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Philippines rescue 2019 SEA Games
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines have agreed to host the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after the two other countries next in line, Brunei and Vietnam, declined, a sports official said Sunday.
Champion Djokovic munches a bunch
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» LONDON - Novak Djokovic celebrated his third Wimbledon title on Sunday with his now traditional nibble of the famed Centre Court grass.
France men's team qualify for Rio sevens
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» PARIS - France's men's rugby sevens team will like their female compatriots be present at the Rio Olympics next year after booking their place on Sunday in Exeter, England.
China probes VP of highest court for graft
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» BEIJING - The vice president of China's highest court has been put under investigation, the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption agency said, the most senior member of the judiciary to be probed as part of a highly publicised anti-graft campaign.
China brands rights-focused law firm 'criminal organisation'
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» BEIJING - China has denounced a law firm that specialises in rights cases as a "major criminal organisation" after more than 50 lawyers and activists were said to have been detained in a sweeping crackdown.
Swiss widen Fifa money-laundering probe
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» GENEVA - The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81, a spokesman for Switzerland's chief prosecutor said Sunday.
At least 18 killed in attack near Afghanistan military base: authorities
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - At least 18 people were killed and six wounded Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, where Afghan and foreign soldiers are stationed, authorities said.
With new escape, Guzman's legend grows
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» MEXICO CITY - Folk bands sang his praises. When he was arrested, supporters protested in his home state. Now that Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped again, singers may add a new verse.
Paes, Hingis win Wimbledon mixed doubles
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» LONDON - Martina Hingis won her second Wimbledon title in two days when she and India veteran Leander Paes took the mixed doubles with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Alexander Peya and Timea Babos.
Bayliss tells Cook to play his own game
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» CARDIFF (UNITED KINGDOM) - Trevor Bayliss may have told England they needed to "fight fire with fire" if they are to regain the Ashes, but the team's new Australian coach does not want captain Alastair Cook to change his batting style.