Two football fans were convicted Thursday of tearing up a copy of the Koran during an English football match and throwing the pieces in the air. Julie Phillips, 50, ripped pages from the Islamic holy book and handed them out to fellow away supporters…
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Italian football giants Napoli have blasted as “dumb” and “vulgar” a British media report which described their city as an Italian “mafia stronghold”. Napoli have complained to The Guardian over a story which linked the club with a transfer bid for…
Hundreds of parents in Nigeria, many dressed in red, held a day of desperate protest on Thursday in the town where the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls by Islamists has left families lurching from fury to despair. The parents began their march outside…
Chelsea’s supposed tenderness has been used as a smokescreen by manager Jose Mourinho this season, but their Champions League elimination by Atletico Madrid proved they remain a work in progress. The claim that Chelsea are not yet ready to challenge…
Chelsea assistant manager Rui Faria was hit with a six-match stadium ban and fined £30,000 ($50,640, 36,564 euros) on Thursday following his furious rant at the officials during Sunderland’s shock win at Stamford Bridge. The Football Association found…
US stocks Thursday opened slightly lower following mixed corporate earnings and economic data and ahead of Friday’s monthly jobs report. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 27.94 (0.17 percent) to 16,552.90, retreating from…
Pro-Russian militants Thursday unleashed fresh violence in restive east Ukraine, storming yet another public building and further fueling fears that the ex-Soviet republic could disintegrate. The violence in the city of Donetsk confirmed the separatists…
New Zealand on Thursday named an inexperienced squad for a friendly against South Africa after three top All Whites declared themselves unavailable. Interim coach Neil Emblen included two uncapped players in his 18-man squad for the match on May 30…
Thousands of Formula One fans gathered for a commemoration on Thursday at the Imola circuit — 20 years to the day after Brazilian champion Ayrton Senna was killed here in the sport’s darkest day. Dozens of enthusiasts drove their own cars around the…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of a risk of genocide in South Sudan if the country’s four-month-old civil war is not stopped. “There are very disturbing leading indicators of the kind of ethnic, tribal, targeted nationalistic killings…
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif Thursday backed former team-mate Salim Malik in his bid to overturn a life ban imposed 14 years ago for match-fixing. Latif, known for his fight against corruption in cricket, said Malik had already suffered enough…
A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court Thursday charged with the murder of a teacher at a school in Leeds. Ann Maguire, 61, was fatally stabbed in front of a class of pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic College on Monday, months before she was due…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was left to rue the performance of the club’s own goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois after their Champions League semi-final elimination by Atletico Madrid. Belgian international Courtois, 21, has been on loan at Atletico from…
Mexico’s state oil giant Pemex on Wednesday reported a nearly $2.7 billion loss in the first quarter. Pemex, which provides a third of Mexico’s government revenue, had a $327 million loss in the same quarter of 2013. The company saw a net loss of $12…
The International Monetary Fund approved Wednesday a $17 billion aid deal for Ukraine, even as Kiev fights to prevent pro-Moscow separatists from hiving off another chunk of the country. The IMF executive board’s green light opens the way for an immediate…
The mammoth project to refloat the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship has been suspended until a decision is made over which port will scrap the wreck, Italian media said Wednesday. The ship’s owner Costa has decided temporarily to halt the unprecedented…
Premier League title contenders Manchester City and Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain are among a clutch of clubs set to be punished this week for failing to comply with UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules. UEFA’s financial control board (CFCB)…
Tottenham Hotspur announced on Wednesday that Andros Townsend will be sidelined for around 10 weeks with an ankle ligament problem, effectively ruling him out of the World Cup for England. “Following further examination and consultation, Andros Townsend…
Nigerian protesters marched on parliament Wednesday to demand the government and military do more to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists more than two weeks ago. Dubbed “a million woman march” and promoted on Twitter under…
Ten migrants have died among some 300 abandoned by smugglers in the scorching Sudanese-Libyan desert, with the others in poor condition, Sudanese officials said Wednesday. “They are hungry and thirsty,” Abdelaziz Hassan Salih, a senior official of Sudan…