Almost every day for the past 30 years through Crimea’s turbulent recent history, Natalia Yudenkova has climbed behind the wheel of her number 52 trolleybus. She drives the trolleybus from the peninsula’s main city Simferopol to the Black Sea coastal…
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England manager Roy Hodgson has promised his team will go on the offensive at the World Cup after being criticised for a cautious approach at Euro 2012. Hodgson’s side kick off their World Cup campaign against Italy in Manaus on June 14 in a rematch…
A swath of territory from India to Indonesia has been declared free of polio, the crippling and sometimes fatal disease. As for today, only 3 countries, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, remain polio-endemic. The World Health Organization says 80%…
Italian number one Fabio Fognini overcame a sluggish start to beat James Ward 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and give the hosts a 1-0 lead over Britain in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final on Friday. British eyes will now be on number one Andy Murray, who…
South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat against India in the World Cup semi-final in Dhaka on Friday. Du Plessis returned to lead the Proteas after being forced to sit out of the previous match due to a one-game suspension…
World champion Sebastien Ogier claimed the opening super stage of the Rally of Portugal on Thursday in a Volkswagen cleansweep. French driver Ogier, in a Volkswagen Polo, finished ahead of teammates Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland and Norway’s Andreas…
Belgium’s Christian Benteke will miss the World Cup after Aston Villa confirmed their star striker has suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. Benteke sustained the injury in training on Thursday and is expected to be sidelined for at least six months…
Mexico rallied from a two-goal halftime deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with the United States on Wednesday in an international friendly between World Cup-bound teams. After suffering a 2-0 defeat in a friendly against Ukraine on March 5, Jurgen Klinsmann…
Five new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded in Guinea in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The total number of suspected and confirmed cases of one of the deadliest viruses known to man has risen to 127…
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors joined Guangzhou Evergrande at the top of their AFC Champions League group after a superb strike gave the 10-man Korean side a 1-0 win over the defending champions Wednesday. Guangzhou entered the Group G match at the Jeonju World…
West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in a crucial World Twenty20 match in Dhaka on Tuesday. The winner of the night game at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium will join India in the semi-finals from group two of the…
Toulon playmaker Frederic Michalak’s recent run of impressive form has left the former prodigy of French rugby eyeing an outing for France in the 2015 World Cup. The 31-year-old has come and gone in the French line-up over the last few years, winning…
Michel D’Hooghe, FIFA’s medical officer, has insisted there will be no re-vote on the controversial decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup finals. “There will be absolutely no re-vote,” D’Hooghe told the London Evening Standard on Tuesday, a day…
A construction worker at Sao Paulo’s troubled World Cup stadium was killed after falling from a stand on Saturday, bringing the number of deaths at the venue to three. The workman, named as Fabio Hamilton da Cruz, fell eight metres (26 feet) as he helped…
New Zealand beat the Netherlands by six wickets in the World Twenty20 Super-10 match in Chittagong on Saturday. New Zealand restricted the Netherlands to 151-4 after they sent their rivals to bat before chasing down the target for the loss of four wickets…
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has agreed to take over at Tottenham Hotspur next season, former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit claimed on Saturday. Van Gaal, 62, is due to step down as Holland coach after this year’s World Cup and recently expressed…
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke on Thursday offered strong backing to corruption buster Michael Garcia, who is investigating alleged graft in the voting process which gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup. Removing Garcia would create “a terrible picture…
Defending champions West Indies and Australia face off in a do-or-die clash in Dhaka on Friday as action resumes in group two of the World Twenty20 Super-10s after a two-day break. India lead what is billed as the “group of death” with two consecutive…
European countries on Thursday voted to launch a Nations League tournament in 2018 to run parallel to the World Cup and European Championship. The 54 UEFA countries will be divided into divisions with promotion and relegation and offer an extra chance…
The number of known executions worldwide rose to at least 778 last year following a surge in Iraq and Iran, Amnesty International said Thursday, but China remains the world’s biggest state executioner by far. Beijing is thought to have killed thousands…