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Platini unable to take appeal straight to CAS
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» PARIS - FIFA have told the suspended Michel Platini that he cannot go straight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to appeal his eight-year ban from the game, the Frenchman's lawyers revealed on Tuesday.
NASA suspends Mars mission launch
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» CHICAGO - NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its Insight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Son of ex-IAAF chief Diack ready to testify: report
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» DAKAR - Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, denied Tuesday any involvement in bribery or corruption and refuted claims he helped finance Senegalese president Macky Sall's election campaign in 2012.
Fury's potential rivals to fight it out on same card
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» NEW YORK - Four fighters seeking a potential showdown for an undisputed heavyweight boxing crown against Britain's Tyson Fury will meet on the same New York card on January 16, promoters revealed Tuesday.
Lucky escape for Hirscher as Kristoffersen wins slalom
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO (ITALY) - Austria's Marcel Hirscher narrowly avoided serious injury when a drone fell to the ground during Tuesday's alpine skiing World Cup slalom won by Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio.
Man United manager Van Gaal hopes for stay of execution
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» LONDON - Louis van Gaal was left hoping for a stay of execution over Christmas after speculation mounted that the Manchester United manager was set to be sacked before his side's Boxing Day trip to Stoke City.
Two arrested in Australia counter-terror operation
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» SYDNEY - Two men were arrested on Wednesday during a counter-terrorism operation in Sydney, just weeks after five people were charged over a plot targeting an Australian government building.
China pledges $800 mln for I.Coast electricity project
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» ABIDJAN - China will provide Ivory Coast with over $800 million (730 million euros) for a major expansion of its electrical grid which would bring power to 500 towns, officials announced Tuesday.
Bony fumes at Pellegrini over Arsenal snub
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» LONDON - Wilfried Bony has slammed Manuel Pellegrini for failing to start him in Manchester City's defeat at Premier League title rivals Arsenal.
Actor Nicolas Cage returns stolen Mongolian dinosaur skull
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» NEW YORK - US actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to turn over a dinosaur skull he purchased for $276,000, after it turned out to be smuggled from Mongolia, his agent confirmed Tuesday.