Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will have to come from behind if he is to remain in this year’s World Championship after going down 9-7 to Joe Perry on Friday. The all-English match resumes Saturday, with O’Sullivan needing to win six frames in…
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More than 40 insurgents and four soldiers died in clashes between Nigerian troops and Islamists near the scene where scores of abducted girls are believed to be held in the north of the country, the military said Friday. “The capture of a number of…
Samoa’s Kahn Fotuali’i produced two fine pieces of skill as Northampton beat English rivals Harlequins 18-10 on Friday to keep alive hopes of a European Challenge Cup and Premiership double. In this Challenge Cup semi-final, scrum-half Fotuali’i set…
North Korea will gain nothing by making threats, US President Barack Obama said Friday, warning it of sanctions with “more bite” if it went ahead with a fourth nuclear test. Speaking in South Korea as satellite images revealed the North could be preparing…
Russian warplanes violated Ukraine’s airspace several times in the past 24 hours, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday, in the latest sign of a mounting confrontation between Moscow and Kiev. “I can confirm that on several occasions in the last 24 hours…
A 56-year-old blind American set off in a kayak Friday in an attempt to cross the treacherous Florida Straits that separate Cuba and the United States. Peter Crowley left Havana at 12:35 pm (1635 GMT) in his red boat, accompanied by his son who is guiding…
Top US diplomat John Kerry heads on his first major tour of sub-Saharan Africa next week with talks on some of the most brutal conflicts plaguing the continent high on his agenda. His stops in Ethiopia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo will…
Britain’s biggest employers’ organisation, the CBI lobby group, sought Friday to disassociate itself from the campaign against Scottish independence after a backlash among its members north of the border. The CBI has warned against Scotland breaking…
Yeovil’s brief stay in the Championship came to an end on Friday when they were relegated from the second tier after a 2-0 defeat at Brighton. Gary Johnson’s team had travelled to the Amex Stadium already resigned to their fate as they needed to win…
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted he has no problems sleeping at night now his side are top of the Premier League. The Merseysiders, bidding to win their first English title since 1990, face second-placed Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday in…
A stunning individual effort from Miralem Pjanic and a second-half tap-in from Gervinho secured a 2-0 home win for Roma against Milan and dented the Rossoneri’s bid for a Europa League place next season. Roma’s 26th win of the campaign reduced the gap…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has played down concerns over Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup by saying he’s never known a host nation get everything ready on time. Blatter, who was greeted by placard-wielding protesters in Hong Kong, urged people to…
The release of the Nigerian civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun”, which had been set to open in cinemas nationwide on Friday, has been delayed by the country’s censorship board. The film based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi…
Australian authorities said Friday they would widen the underwater hunt for missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for wreckage at the suspected crash site neared completion with no results. Mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has scanned 95 percent of…
Jose Mourinho has said his Chelsea team deserve more “respect” from the rest of English football following fears his line-up at Liverpool on Sunday compromise the integrity of the Premier League title race. Mourinho’s side face Atletico Madrid on Wednesday…
Fallen Scottish giants Rangers have “mismanaged almost all of their cash reserves” since emerging from liquidation, according to a review of their finances carried by chief executive Graham Wallace. Wallace’s report, the result of a 120-day review,…
Ryan Giggs on Friday described his appointment as Manchester United’s temporary manager as probably the proudest moment of an illustrious career spent at Old Trafford. Giggs will take charge of United’s remaining four games of the season as the club…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he feared for the future of his trade in England after David Moyes was sacked by struggling champions Manchester United. The 50-year-old Moyes was sacked by United on Tuesday after a dismal 10-month tenure in which…
Syria has nearly completed surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, a joint task force in charge of the operation said Thursday, as UN Security Council members called for a fresh probe into alleged gas attacks. “Today’s operation brings the total…
Shareholders of state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland will not get to vote on allowing its bankers to earn an EU bonus cap of twice their salary, the government said Friday. UKFI, the body that manages the government’s 81-percent stake in the lender,…