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Rallying: Price wins 12th stage, Coma closes in on fifth title 16 Jan 2015 - 10:32 pm

Rosario, Argentina - Australian Toby Price rode his KTM to a dominant victory in the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday...

Alpine skiing: Janka storms back to win at Wengen 16 Jan 2015 - 09:54 pm

Wengen, Switzerland - Carlo Janka looked like his old self going fastest in the downhill and then holding on in the slalom to...

Cricket: Pakistan paceman Junaid survives injury scare 16 Jan 2015 - 09:45 pm

Lahore, Pakistan - Pakistan's frontline paceman Junaid Khan Friday had an injury scare barely a month before the start of the World Cup,...

Cricket: South Africa make 279 against West Indies 16 Jan 2015 - 09:31 pm

Durban, South Africa - Half-centuries by Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and David Miller enabled South Africa to score 279 for eight before...

Tennis: Injured Tsonga regrets playing Davis Cup final 16 Jan 2015 - 08:55 pm

Paris - French number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga admitted Friday he bitterly regretted competing in the Davis Cup final after aggravating an arm injury...

Soccer chief happy with anti-Ebola measures at Africa Cup of Nations 16 Jan 2015 - 08:51 pm

Bata, Equatorial Guinea - African football chiefs voiced confidence in anti-Ebola measures which hosts Equatorial Guinea have put in place on the eve...

Cricket: South Africa v West Indies scoreboard 16 Jan 2015 - 08:47 pm

Durban, South Africa - Scores when rain stopped play in the first one-day international between South Africa and the West Indies at Kingsmead...

Football: City's Nasri out for three weeks 16 Jan 2015 - 08:20 pm

Manchester City's Samir Nasri out for eight weeks with injured knee Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the...

Golf: Hole in one McIlroy digs deep again 16 Jan 2015 - 08:10 pm

Abu Dhabi - With yet another magical shot Rory McIlroy turned around his fortunes but still found himself two adrift of leader Martin...

Football: Mourinho extends olive branch to referees 16 Jan 2015 - 07:34 pm

Cobham, United Kingdom - Jose Mourinho promised to exert greater 'self-control' on Friday after accepting referees were under pressure in his first public...

Football: Breno says drunk, depressed on day of Munich fire 16 Jan 2015 - 07:28 pm

Sao Paulo - Former Bayern Munich defender Breno has indicated he was drunk the night his apartment caught fire, an incident which would...

Alpine Skiing: Men's World Cup results 16 Jan 2015 - 07:17 pm

Canada's Benjamin Thomsen competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup Wengen, Switzerland - Men's World Cup alpine skiing results on Friday after...

Football: Sunderland sign Defoe in swap deal 16 Jan 2015 - 07:14 pm

London - England striker Jermain Defoe is to return to the Premier League after signing for Sunderland from FC Toronto, with Jozy Altidore...

Golf: Abu Dhabi Championship scores 16 Jan 2015 - 07:12 pm

Abu Dhabi - Scores on Friday in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship at the par-72 Abu Dhabi Golf Club: 131 - Martin Kaymer...

Nations Cup venues 'satisfactory' - organisers 16 Jan 2015 - 06:04 pm

Bata, Equatorial Guinea---The African Football Confederation (CAF) is happy with facilities in the Equatorial Guinea cities to stage the African Nations Cup despite...

Bode Miller pulls out of Wengen downhill 16 Jan 2015 - 03:59 pm

Bode Miller Wengen, Switzerland---Former Olympic and world champion Bode Miller says he is yet to fully recover from his back operation and has...

Ginola to make FIFA challenge 16 Jan 2015 - 02:19 pm

David Ginola London---David Ginola announced Friday he will seek to challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, football's global governing body, in...

Qatar defeat Brazil to begin handball worlds with a victory 16 Jan 2015 - 03:28 am

The Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, looks at the trophy that will be given to the winner of the...