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Aussie Rules 'ape' slur reignited by King Kong gaffe
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» A star Aboriginal Australian footballer racially abused as an "ape" by a 13-year-old spectator last week was stunned Wednesday when a top figure in the sport said he should be promoting King Kong.
Bayern is 'top brand' over Man U
dpa, Published on 29/05/2013
» Champions League winners Bayern Munich have taken over as the most valuable football brand in the world from Premier League club champions Manchester United.
Azarenka advances at French Open
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Double Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka reached the French Open second round Wednesday but Agnieszka Radwanska's hopes of playing little sister Urszula for a place in the last 16 were dashed.
Ex-Godolphin trainer drops doping ban appeal
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has withdrawn his appeal against an eight-year ban for doping offences, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) disclosed on Wednesday.
Singaporean online community angered by new media rule
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Singapore's feisty online community reacted angrily Wednesday to an announcement that news websites including one operated by Yahoo! will have to obtain licences subjecting them to rules governing traditional media.
Farmers protest water retention plan
Online Reporters, Published on 29/05/2013
» AYUTTHAYA - Farmers in Bang Ban district held a protest on Wednesday to try to withdraw from the government's anti-flood plan that would use 1,000 rai of land as a water retention area.
US issues travel alert for Zomboanga
dpa, Published on 29/05/2013
» The United States has advised its citizens against travelling to Zamboanga province in the southern Philippines due to the "credible threat" of a terrorist kidnapping plot against foreigners.
Bosnian Croat ex-president gets 25 years for war crimes
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Former Bosnian Croat president Jadranko Prlic and five co-defendants were jailed on Wednesday for between 10 and 25 years for murdering and deporting Muslims in Bosnia in the early 1990s to create a "greater Croatian state".
Indian chief must quit, says ministry
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» India's sports ministry on Wednesday piled pressure on the chief of the country's cricket board to quit on "moral grounds" over a widening betting and spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the sport.
Bale worth more than Neymar, says agent
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» The agent of Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale has claimed it could cost Real Madrid even more money than Barcelona paid for Neymar should they wish to land the Welshman in the coming months.