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French rugby chief dubs foreigners debate 'deeply troubling'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2014
» MARCOUSSIS (FRANCE) - Hostility in France towards the number of foreign-born rugby players lining up to play for Les Bleus is "deeply troubling", French federation president Pierre Camou said Tuesday.
Double tragedy as Protectionist wins Melbourne Cup
AFP, Published on 04/11/2014
» MELBOURNE - Germany's Protectionist won Australia's biggest race, the Aus$6.2 million (US$5.4 million) Melbourne Cup, on Tuesday but the event was marred by the deaths of two horses, including Japanese favourite Admire Rakti who came last.
Siem snatches dramatic playoff victory at BMW Masters in Shanghai
AFP, Published on 02/11/2014
» SHANGHAI - Germany's Marcel Siem battled blustery conditions and a touch of nerves over the closing holes Sunday to secure the BMW Masters with a dramatic chip-in at the first playoff hole.
Chinese pay sky-high meteorite prices
AFP, Published on 30/10/2014
» URUMQI, China - One small cheque to a businessman, one giant leap for a meteorite: after journeys of millions of kilometres, rocks formed from the primordial soup of the solar system have landed on the walls of a Chinese showroom.
Angry Cameron vows not to pay new British EU bill
AFP, Published on 24/10/2014
» David Cameron furiously rejected a demand from Brussels for more than two billion euros in backdated charges at a summit Friday, setting up a new showdown over Britain's place in the EU.
S.Korean Baek captures maiden LPGA title at home
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» INCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - South Korean teenager Baek Kyu-Jung captured the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship in a playoff for her maiden US tour victory on Sunday.
Pornanong lets M'sia LGPA slip away
AFP, Published on 12/10/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Thai prodigy Pornanong Phatlum stumbled badly on the final round of the LPGA Sime Darby Malaysia on Sunday, slipping three strokes behind eventual winner Feng Shanshan of China.
Hong Kong's protest leaders: Faces of the 'umbrella revolution'
AFP, Published on 01/10/2014
» HONG KONG - From a 17-year-old student firebrand to academics, lawyers, bankers and a Baptist minister, the most prominent leaders of the pro-democracy protests sweeping Hong Kong span a range of occupations and ages.
"No worries" I'll miss Wuhan cash - Wozniacki
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» WUHAN (CHINA) - Caroline Wozniacki said Thursday she had "no worries" about remembering to collect her prize money if she makes the WTA Wuhan Open Final, following a report that she forget her $1.45 million cheque at the US Open.
Relieved Luiten hangs on to win Wales Open
AFP, Published on 22/09/2014
» NEWPORT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Dutchman Joost Luiten won the Wales Open by one shot on Sunday, as he overcame a dreadful start and a nervous finish, to edge Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Ireland's Shane Lowry at Celtic Manor.