As gunfire sounded outside his condominium, Khrichana Phanitphong tried to warn his friend to come in from the balcony. Too late.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday failed to grasp first place in Iraq’s parliamentary election from his arch-rival Iyad Allawi after a recount confirmed there was no fraud in the March 7 ballot

A rampant China underlined their dominance of world badminton on Sunday by pounding Indonesia 3-0 to emphatically win a fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title.

France’s Arvane Rezai upset the formbook with a 6-2, 7-5 upset win over Venus Williams to win the title at the Madrid Masters here on Sunday.

Lookin at Lucky won the 135th Preakness on Saturday, dooming the Triple Crown bid of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and giving jockey-switching trainer Bob Baffert a historic triumph.

India and South Korea were named joint champions of the 19th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup on Sunday after the final was abandoned because of heavy rain in northern Malaysia.

Germany captain Michael Ballack will not find out his World Cup fate until Monday because heavy swelling on his injured right ankle has delayed an MRI scan by 24 hours.

International Cricket Council president David Morgan has insisted officials are “extremely vigilant” when it comes to ‘spot-fixing’ after Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria was arrested in a betting probe.

Didier Drogba’s second-half free-kick ensured Premier League champions Chelsea completed a domestic double for the first time in the club’s history by beating Portsmouth 1-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

Mark Webber produced an astonishing flying lap in the closing seconds of Saturday’s hotly-contested qualifying session to maintain Red Bull’s supremacy in speed this season and take pole position for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.