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Raptors beat Knicks for 10th straight NBA victory
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Kyle Lowry scored 26 points and added 10 assists as the Toronto Raptors stretched their winning streak to a franchise-record 10 games Friday with a 103-93 win over the New York Knicks.
Bayern Munich host Hoffenheim amidst reports of unrest
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» BERLIN - Bayern Munich host strugglers Hoffenheim for Sunday's Bundesliga match in rude health atop the table, but with cracks apparently appearing behind the scenes.
Curtain falls on Myanmar's army-led parliament
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» NAYPYIDAW - Myanmar's military-stacked parliament began its last session on Friday as Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party prepared for a dramatic power transfer that will loosen the army's 50-year clasp on the country.
Argentina to create football hooligan database
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - The Argentine government announced the creation of a football hooligan database and called for players to be taught about fair play in an attempt to tamp down violence marring the game.
Australian cricketers working hard to beat New Zealand swing
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» MELBOURNE - Australia are working hard to deal with New Zealand's dangerous swing bowlers, captain Steve Smith said Friday on the eve of leading an advance touring party across the Tasman Sea.
Australia PM sets elections for second half
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» MELBOURNE - A confident Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday said elections would be held between August and October but, after a period of political turmoil, warned he would not hand out sweeteners for voters.
Myanmar elections: timeline of a troubled nation
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» YANGON - After decades of military control, Myanmar enters a new era on Monday when a parliament led by Aung San Suu Kyi's victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) party takes office.
Syria peace talks to kick off in Geneva without key figures
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» GENEVA - UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending Syria's conflict are scheduled to kick off Friday, but the absence of key opposition members threatens to derail the biggest diplomatic push yet to resolve the nearly five-year-old civil war.
I'm better than last year, Serena warns Kerber
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» MELBOURNE - Serena Williams on Friday warned she was playing better now than when she won three Grand Slams last year as Angelique Kerber attempts to halt the American juggernaut's record-equalling attempt in the Australian Open final.
Trotting's Bold Eagle to soar in Prix d'Amerique
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» PARIS - Home-trained Bold Eagle is a short-priced favourite to star in Sunday's Prix d'Amerique, the trotting showpiece named in hommage to the help the United States' gave France in World War One.