in India’s championship and will…
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Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has potentially opened the door on a return to Atletico Madrid after expressing an interest in working under former team-mate Diego Simeone. “In football, you never know,” he told the Friday editions of several British…
Arsene Wenger said on Friday that it was “a privilege and an honour” to reach his 1,000th game as Arsenal manager, while his contemporaries queued up to praise the achievement. The 64-year-old will become only the fourth manager — after Matt Busby,…
US First Lady Michelle Obama took her daughters and mother to Beijing’s former imperial palace Friday, on a China tour the White House emphasises will be light on politics and heavy on personal diplomacy. Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha, and her…
South African captain Faf du Plessis and spearhead Dale Steyn will undergo fitness tests ahead of their opening World Twenty20 game in Chittagong, the skipper said Friday. Both du Plessis and Steyn took part in team practice on Friday but have not fully…
Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing announced Friday that a Singapore state investment fund had agreed to buy just under 25 percent of his flagship retail chain, in a deal worth more than US$5.6 billion. Singapore’s Temasek will purchase 24.95 percent of…
New Generation Radio announces the launch of its first music format… Smash Hits! Washington, DC, March 21, 2014 –(PR.com)– New…
South Korea’s Olympic body said Friday it would file a complaint with the international governing body for figure skating over controversial judging which saw Olympic defending champion Kim Yu-Na relegated to silver at the Winter Games. The Korean Olympic…
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers revealed on Friday that 21-year-old full-back Jon Flanagan is to be offered a new contract at the club. Flanagan has established himself as a regular member of the Liverpool starting XI this season, making 14 appearances…
British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron said Friday he would welcome Boris Johnson back to parliament, despite many tipping the popular London mayor for the party leadership. The Eton and Oxford-educated pair have a long-running…
Asian markets rose Friday as bargain-hunters moved in after the previous session’s heavy losses, with investors taking a lead from Wall Street and a positive batch of US data. The dollar held on to its recent gains after the head of the Federal Reserve…
For the past few months, Xbox gamers who are used to premium chat headsets have been out of luck. Microsoft went with proprietary technology for the Xbox One, and headsets that worked with the Xbox 360, such as those from Turtle Beach and Tritton, weren…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Moscow would for now hold off on more reciprocal sanctions against the United States, after Washington introduced punitive measures against his close allies over the Ukraine crisis. “You know, both in…
Sri Lanka’s economy grew a weaker-than-expected 7.3 percent last year, the country’s central bank said Friday as it kept interest rates at multi-year lows as it looks to boost private investment and lending. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said last year…
Allrounder Elton Chigumbura struck a fiery half-century to help Zimbabwe achieve a five-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in Sylhet on Friday, keeping their hopes of reaching the next round alive. Chigumbura smashed three sixes and six boundaries…
Australia resumed the search Friday for possible wreckage from a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote, storm-swept stretch of the Indian Ocean, hoping for better weather as spotters seek to identify the objects shown on grainy satellite images. Nearly…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Cameroonian Martin Chungong has been elected as the new Secretary General…
Report from Federal Ministry of Water Resources. Nigeria joined the rest of the World in celebrating the 2014 World Water…
Report from the Office of the VP. Vice President Namadi Sambo has urged stakeholders to partner with Government in addressing…