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Ireland can be lucky this time, says Wood 01 Oct 2015 - 08:39 am

London: Ireland have never reached a Rugby World Cup semi-final but former captain Keith Wood believes they can win the trophy if they...

PSG remain unbeaten after comfortable win in Donetsk 01 Oct 2015 - 08:36 am

Lviv: Paris Saint-Germain maintained their unbeaten start to the season on Wednesday as they cruised past Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 in Champions...

Morata, Zaza on target as Juve beat listless Sevilla 01 Oct 2015 - 08:33 am

Turin: Alvaro Morata opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and Simone Zaza hit his maiden Champions League goal at the death...

Late Aguero penalty seals City's win at Gladbach 01 Oct 2015 - 08:30 am

Monchengladbach: Sergio Aguero's 90th-minute penalty sealed Manchester City's 2-1 comeback win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday in the Champions League to continue the...

Ronaldo surpasses 500 career goals, equals Raul record 01 Oct 2015 - 08:26 am

Malmö: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed 500 career goals in Wednesday's Champions League group stage match away to Malmo. Ronaldo, 30, netted...

Mata magic works wonders for United 01 Oct 2015 - 01:07 am

Manchester United’s Spanish midfielder Juan Mata shoots to score from the penalty spot during the UEFA Champions League Group B match against VfL...

FIFA financial statements raise questions over Platini defence 30 Sep 2015 - 04:40 pm

Lausanne: FIFA's financial reports reviewed by AFP on Wednesday raised questions about claims from Michel Platini that a payment he received from the...

F1 season to start earlier than planned next year 30 Sep 2015 - 04:34 pm

LONDON: Next year's season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne will move forward to March 20 after previously being listed for a...

Portugal drops tax fraud probe against Scolari 30 Sep 2015 - 03:33 pm

Lisbon: Portuguese authorities have closed a tax fraud probe into former Brazil and Portgual football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari after he paid three...

Becker upsets Chardy in Malaysia 30 Sep 2015 - 01:22 pm

Kuala Lumpur: German Benjamin Becker persevered through early struggles to outlast his sixth seeded French rival Jeremy Chardy 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 in Kuala...

Kershaw stars as Dodgers down Giants 30 Sep 2015 - 08:56 am

San Francisco: Clayton Kershaw stole the show as the Los Angeles Dodgers wrapped up their sixth divisional title in 10 years here Tuesday...

Rose to have surgery after left orbital fracture 30 Sep 2015 - 08:54 am

Chicago: Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, the injury-nagged former NBA Most Valuable Player, suffered a left orbital fracture in practice Tuesday and will...

French fly half king Michalak leaves fans guessing 30 Sep 2015 - 08:49 am

Frederic Michalak's career could be summed up by paraphrasing Henry Wadsworth's lines from 'There was a little girl': 'When he was good, he...

Spurs, Fiorentina bid to carry momentum into Europa League 30 Sep 2015 - 08:46 am

Paris: As the Europa League group stages continues on Thursday, five of the matches to look out for in the second round of...

Brady appeal won't be heard before February: report 30 Sep 2015 - 08:44 am

New York: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is all but certain to remain free to play for the rest of the season...

Rain washes out key Cardinals-Pirates matchup 30 Sep 2015 - 08:41 am

Pittsburgh: The St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates were rained out of a key Major League Baseball game Tuesday, leaving the National League...

Lewandowski nets hat-trick as Bayern crush Dinamo 30 Sep 2015 - 08:38 am

Munich: Robert Lewandowski's phenomenal goal-scoring run continued on Tuesday with a hat-trick in Bayern Munich's 5-0 mauling as Dinamo Zagreb's 45-match unbeaten run...