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Striking photos capture moment of migrant shipwreck
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» ROME - Dramatic images released by the Italian navy Wednesday captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya which left at least five people dead.
Compton accepts England future is on the line ahead of Sri Lanka Test
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» CHESTER-LE-STREET (UNITED KINGDOM) - Nick Compton believes there's still a place for his 'old-fashioned' approach to top-order batting, even though he accepts he is playing for his England place heading into Friday's second Test against Sri Lanka at the Riverside.
Karlovic, 37, oldest man in 25 years in French Open third round
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» PARIS - Croatian 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic on Wednesday became the oldest man since Jimmy Connors in 1991 to reach the French Open third round.
Murray survives fresh five-set French Open battle
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» PARIS - Second seed Andy Murray survived his second successive five-set French Open battle to reach the third round Wednesday, avoiding what would have been his worst Grand Slam loss in eight years.
'Inventive' Neanderthals may have been first cave dwellers: study
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» PARIS - Long thought of as thick-skulled brutes, Neanderthals were building complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals as far back as 176,500 years ago, a study asserted Wednesday.
Indonesia introduces death, chemical castration for paedophiles
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's president Wednesday approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl.
Work stands idle at Russia's suspended anti-doping lab
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» MOSCOW - Work is scarce for the 52 staff of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory, suspended in November over evidence of state-sponsored cover-ups of doping among track and field athletes.
Ronaldo wants extended Real Madrid stay
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» MADRID - Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed his desire to remain at Spanish giants Real Madrid beyond the end of his current contract in 2018.
Deschamps keeping French Euro 2016 expectations high
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» PARIS - France coach Didier Deschamps accepted on Wednesday that Raphael Varane's injury is a blow to his side's Euro 2016 hopes, but called on his men to overcome their defensive absences.
Mercedes insist all cool after Hamilton-Rosberg Spanish storm
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» MONACO - World champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg smoothed over the cracks in their partnership with polished assurance on Wednesday.