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Football: Platini silent on FIFA row 10 Jun 2015 - 06:22 pm

Paris--UEFA chief Michel Platini on Wednesday declined any further comment on the scandal engulfing world governing body FIFA and whether he might be...

Football: German FA boss calls for wide-spread FIFA reforms 10 Jun 2015 - 06:03 pm

Berlin--Wolfgang Niersbach, the president of the German Football Association (DFB), has outlined the need for wide-reaching reforms within world football's scandal-hit governing body...

SEA Games: Lee ends 10-year absence with 13-minute win 10 Jun 2015 - 05:59 pm

Singapore--Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei spent just 13 minutes on court on Wednesday as he made a lightning start to what is likely to...

Cricket: India's Dhawan, Vijay pummel hapless Bangladesh 10 Jun 2015 - 05:53 pm

Fatullah, Bangladesh--Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay flayed Bangladesh's bowlers with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the rain-curtailed opening day of the...

RugbyU: Discipline key for Prince Harry at World Cup launch 10 Jun 2015 - 05:37 pm

Twickenham, United Kingdom--Britain's Prince Harry delivered some indirectly poignant words of advice for England's rugby players on Wednesday as he appeared at Twickenham...

SEA Games: No flagging as Cray clinches second gold 10 Jun 2015 - 05:04 pm

Singapore--Eric Cray shrugged off an embarrassing error involving the Filipino flag on Wednesday as he clinched his second SEA Games gold in two...

Football: FIFA suspends 2026 World Cup bidding 10 Jun 2015 - 05:01 pm

Lausanne--FIFA announced on Wednesday it had suspended the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup amid the furore surrounding corruption probes at...

Cricket: Bangladesh v India Test match scoreboard 10 Jun 2015 - 04:42 pm

Fatullah, Bangladesh--Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali stadium...

Cricket: India 239-0 in Bangladesh Test 10 Jun 2015 - 04:25 pm

Fatullah, Bangladesh--Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay hammered Bangladesh's bowlers as India piled up 239 for no loss by stumps on the rain-curtailed opening...

SEA Games: It's a knock-out as Filipinos rule the ring 10 Jun 2015 - 04:18 pm

Singapore--Teenager Eumir Marcial scored a devastating knock-out as Filipino fighters ruled the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games ring with five gold medals on Wednesday....

Cricket: New Zealand coach wants attack exiled from 'main street' 10 Jun 2015 - 03:40 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom--New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has challenged his bowlers to up their game after the World Cup finalists' colossal 210-run defeat...

Football: Spain held by plucky Costa Rica in Women's World Cup 10 Jun 2015 - 01:38 pm

Football: Ireland's Keane and O'Neill in car crash 10 Jun 2015 - 01:30 pm

Football: Women's World Cup tables 10 Jun 2015 - 01:27 pm

Football: Jack Warner says US would not guarantee fair trial 10 Jun 2015 - 01:14 pm

Port of Spain - Fallen FIFA executive Jack Warner, the man at the heart of the corruption scandal engulfing football's world body, on...

Cricket: Buttler ton sets up record England victory 10 Jun 2015 - 01:07 pm

Birmingham, United Kingdom - Jos Buttler's 129 and a hundred from Joe Root helped England to a record 210-run win over New Zealand...

FIFA to kick off Blatter succession process in July 10 Jun 2015 - 01:04 pm

ZURICH: Scandal-hit FIFA will hold an extraordinary executive committee meeting in July to discuss dates for the election to replace president Sepp Blatter,...

Mexico coach, players risk fine over election tweets 10 Jun 2015 - 12:17 pm

Mexico City---Mexico manager Miguel Herrera and two of his star players could face fines of $9,000 each for tweeting their support for a...