adminIvanovic heads Chelsea into League Cup final
Chelsea reached the League Cup final after Branislav Ivanovic’s towering extra-time header secured a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in a rip-roaring semifinal second leg at an electric Stamford Bridge on…
Djokovic takes on Wawrinka for Aussie Open final spot
Top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Stan Wawrinka will renew their Australian Open rivalry in the semi-finals after both men enjoyed comfortable wins in Melbourne.
Lee denied fairytale finish in Big Bash final
Canberra — Brett Lee was denied a last-ball hat-trick and a fairytale end to his professional cricket career as the Perth Scorchers scrambled a single off the fast bowler to…
Ronaldo handed two-game ban
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a two-game suspension following his red card in the 2-1 win over Cordoba at the weekend.
Figo enters Fifa president race
Portugal legend Luis Figo has announced his decision to run for Fifa president at this year’s election as he aims to dethrone the organisation’s current leader Sepp Blatter.
Dlamini-Zuma deeply horrified by Boko Haram
Addis Ababa – Nigeria must accept it cannot defeat Boko Haram fighters alone and work with regional armies in a new multinational force, the United Nations envoy for the Sahel…
Marshall Plan needed for Ebola-hit Africa: Oxfam
Cape Town – The three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola need a multi-million dollar “Marshall Plan” in order to recover from Ebola, Oxfam has claimed.
Hopes fade in finding more AirAsia crash victims
Jakarta – Hopes faded yesterday of finding 92 victims still missing from an AirAsia plane crash as Indonesian search and rescue authorities said the remaining bodies could have been swept…
ISIS demands jailed female suicide bomber for hostages
Istanbul – The Islamic State is demanding the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, a jailed woman who attempted to carry out a suicide bombing in Jordan in 2005, in exchange for…
Leaked Snowden programme ‘used in a dozen countries’
San Francisco – A programme used by US and British spies to record computer keystrokes was part of sophisticated hacking operations in more than a dozen countries, security experts said…