West Ham United crashed out of the FA Cup in embarrassing fashion on Sunday after being thrashed 5-0 at second-tier Nottingham Forest in the third round. Jamie Paterson was the star man for Championship side Forest with a 14-minute hat-trick against…
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The British media had warned of a flood of new Bulgarian and Romanian migrants arriving on January 1, but judging by this week’s coverage, they only appeared to have found one. Victor Spirescu, a 30-year-old Romanian, has become an unexpected star after…
The world’s oldest football tournament is back. The F.A. Cup, which was first contested in 1871-1872, is the granddaddy of all knockout tournaments. It returned this weekend, with the competition in the third round, and it will continue over the next…
Iraq is preparing a “major attack” to retake militant-held Fallujah, a senior official said on Sunday, spelling a new assault for the western city where US forces repeatedly battled insurgents. Washington said it would help Baghdad in its battle against…
Face-to-face peace talks between South Sudan’s warring factions are set to begin in earnest Sunday, with artillery fire in Juba’s government district underlining the risk of a slide into all-out civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday…
Pope Francis said Sunday he will make his first trip to the Holy Land, visiting Amman, Bethlehem and Jerusalem from May 24 to 26. “In the climate of joy typical of this Christmas period, I would like to announce that from May 24 to 26, God willing,…
Double Formula One world champion Mika Hakkinen sent his longtime rival on the racetrack Michael Schumacher wishes for a full recovery from a serious ski accident, a German newspaper reported Sunday. The Finnish driver, like Schumacher 45 years old,…
Indian rescuers were racing on Sunday to try to save up to 20 people still feared trapped in the ruins of a partially-constructed building that collapsed “like a pack of cards”. Rescuers have so far pulled 13 bodies from the residential building that…
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher remained in critical condition Sunday a week after his skiing accident in the French Alps, which a German eyewitness said he inadvertently caught on his smartphone. Investigators are focusing on the retired racer…
Two days of clashes between Shiite rebels and Sunni tribesmen fighting alongside hardline Salafists in northern Yemen have left at least 23 people dead, sources said on Sunday. Fighting has centred for months on a Salafist mosque and Koranic school…