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Thu, May 17, 2012

Sports

Liverpool sacks Dalglish

Posted on 17 May 2012 - 09:52am
Last updated on 17 May 2012 - 11:19am

LONDON (May 16, 2012): Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish was sacked as manager of the club on Wednesday in a dramatic move by the club's owners following a disappointing Premier League campaign.

The 61-year-old Scot, who had returned for a second stint as manager at Anfield in January last year, paid the price for a dismal season which saw Liverpool finish 37 points behind cham

Taekwondo: Martial arts for peace in Afghanistan

Posted on 17 May 2012 - 05:41am

KABUL (May 16, 2012): The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London -- in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.

Rohullah Nikpa's story is something of a fairytale in a war-ravaged country with few happy endings.

Murray celebrates birthday the hard way

Posted on 17 May 2012 - 01:41am
Last updated on 17 May 2012 - 01:59am

ROME (May 16, 2012): Britain's world No.

Nicol breezes through Pakistani opponent

Posted on 16 May 2012 - 07:29pm

LONDON (May 16, 2012): Nicol David made a flying start to her bid to win back the British Open title, needing only 20 minutes before hurtling into the second round with a win over a surprise opponent here on Tuesday.

The record-breaking world champion from Malaysia played as relentlessly as ever against the first Pakistan-born player ever to reach the main draw, Maria Toor Pakay,

Sagan continues to dominate Tour of California

Posted on 16 May 2012 - 11:14am

LIVERMORE, California (May 15, 2012): Peter Sagan of Slovakia won his third-straight stage at the Tour of California Tuesday, surging past Aussie Heinrich Haussler who was runner-up for the third-consecutive day.

Sagan sprinted into the lead in the last 100 yards, claiming victory in four hours, 50 minutes and 49 seconds and extending his lead in the USA's biggest cycling race.

Afghanistan: Home to 'world's most extreme golf'

Posted on 16 May 2012 - 05:41am

KABUL (May 15, 2012): "Welcome to the most extreme golf in the world," says the European Union ambassador to Afghanistan, as half-a-dozen heavily armed bodyguards fan out around him and scan the Kabul Golf Club course.

But Vygaudas Usackas is not talking about security threats facing golfers in a war zone -- he's talking about the course.

It is one big hazard, with unfair fairwa

Van Persie poised for Arsenal talks as City circle

Posted on 15 May 2012 - 06:34pm

LONDON (May 15, 2012): Arsenal are preparing to smash their current wage structure as they prepare to hold contract talks with captain Robin van Persie, it was reported Tuesday.

The Gunners' sealed a rollercoaster season on Sunday by clinching a third place finish that gives them automatic qualification for next season's Champions League group stage.

Now the north London giants

Tevez sparks controversy with 'RIP Fergie' banner

Posted on 15 May 2012 - 06:31pm

MANCHESTER (May 15, 2012): Carlos Tevez landed himself in fresh controversy on Monday when he was pictured waving a mocked-up tombstone for Sir Alex Ferguson during Manchester City's Premier League title celebrations.

The 28-year-old Argentina striker held up a banner designed to look like a gravestone and bearing the words 'RIP Fergie' as City celebrated their title triumph ove

Nicol set for tussle with Pakistani history maker

Posted on 15 May 2012 - 06:20pm
Last updated on 15 May 2012 - 06:26pm

LONDON (May 15, 2012): World No.

Football edges closer to technology goal

Posted on 15 May 2012 - 06:23pm

SOUTHAMPTON (May 15, 2012): Decades after the invention of spy satellites capable of detecting a golf ball from outer space, referees may soon be equipped with technology that will enable them to tell if a football has crossed the goal-line.

After years of debate which has moved at a glacial pace, world football chiefs are close to sanctioning goal-line technology after a string