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Obama begins Ethiopia, African Union visit
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» ADDIS ABABA - US President Barack Obama landed in Ethiopia on Sunday, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit Africa's second most populous nation.
Chris Froome wins 2015 Tour de France
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» PARIS - Chris Froome won his second Tour de France title following Sunday's 21st and final stage to Paris.
Mafia and multinationals milk Italy's green energy boom
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» NARBOLIA (ITALY) - Thousands of solar panels glint in the sun, but the prized farmland beneath lies barren. While the Italian island of Sardinia revels in a renewable energy boom, the long arm of organised crime risks sullying its clean power ambitions.
Walcott seals Emirates Cup success for Arsenal
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» LONDON - Arsenal stepped up their impressive preparations for the new season by winning the Emirates Cup for the first time since 2010 as Theo Walcott's strike clinched a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Weather wrecks America's Cup series racing
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» PORTSMOUTH (UNITED KINGDOM) - The form book that predicted Ben Ainslie as the skipper most likely to win the first Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series was played out with unerring accuracy when his team Landrover BAR was crowned Portsmouth champions after the final day of racing had to be abandoned.
Tsurenko wins first WTA title in Istanbul
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» ISTANBUL - Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko, ranked 71 in the world, won her first WTA tournament, the Istanbul Cup on Sunday, when she defeated Poland's Urszula Radwanska 7-5, 6-1.
Hamilton holds his hands up to poor drive
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» BUDAPEST - Championship leader and defending two-time champion Briton Lewis Hamilton took full responsibility for his own errors which saw him pick up two penalty points on his super-licence after Sunday’s dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix.
Hot-shot Icardi says Europe is Inter's goal
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» GUANGZHOU - Red-hot striker Mauro Icardi said on Sunday he hopes his goals will propel fallen giants Inter Milan back into the UEFA Champions League reckoning this season.
All Blacks are the best, admits Wallabies coach
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» MENDOZA (ARGENTINA) - Australia coach Michael Cheika admitted Sunday that Rugby Championship title rivals New Zealand are the best side in the world.
US duo make history with mixed synchro gold
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» KAZAN (RUSSIA) - Bill May and Christina Jones of the United States made history on Sunday when they became the first world champions of a mixed synchronised swimming event.