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Manchester United legend Van der Sar is back for one last game! By George Ankers Mar 9, 2016 00:00:00 The most-capped Netherlands international of all time is coming out of retirement to help out his old amateur club, VV Noordwijk, after their regular goalkeeper was injured Former...

Messi or Ronaldo? Indian argument ends in murder charge By Afp Published: 12:47 GMT, 7 March 2016 | Updated: 12:47 GMT, 7 March 2016 Indian police said Monday a man has been charged with murdering his friend after a heated argument over whether Lionel Messi or Cristiano...

Report unable to prove vote-buying in 2006 World Cup bid By Matthew Rogerson Mar 4, 2016 16:13:03 An investigation into the voting process for the competition has found no evidence to back up the allegation - but it has not been discounted, either A report into allegations of bribery...

Football player Adam Johnson facing jail after child sex conviction Reuters March 3, 2016, 4:58 am Former Sunderland soccer player Adam Johnson arrives at Bradford Crown Court in Bradford, Britain March 2, 2016. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child, but denied...

Indian man hangs himself after allegedly murdering 14 family members with a knife According to the Press Trust of India news agency, a property dispute was behind the killings but initial investigations have so far found no trigger for such an “extreme step”. PUBLISHED : Sunday, 28 February...

Indonesia nabs IS-linked groups ‘planning terror attacks’ PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 7:30pm UPDATED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 7:30pm Agence France-Presse in Jakarta Indonesian police stand guard at the site of a militant attack in central Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters...

FIFA ethics committee bans Valcke for 12 years Reuters February 13, 2016, 2:13 am Jerome Valcke speaks as he attends a news conference during his visit to the southern city of Samara, one of the 2018 World Cup host cities, Russia, June 10, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Files By Brian Homewood...

Armed man at Disneyland Paris to go on trial, terror link ruled out AFP January 31, 2016, 9:13 am Meaux (France) (AFP) - A man who was found to be carrying two handguns as he tried to enter a hotel at Disneyland Paris will go on trial Tuesday on charges of possessing and transporting weapons...

Chinese young football player apologizes to Messi Ecns.cn, January 26, 2016 China's young football player Li Boxi has apologized for being inhospitable when he and other players were greeted by Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi on a sports reality TV show. Young Chinese footballers pose for...

China jails Xinjiang democracy activist for 19 years: lawyer AFP January 23, 2016, 12:25 am Beijing (AFP) - China has jailed an activist in its volatile northwestern Xinjiang region for 19 years over online posts criticising the ruling Communist Party and interviews with overseas media, his...

French president declares economic emergency PUBLISHED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 10:23pm UPDATED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 10:23pm Associated Press in Paris French President Francois Hollande. Photo: AP French President Francois Hollande pledged on Monday to redefine France's business...

Police nab 21, seize HK$53,000 in cash at Hong Kong game centre converted into a gambling den after midnight The raid is part of a city-wide operation against triads code-named ‘Levington’ PUBLISHED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 1:49pm UPDATED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 6:00pm Clifford Lo...

Swedish police withheld reports of sexual assaults at music fest AFP January 12, 2016, 8:07 am Stockholm (AFP) - Swedish police were criticised on Monday after admitting they failed to release information about alleged sexual assaults against women by young immigrants at a Stockholm summer...

Fifa begins proceedings against Valcke Jan 7, 2016 10:22:53 The 55-year-old, the former right-hand man to suspended president Sepp Blatter, has had his initial 90-day ban from football-related activities extended by 45 days The adjudicatory chamber of Fifa's Ethics Committee has opened...

Poland sub-zero weather 'kills 21' AFP January 5, 2016, 3:45 am Warsaw (AFP) - Twenty-one people died over the weekend in Poland because of freezing weather amid one of the country's deadliest cold spells, the government said Monday. "Twelve people died over the last 24 hours. We also...

Filipino murder convict publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia after his family failed to pay $1 million ‘blood money’ PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 29 December, 2015, 5:46pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 29 December, 2015, 5:49pm Associated Press in Manila Joselito Lidasan Zapanta. Photo: SCMP Picture A Filipino...

Germany plans spot drug tests on pilots after Germanwings crash Reuters December 27, 2015, 10:13 pm Wreckage of the Airbus A320 is seen at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes, french Alps March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans legislation requiring...

Brazil gangbusters target elite police unit in widening corruption probe Several members of Rio’s revered Special Police Operations Battalion taken down in ‘Operation Black Evil’. PUBLISHED : Saturday, 12 December, 2015, 2:57pm UPDATED : Saturday, 12 December, 2015, 2:57pm Agence...

FIFA court opens case against Blatter, Platini, decision in December AFP November 24, 2015, 3:15 am Lausanne (AFP) - The judgement arm of FIFA's ethics committee on Monday opened a case against the body's suspended president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, with a verdict in the corruption...

Suicide suspected as Macau's first female customs chief found dead in public toilet Lai was due to attend security meeting in nearby Zhuhai; incident comes two weeks after member of Macau's Commission Against Corruption takes own life PUBLISHED : Saturday, 31 October, 2015, 2:36am UPDATED ...