Titleless Tiger to lose top spot
Paris, Oct. 27: Tiger Woods is wifeless and this weekend will no longer be golf world number one after a record 281 weeks at the top.
That honour instead will fall to either Englishman Lee Westwood o
Murcia hold off-colour real
Madrid, Oct. 27: Spanish giants Real Madrid avoided a repeat of the humiliating Kings Cup loss to Alcorcon last season on Tuesday but were still held to a 0-0 draw by Third Division Real Murcia in the
Iran begins loading nuke reactor
Tehran, Oct. 26: Iran began loading fuel into the reactor core of its Russian-built nuclear power plant on Tuesday, a move which brings the facility closer to generating electricity after decades of d
Indonesia hit by triple whammy a
Jakarta, Oct. 26: At least 108 people were killed and were 500 missing, including a group of Australian surfers, after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit a remote Indonesian island chain
Smoking can cause dementia
Washington, Oct 26: People who smoke heavily in middle age could more than double their risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia 20 years later, according to research by Finnish expert
Insect find challenges India-alone theory
Washington, Oct. 26: Discovery of perfectly preserved insects in amber from a lignite mine in Gujarat has challenged the assumption that India was an isolated island continent about 52 million-years-a
Psychic Paul breathes last
Berlin, Oct. 26: Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year’s football World Cup for his flawless record in predicting game results, has died peacefully in his sleep, his German aquarium said
Milan nail Napoli, take 2nd spot
Rome, Oct. 26: AC Milan kept on Lazio’s heels at the top of Serie A as they beat 10-man Napoli 2-1 at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples on Monday.
Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the goals for Mi
English footballer Stiles to sell his 1966 WC medal
London, Oct. 27: England’s 1966 football World Cup hero Nobby Stiles was auctioning his winner’s medal on Wednesday, saying he could not divide his memorabilia between his three sons.
The small, gold
Ochoa happy to have quit game on a high
Haikou (China), Oct. 27: Long-time world number one Lorena Ochoa said on Wednesday she had no regrets about quitting the LPGA, five months after walking away to start a family, but refused to rule out