Sydney, Dec. 22: Three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova looks like following up her comeback next month in New Zealand with her first start in Sydney after requesting a wild card for the Medib

Zurich, Dec. 22: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be hoping to duplicate the runaway success of their Tuesday night exhibition in Zurich in which more than $2.5 million were raised for the Swiss pl

Los Angeles, Dec. 21: US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named “austerity” as the word of the year on Monday, reflecting the cost-cutting ethos that has gripped the US economy and culture.

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Wellington, Dec. 20: Former New Zealand cricket Test captain John Wright was on Monday named coach of the national side which is in the doldrums after losing its last 11 one-day internationals.

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Manila: Fifteen people were killed on Sunday when a fire razed a budget hotel in a northern Philippine city, a provincial police chief said.

Senior Superintendent Mao Aplasca said rescuers had recove

A man accused of luring Hong Kong women into having sex with him using the Facebook website as well as offers of money that he never paid might have worked his scam on up to 70 people, a newspaper rep

Los Angeles: He has interviewed every US president since Richard Nixon, and every celebrity worth the name - plus quite a few who weren't.

But on Thursday night Larry King is hanging up his famous br

Tehran, Dec. 11: An Iranian woman whose case drew international attention will not face death by stoning for adultery, Iran’s state-run news broadcaster Press TV reported.

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Clashes and riots following a football game between Jordan's leading sports clubs on Friday injured some 150 people, including 25 police officers, the government said.

A fire at a prison in the Chilean capital of Santiago killed 81 inmates on Wednesday, officials said.