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Rain ends West Indies victory chase
Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy after the second Test against West Indies ended in a draw at Trinidad Thursday. Any hopes of a decisive result on the fifth day were ruined by a mid-afternoon shower that forced an early end to (...)

20 - 04 - 2012
Draw looms as heavy rain halts second Test
Heavy rain was threatening the prospects of a decisive result in the second Test between West Indies and Australia at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad Wednesday. Less than 31 overs were completed by tea on the fourth day when a second torrential storm (...)

19 - 04 - 2012
Pettersson claims title; Donald loses No. 1 spot
Sweden's Carl Pettersson won the Heritage Classic at Hilton Head Sunday to claim his fifth PGA Tour title as Luke Donald gave up his No. 1 ranking to Rory McIlroy. Pettersson shot a final round two-under-par 69 to finish the tournament at 14-under, (...)

17 - 04 - 2012
Australia all out for 311
Australia lost its last four wickets for just 14 runs to be all out for 311 in its first innings at tea on day two of the second Test against West Indies Monday. The tourists were poised for a bigger total after Mike Hussey scored a resilient 73 (...)

17 - 04 - 2012
Australia rebuilds after shocks
Australia was slowly and cautiously rebuilding its first innings after West Indies made early inroads on the opening day of the second Test at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad Sunday. The tourists, 1-0 up in the three-match series after winning in (...)

16 - 04 - 2012
Kingdom, Sudan to extract minerals from Red Sea
Saudi Arabia and Sudan plan to produce within three years gold, silver and copper in large quantities from 2,000 meters below sea level of the Red Sea. The project has been in the planning stage for almost four decades, a senior Sudanese official (...)

11 - 10 - 2011
UN, US voice concern on Haiti vote fraud
AU-PRINCE: The United Nations and United States on Friday questioned some of Haiti's legislative election results announced this week, saying they had detected unexplained changes that favored the ruling INITE party. While congratulating (...)

24 - 04 - 2011
Baby Doc offers regret, no apology, to Haitians
AU-PRINCE: Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, in his first public statement since his surprise return from exile, offered his sympathies Friday to those who suffered abuses under his rule. But Duvalier, 59, who faces charges of (...)

23 - 01 - 2011
Wyclef Jean drops presidential bid
AU-PRINCE - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean said Tuesday he was abandoning his attempt to run in Haiti's November presidential election, one month after his candidacy was formally rejected by Haitian authorities. “After weeks of quiet but painstaking (...)

24 - 09 - 2010
Teamwork triumphs at World Cup
In a tournament where the expected headline-grabbers turned out to be mere footnotes it was good old-fashioned teamwork that proved the key factor for the countries advancing to the latter stages. David Villa, Diego Forlan, Miroslav Klose, Arjen (...)

11 - 07 - 2010
Germany, Uruguay play for pride
Germany and Uruguay will hope to salvage some pride in their third-place playoff match Saturday after devastating semifinal defeats earlier this week. The two teams were largely written-off in the run-up to the Finals but can hold their heads high (...)

10 - 07 - 2010
The sorry tale of goalkeeping
The standard of goalkeeping at the World Cup can be summed up by the fact that the most memorable save of the tournament was made by a center forward. Conversely, two of the best displays by a man wearing gloves came from Ghana's Richard Kingson, (...)

10 - 07 - 2010
Sparkling Brazil undaunted by flying Dutchmen
The impressive Dutch march through the World Cup Finals might hit a brick wall Friday when they meet a Brazil side in startling form and looking everything like becoming champion for a sixth time. Netherlands has its sights set on lifting the (...)

02 - 07 - 2010
Suarez double powersUruguay into last 8
Luis Suarez netted two superb goals to earn Uruguay a 2-1 win over a battling South Korea Saturday and fire his team into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in four decades. The match looked to be headed for extra time when Suarez (...)

27 - 06 - 2010
Uruguay, S. Korea have points to prove
Uruguay and South Korea will get the World Cup knockout stages underway Saturday in a match where both sides will be determined to make their mark after decades of mediocrity in the tournament. No one is tipping Group A winner Uruguay or Group B (...)

26 - 06 - 2010
Defoe turns savior as England scrapes thru
England burst into life at last and battled into the second round of the World Cup Wednesday with a 1-0 Group C win over Slovenia that condemned their devastated opponents to an early exit. Jermain Defoe's recall to the starting lineup paid off (...)

24 - 06 - 2010
Last chance for troubled England
England's World Cup campaign is in tatters with crisis meetings, furious fans, misfiring strikers and splits in the camp and a win against Slovenia Wednesday is its only hope of salvation. In less than two weeks, England has gone from talented (...)

23 - 06 - 2010
Chile breaks stubbornSwitzerland defense
Mark Gonzalez came off the bench to prise open Switzerland's record-breaking defense and give Chile a 1-0 victory Monday that earned the South Americans sole lead of World Cup Group H. South African-born Gonzalez headed down a cross from substitute (...)

22 - 06 - 2010
Chile, Swiss eye top spot
The thought of Chile against Switzerland as a top-of-the-table clash in the same group as World Cup favorite Spain would have been inconceivable only a few days ago. But both teams are in the unlikely position of joint Group H leaders after the (...)

21 - 06 - 2010
Serbia no pushover for in-form Germany
Serbia knows there is little room for error after losing its first World Cup match and has warned Germany it will be no pushovers when they meet in their next Group D game (1130 GMT) Friday. Germany thrashed Australia 4-0 in their opener while (...)

18 - 06 - 2010
Ivory Coast to test Portugal
Ivory Coast's Elephants face a challenge of jumbo proportions against Portugal in Group G Tuesday in a game where the points may hinge on the fitness of their talismanic striker Didier Drogba. The match in Port Elizabeth could dictate who advances (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Greece and S. Korea aim to be dark horses
Greece and South Korea could be first-round failures or dark horses with the result of their meeting Saturday (1130 GMT) possibly throwing a spanner in the works for the World Cup's top teams. Just like the icy bluster of Port Elizabeth, the Group (...)

12 - 06 - 2010
Ancient dialect extinct after Boa Sr dies
One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on a remote Indian island. Boa Sr, the 85-year-old last speaker of “Bo,” was the oldest member (...)

08 - 02 - 2010
England routsSouth Africato go 2-1 up
James Anderson took a career-best five for 23 to set up an overwhelming England win against South Africa on Sunday, putting the tourists 2-1 up in the series with one to play. Anderson's devastating performance helped England bowl South Africa out (...)

30 - 11 - 2009
New attitude brings rewards for West Indies
West Indies' first series win for five years and its first over England since 1998 illustrates that Chris Gayle's side has finally managed to turn potential into results. One win in Kingston, followed by three drawn Tests, was enough to secure the (...)

12 - 03 - 2009
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