"After the high of last week’s Chinese Taipei Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal hit a low as she crashed out of the Japan Super series Badminton tournament with a straight-game defeat in the first...
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Documents from the famous cold war court case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953 accusing them of spying for the Russians have at long last been released, and they show that much of the evidence against the...
"Inspite of the success in the doubles format of the game, Leander Paes always takes time to wonder what would have happened had he paid more attention to his singles games. At one time, Leander was ranked 73 and had won an ATP title, besides Bronze in the Atlanta Olympic...
"World Champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of contention for a top finish in the Bilbao Grand Slam final chess tournament after losing from a better position against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round. After suffering his second loss in the tournament, Anand’s...
"Saina Nehwal has entered the quarterfinal of Yonex Chinese Taipei Open badminton after easing past Hong Kong’s Kwan Yi Mong 21-8, 21-12 Thursday. Second seed Saina will now face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand, who battled past local challenger Shih Han Huang 20-22,...
"Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that he pays the bills and calls the shots in the team, lest anyone forget. There has been talk of a rift between his senior staff but he said that the whole issue had been blown out of...
"Sept. 11: Hijacked jetliners hit the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington. A fourth hijacked plane crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Trading on Wall Street is stopped. The Federal...
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Roger Federer became the first man in nearly a century to win five consecutive U.S. Open titles when he beat 21 year-old Brit Andy Murray in today's final match in New York. Now Federer is poised to beat Pete...
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"Giancarlo Fisichella ran a faultless 114 laps in his Force India car and posted the third fastest time of the day to cap the outfit’s three-day Monza testing for the Italian Grand Prix. Fisichella continued the evaluation of set-ups and wing levels specifically for his...
"Show Notes:This podcast was recorded on Sunday, August 17, 2008. The participants in the podcast were Alan McCormick, Managing Director of Legatum and Eric Kacou, the OTF Group's Regional Director for Africa. Here are a few points that I think highlight the...
Kimi Raikkonen was fastest as Ferrari outpaced McLaren in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The world champion beat Renault’s Fernando Alonso by 0.020 seconds in the afternoon session after Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel topped the first.Read full...
Three people are charged with the bombing of a courthouse in San Diego and FedEx distribution center. If convicted of using a weapon of mass destruction, each defendent will recieve a life sentence, the minimum for such a charge."SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Three people have been...
Starting next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple, will be the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.I think this is very exciting and will get students more involved in sports."As part...
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What kind of leader, if a leader give a bad example like Warren Jeffs did?! Child sex assault, get real! Not enough with all woman he has??"Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was indicted in Texas on a count of child...