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Football: Five-goal Chelsea punish Pellegrini’s selection gamble
LONDON (AFP) – Chelsea punished Manuel Pellegrinis controversial decision to field a remarkably inexperienced team as Eden Hazard inspired a 5-1 demolition of Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.With City due to make the long flight to the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg tie at Dynamo Kiev...
Tennis: Djokovic refreshed and ready to go in Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – Confident Novak Djokovic on Sunday was counting down to his start at the Dubai Tennis Championships confident of maintaining the devastating form which has left him as the dominating force in tennis for the past year.The world number one will begin at the Aviation Club in the first round against Spains Tommy Robredo, and the...
3,000 couples in Unification Church mass wedding
SEOUL (AFP) – Thousands of couples took part in a mass wedding Saturday by South Koreas Unification Church, with the widow of church founder Sun Myung Moon presiding over the event at a giant stadium.Three thousand identically-dressed couples from 62 countries, including 1,000 new couples and 2,000 already-married pairs, participated in the...
Hiddink warns Chelsea not to take Cup progress for granted
LONDON (AFP) – Guus Hiddink has warned Chelsea not to take victory for granted after Manuel Pellegrini vowed to go through with his threat to send out a weakened Manchester City team in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.With City due to make the long flight to the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg tie at...
Tennis: Errani to face Strykova for WTA title in Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – Italys Sara Errani and Czech Barbora Strycova will clash for the title at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday after both battled through at an event reeling after early exits for all seeds.Errani reached her second final on Friday, defeating Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4. Strycova outlasted Caroline Garcia of...
Interview: ‘Nuclear deal has not solved outstanding issues in other areas’ –Michael Baron Von Ungern-Sternberg
By Sara Massoumi On December 15, the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a draft resolution which brings an end to a 12-year investigation into the past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Also on July 14, Iran and the group of six world powers –...
Saudi Arabia planning another Charge of the Light Brigade
Smart idea or a grave mistake? Saudi Arabia is mulling a change of regime in Syria through invasion preferably by the recently formed Saudi-led alliance or failing that in partnership with Turkey. The adventure, if it is ever undertaken, is bound to end in disaster. The Saudi royalty fails to take into account the ground realities which have...
Tennis: Czech Strycova knocks Ivanovic out of Dubai
DUBAI (AFP) – The depleted Dubai Tennis Championships lost another popular drawcard on Thursday as Czech Barbora Strycova defeated former number one Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.The quarter-final exit of the Serb drove another nail into the only WTA tournament in history to lose all eight seeds as none won a single match to exit in the first...
Tennis: Nadal through to last eight in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Rafael Nadal won through to the quarter-finals of the clay-court event in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, beating compatriot Nicolas Almagro in straight sets 6-3, 7-5.The troubled Mallorcan is the top seed in what is his second tournament since being humbled in the first round of the Australian Open.Beaten in the...
Fierce fighting rages in Kiev
KIEV: Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and six wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday, reporting the highest daily casualty toll since mid-November. A year-old… …read more Source: The News...
