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Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho fails UEFA doping test
Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho failed a drugs test after last month’s Europa League game against Manchester United and he has until Tuesday to tell UEFA why a prohibited substance had been taken. Although Sakho is not yet subject to a UEFA suspension, the club announced Saturday that he will not play for the Europa League semifinalists...
Obama’s royal holiday: Lunch with queen, dinner with princes
Most people send a card, call, or post on Facebook for someone’s birthday, but President Barack Obama went the extra mile on Friday — thousands of miles, actually — to deliver 90th birthday greetings to Queen Elizabeth II over lunch at Windsor Castle. Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch celebrated her birthday a day earlier,...
Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot, Poroshenko says
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen imprisoned in Ukraine. Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia last month...
Madrid are the favourites but City keep dreaming – Begiristain
Manchester City were drawn against 10-time winners Real Madrid After being handed a Champions League semi-final tie against Real Madrid, Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain is confident his club can upset the odds. City progressed to the last four of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time with a 3-2...
Real Madrid take on Manchester City, Bayern Munich to face Atletico Madrid
Champions League final will be on May 28 Real Madrid have been paired with Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals, while Bayern Munich will face Atletico Madrid. Friday’s draw in Nyon means outgoing City manager Manuel Pellegrini will have a chance to get one over his former team, having coached Madrid in 2009-10. Madrid...
Kompany back in training as Pellegrini ponders recall
Pellegrini may recall Vincent Kompany from his calf problem Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will give captain Vincent Kompany the chance to prove his fitness ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain. Kompany suffered the latest calf problem of an injury-plagued campaign against Dynamo Kiev in...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister announced Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. The same day, parliament was expected to vote to...
CARICOM concerned about ‘tax havens’ label in wake of Panama Papers leak
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed concern that the designation of “tax havens” is again being attached to the financial services centres in Member States and Associate Members, following the leak of the “Panama Papers”. The Community, in a statement, said the loose attribution of the ‘tax havens’ label ignores the reality that...
Loop Breakfast Bites
Loop Breakfast Bites is a round up of the top international stories making news. Student’s promising life cut short by failed experiment http://www.looptt.com/content/students-promising-life-cut-short-failed-e… At 18, Bernard Moon was looking at a bright future. A charismatic high school honors student and athlete, he had been...
Ethiopia told to do mass doping tests or face IAAF ban
Ethiopia must carry out mass doping tests on up to 200 athletes by November or be the latest to face further action by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a possible ban by the IAAF, track and field officials in the country said Thursday. Ethiopia will attempt to test between 150 and 200 athletes over the next seven months and will start as...
