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Wellens retains Tour of Benelux title
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» BRUSSELS - Belgian rider Tim Wellens retained the Tour of Benelux title after Sunday's seventh and final stage over 188.6 km from Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to Geraardsbergen in Belgium, with Italian Manuel Quinziato winning the stage.
Blatter 'behind Platini smear article'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» BERLIN - Out-going Fifa president Sepp Blatter is alleged to be behind the distribution of a negative article criticising his Uefa counterpart Michel Platini, according to German daily Die Welt on Sunday.
Missing plane crashed in Papua mountains
Published on 17/08/2015
» JAKARTA - An airliner carrying 54 people went missing Sunday during a short flight in bad weather in Indonesia's mountainous easternmost province of Papua, and rescuers were heading to an area where villagers reported seeing a plane crash into a mountain, officials said early Monday.
Brazil street protests demand Rousseff impeachment
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» BRASíLIA - Tens of thousands of protesters across Brazil called on President Dilma Rousseff to step down Sunday, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for the corruption and economic troubles besetting Latin America's biggest country.
Israel government approves major offshore gas deal
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» JERUSALEM - The Israeli government on Sunday approved a major deal with a consortium including US firm Noble Energy on natural offshore gas production in the Mediterranean, the prime minister's office said.
Day, Spieth set for dramatic PGA Championship showdown
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» KOHLER, UNITED STATES - Jason Day says patience and a little bit of tunnel vision will be key Sunday as he pursues a first major title at the PGA Championship with history-chasing Jordan Spieth on his heels.
First gay player in MLB system comes out
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» MILWAUKEE - David Denson has become the first openly gay player in the Major League Baseball development system, the Milwaukee Brewers prospect revealing his homosexuality in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Hardliner Bubka hedges bets in IAAF race
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» BEIJING - Sergey Bubka has spread his chances in what promises to be a tight race for the IAAF presidency with Sebastian Coe, having also put himself forward in the contest to continue in his vice-president's role should he fail.
Rescuers find 7 bodies after China landslide: Xinhua
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» BEIJING - At least seven people have died and 57 remain missing more than four days after a landslide hit a mining company in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said.
World athletics body suppresses cheating study
Published on 17/08/2015
» LONDON - World athletics' governing body IAAF has suppressed a 2011 survey that reveals up to one-third of the world's top competitors admitted using banned performance-enhancing techniques.