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Doctor Who star Matt Smith, former Wales rugby captain Matthew Rees and world hurdles champion Colin Jackson will carry the Olympic torch as it travels from Cardiff to Swansea.

Yannick Veilleux broke a tie at 13:14 of the third period as the host Shawinigan Cataractes upset the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs 7-4 in the semifinal of the Mastercard Memorial Cup on Friday night.

When the Indianapolis 500 kicks off on Sunday, many will be watching the series for the first time since Dan Wheldon, last year’s champion, died in the 2011 season finale.

ATHLETICS:In his role as an ambassador for the Africa Week Athletics Meet, double Olympic champion Kip Keino will be at the Morton Stadium in Santry today. Don’t miss it, writes IAN O'RIORDAN

Tour veteran Ames gets up-close look at 2003 Masters champion Weir’s struggles

It is not the deadly hiss of the Cobra which is worrying the IBF world super-middleweight champion as he braces himself to enter the snake-pit into which the arena in Nottingham will turn at the stroke of midnight on Saturday.

PARIS  - Novak Djokovic’s bid to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time hit its first hurdle on Friday when Roger Federer became a potential French Open semi-final opponent. In stark contrast, defending champion Rafael Nadal, bidding for an historic seventh title, was left with a more comfortable passage with third seed Andy Murray, who is ...

LAS VEGAS -- Frank Mir doesn't want to have to break UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos's arm this Saturday night. So he says. So he would have us believe. He finds such endings to fights distasteful, a little aggravating. Apparently, that's not reason enough for him to stop talking about the last time he did it, at UFC 140 in Toronto. Though, in fairness, those of us in the media won't...

Le champion olympique du 100 m nage libre Alain Bernard a terminé 2e (48.95)...

Kostas Filipidis, champion de saut à la perche au moment des JO d'Athènes en 2004, a du retourner vivre chez ses parents et leur a emprunté de l'argent pour participer aux Jeux de Londres cet été.

PARIS -- Li Na's life changed dramatically a year ago, when she won the French Open to become the first Grand Slam singles champion from China.Even dining out back home has become a big deal.Read More...More on Tennis

World No.1 Novak Djokovic and 16-time grand slam champion Roger Federer have been drawn to meet in the semifinals of the French Open.

Champion d'Europe en titre sur 800 mètres, Sébastien Rouault n'a pas...

Beijing champion Tim Brabants looks to have sealed his Olympic place in Great Britain's canoe sprint squad.

Former world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has laughed off reports that a senior figure at UK Athletics has described her as fat ahead of this summer's Olympics.

The ‘American Idol’ finale audience slumped to a record low, but the show’s newly crowned champion Phillip Phillips hit No.1 on iTunes with his first single.  

INTERVIEW - Champion d'Europe avec Chelsea, Florent Malouda aborde l'Euro avec envie et détermination. Tout en invitant ses partenaires à lever les non-dits et les sujets tabous afin d'évacuer définitivement le traumatisme du Mondial 2010.

Los Angeles will be trying to end one of its worst runs in recent memory, but the defending champion will be without some key players against a tough Houston side.

So you just won American Idol, what's your next move?  For season 11 champion Phillip Phillips, it's surgery to reconstruct his kidney after battling kidney stones...

S'il s'occupe beaucoup de son école pour les enfants défavorisés au coeur de Las Vegas, Andre Agassi n'en garde pas moins un oeil avisé sur le tennis masculin. Pour l'ancien champion, Novak Djokovic est le meilleur joueur du moment et pourra encore repousser les limites du tennis.

Amaury Leveaux a pris une sérieuse option pour son premier grand titre en signant le meilleur temps des demi-finales sur 100m libre, où il retrouvera le champion olympique Alain Bernard, en lice pour son dernier 100m international individuel, jeudi à Debrecen.

FORMER Olympic champion tells heptathlon star to use Austria meet to her advantage

Le jeune Italien Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini), 22 ans, a remporté au sprint la 18e étape du Tour d’Italie jeudi à Vedelago, devant le champion du monde, le Britannique Mark...lire la suite

Le jeune Italien Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini), 22 ans, a remporté au sprint la 18e étape du Tour d’Italie jeudi à Vedelago, devant le champion du monde, le Britannique Mark...lire la suitehistoires liées15:32 Espagne : Banca Civica supprime 1.500 postes15:48 Tour de Belgique – 2e étape : victoire d’André Greipel15:47 Wall Street ouvre en hausse : Dow Jones +0,10 %, Nasdaq +0,20 %16:12 Près de...

Phillip Phillips won Season 11 of “American Idol,” beating out home-schooled high school student Jessica Sanchez.

INTERVIEW - À quelques heures des premiers essais libres du plus célèbre des Grand Prix, le quadruple champion du monde revient sur ses quatre succès en Principauté.

In Toronto wird gefeiert! Die Meisterschaft wurde geholt und mittendrin statt nur dabei: Torsten Frings. Wegen Verletzungspech trug er nur in vier Spielen seinen Anteil dazu bei.

Le directeur financier de Facebook a fait cavalier seul lorsqu'il a décidé d'émettre 25% plus d'actions pour l'entrée en Bourse du champion des réseaux sociaux, une initiative qui pourrait expliquer le fiasco de l'opération, rapporte mercredi la presse américaine. David Ebersman, 41 ans, a gardé...

Defendants in the death of Florida A & M University drum major Robert Champion have claimed that the 26-year-old wanted to be hazed to become lead drum major.

"American Idol" has a new champion. (SPOILER: This story reveals who won Season 11.)

Let's face it: Both Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips are ideal representatives of their chosen brands, and both would've had a future in the music industry regardless of the outcome. But there can only be one winner ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace hated running second to anyone and doesn't plan to start now that he's part of the NASCAR Hall of Fame....

Miami Heat superstar LeBron James has more ability than anyone playing basketball today. He won his third NBA MVP award this season; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain have won more. This week, James delivered consecutive virtuoso performances while carrying the injury-weakened Heat to a three-games-to-two lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal seri...

Robert Champion, a drum major, agreed to walk to the back of a bus as band mates beat him — a hazing ritual that led to his death, according to documents released by prosecutors.

Four hours of finale episodes from three primetime TV shows Tuesday night — Dancing With the Stars, American Idol and Glee — left v…

Victim's parents say Robert Champion was a vocal opponent of the routine hazing in the band.

Drum sticks and bass-drum mallets were used to beat Florida A & M University drum major Robert Champion, according to newly released doc ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former champion Amir Khan will fight undefeated American light-welterweight Danny Garcia on July 14 for the WBC title.

There was no Super Bowl ring for Donald Driver this year but he was a champion anyway.

Le titre du champion des réseaux sociaux, Facebook, plonge encore, au troisième jour de sa cotation, perdant 6,67% à 31,74 dollars moins d’une demi-heure après l’o...lire la suite

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington sat down with Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha in another fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012 this morning. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2003, Botha served as the Chief Financial Officer of PayPal during its sale to eBay, and today considers himself a champion of consumer web plays. He also sits on the board of hot startups like Eventbrite, S...

UFC champion Jon "Bones" Jones says he's "truly sorry" for letting down his fans when he was arrested for DUI this past weekend ... saying, "I screwed up, big time."TMZ broke the story ... the 24-year-old was arrested Saturday morning after totaling…

Le titre du champion des réseaux sociaux Facebook plongeait encore mardi, au troisième jour de sa cotation, perdant 6,67% à 31,74 dollars moins d'une demi-heure après l'ouverture de la Bourse à New York.histoires liéesLondon Stock Exchange: UniCredit et Intesa Sanpaolo cèdent leurs partsCrédit Agricole: AG sous haute tension avec la Grèce en toile de fondRoyaume-Uni: le patron de Tesco renonce ...

“The beginning of the end starts … now!” We’re at the tail end of another cycle of “Dancing With the Stars” and oh so close to crowning our Season 14 champion in a sea of confetti and glitter. It’s a big event, ballroom fans. The studio audience was lined with “DWTS” contestants of seasons past and present, like Jane Seymour, Emmit Smith, Donny Osmond and Maria Menounous, all present to see the...

Schweizer Champion nimmt erst den zweiten Ausländer unter Vertrag

GUNSHOTS fired into a Gold Coast gym recently bought by world kickboxing champion John Wayne Parr are not connected to bikie gangs, police said.

Pour Laurent Blanc, Montpellier mérite son titre. Il voit dans ce sacre le signe que la L1 est un championnat plus ouvert que les autres.

Light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones feels victimized in the wake of his legal troubles.

It is easy for leadership to champion slogans, but it does not necessarily help us understand the reality of the city's fate.

THREE-TIME Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie has kicked off the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land’s End this morning

Olympic champion sailor Ben Ainslie says hosting the Olmpic torch is an enormous occasion as he kicked-off the 8,000 mile relay in Land's End.

Le triple champion olympique de voile Ben Ainslie a donné le coup d’envoi samedi du relais de la torche olympique, qui la mènera à travers le Royaume-Uni et en Irlande voisine. ...lire la suite

Sailing champion Ben Ainslie starts the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land's End amid tight security.

Basketball-Superstar Kobe Bryant und seine Los Angeles Lakers haben in ihrer Halbfinalserie der Western Conference gegen Oklahoma City Thunder auf 1:2 verkürzt. Der 16-malige Champion besiegte die Gäste zuhause mit 99:96.

L'action du champion des réseaux sociaux Facebook reprenait à un peu de terrain à la mi-journée après avoir brièvement annulé ses gains et être revenu à son prix initial de 38 dollars, vendredi dans ses premiers échanges sur le marché électronique Nasdaq à New York.

Five-time world champion Mary Kom qualified for the London Olympics despite being on the sidelines after losing in the quarterfinals of World Championships.

V8 Supercars would welcome world champion Casey Stoner with "open arms" after he revealed he'll quit MotoGP for "family reasons".

Bei der Schach-WM in Moskau endete auch die fünfte Partie zwischen Champion Viswanathan Anand (Indien) und Herausforderer Boris Gelfand (Israel) mit einem Remis.

Ultimi due grandi appuntamenti della stagione prima di Euro 2012. E se non arrivasse nessun goal, BetClic rimborserà i giocatori se le gare dovessero terminare 0-0.

The Thunder overcame a seven-point deficit in the final two minutes for a 77-75 win that put the 16-time champion Lakers in an 0-2 hole.

In May 1976 my Dad took me to Detroit’s venerable Tiger Stadium for my first major league ballgame a Sunday afternoon contest between the pre-"Birdmania" Tigers and the eventual AL champion Yankees Though just a little over 60 years old at the time "The Corner" at Michigan and Trumbull (formerly...

Washington (dpa) - Große Ehre für Fußball-Superstar David Beckham und Los Angeles Galaxy: US-Präsident Barack Obama hat den Champion der Major League Soccer im Weißen Haus empfangen. In seiner Rede b...

Ministers have axed a contract with A4e, the company owned by David Cameron's former "families champion", after they found its work was "seriously inadequate" and "too great a risk" to the taxpayer.

State Dining Room 3:12 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Hey, again, guys.  I got to hang out with the kids earlier.  We got quick pictures, but we are excited to have you guys here at the White House.  We’re in the State Room.  The State Dining Room is where we greet special official guests, and you guys count as our special official guests.  We’re excited to have you here. I want to start by than...

New submitter davegravy writes "Byron Sonne, the Toronto-based security consultant, chemistry hobbyist, and geek who was arrested leading up to the Toronto G-20 for alleged plans to bomb the event, has been found not guilty of all charges. Sonne was held in prison for 11 months without receiving bail, and the ruling comes two years after his arrest. Sonne is considered by many in the Toronto se...

Russia's break dance champion, the winner of over 30 cups and handfuls of medals, Yevgeny Smirnov, who performs at "Freestyle Masters" lost his leg due to medical negligence. The medical treatment has been delayed for too long. The 25-year-old dancer was hospitalized on May 1st, after a serious car accident

The Leakey family is like the Kennedys, but for paleoanthropology instead of politics. Think about any hominin fossil or artifact you can name. Chances are, there was a Leakey involved in its discovery. Louis Leakey was one of the first scientists to champion the idea that humans had their origins in Africa. For three generations [...]

She is the smiling champion of the British Olympic team, the celebrated swimmer who brought two gold medals home from Beijing. But what does Rebecca Adlington do when it comes to holidays?

School Food Trust study contradicts Michael Gove's claim that academies would champion government's nutritional standardsNine out of 10 academies are selling pupils junk food such as crisps, chocolate and cereal bars that are banned in maintained schools to protect children's health, research has revealed.The findings from a study by the School Food Trust (SFT) contradict the education secretar...

Spaniard down to third in world after Swiss star wins acrimonious Madrid blue-clay tournament

Dans un sommet tendu et fermé, les Lillois ont finalement craqué en fin de partie sur un contre héraultais. Ils ne conserveront pas leur titre de champion. Les Montpelliérains s'envolent vers le premier sacre de leur histoire.

MANILA - WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria gained revenge over Mexico’s Omar Nino Romero on Sunday, winning by a technical knockout to retain his title in a hard-fought bout. The victory earned him presidential congratulations with his manager eyeing a unification bout with the WBA flyweight champ in the future. “Congratulations to our ‘Hawaiian Punch’ Brian Viloria ...

MANILA - WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria gained revenge over Mexico’s Omar Nino Romero on Sunday, winning by a technical knockout to retain his title in a hard-fought bout. The victory earned him presidential congratulations with his manager eyeing a unification bout with the WBA flyweight champ in the future. “Congratulations to our ‘Hawaiian Punch’ Brian Viloria ...

Hamburg (dpa) - Für Handball-Rekordmeister THW Kiel war auch der entthronte Champion HSV Hamburg keine Hürde auf dem Weg zur perfekten Saison. Der Titelträger und Pokalsieger wies die Hanseaten in de...

We're two games down in the big World Chess Championship. The challenger is Boris Gelfand of Israel, squaring off against the defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India. Both games were quick draws, but things have been a little more interesting than that makes it sound. Gelfand whipped out the Grunfeld Defense in game one, which has never been part of his repertoire. Game two was a Semi...

C'est sans doute la fin d'une longue route entamée en 2008 au Bangladesh pour Fahim Alam : arrivé clandestinement en Fran- ce avec son père, ce petit prodige des échecs, âgé bientôt de 12 ans, va pouvoir rester en France où il vient d'être sacré champion national. Articles en rapport« Elle doit sortir ! », répète la juge chargée du rapport sur Florence CassezLe site de Waterlooré aménagépour «...

RENO, Nev. — President Obama rolled into a modest hilltop neighborhood here to champion his administration’s efforts to help underwater homeowners get back on their feet — and to urge Congress to do more. Read full article >>

DALLAS (AP) -- Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89....

Le champion IRC 2011 Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda Fabia) s'est installé en tête du Tour de Corse jeudi, après les trois premières spéciales.

Israel’s Gelfand will come up against chess world champion Anand of India in the first game of their battle to decide the world title.

Les banques ont tellement durci leurs conditions d'octroi de crédits que de nombreux acheteurs solvables ne peuvent plus accéder au marché immobilier aux Etats-Unis, des pratiques qui ne devraient probablement pas s'assouplir bientôt, a dit jeudi le président de la Réserve fédérale américaine Ben...Articles en rapportLa Bourse de Francfort termine en hausse (Dax: +0,66%)Oxfam désigne Allianz ch...

Vettel auf dem 3D-Kurs von Barcelona Quelle: Sportbild.de Dauer: 2:08

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nicholas Katzenbach, a civil rights champion whose role in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations helped shape domestic and foreign policy in the 1960s, has died at the age of 90.

The champion of Season 2 of 'The Voice' tells us what's running through his mind the morning after winning.

THE wins are continuing in the love stakes for Biggest Loser: Singles 2012 champion Margie Cummins.

Für die meisten Kunden ist der Tesla Roadster ein nettes Gimmick, mit dem man Eindruck schinden kann. Für Hansjörg von Gemmingen ist der Elektro-Sportwagen ein vollwertiges Auto. Er fuhr damit mehr als 200.000 Kilometer in vier Jahren - weltrekordverdächtig.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The momentum that Brian Matusz and the Baltimore Orioles gained during a wildly successful road trip vanished in rapid fashion against the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers....

Ils connaissaient les résultats dès l'après-midi, mais c'est pour vivre ensemble l'explosion de joie, quand le visage de leur champion apparaît à la télé, que les militants se sont réunis à leur QG à 20 heures.histoires liéesDrame de Madagascar : un proche des Français écrouésDéception chez les Jeunes Populaires qui visent désormais les législativesNord - Pas-de-Calais : François Hollande attir...

PARIS (AP) -- France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden - a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years....

Mary Portas' term as Government adviser may be over but unlike previous celebrity advisers, her contribution won't be forgotten in a hurry. She's done more to champion the high street cause than anyone in recent years.

Champion du monde des poids mi-moyens, le boxeur Manny Pacquiao a tenté une entrée en force dans le monde politique philippin. Mais si ce sportif très populaire affirme vouloir terrasser la pauvreté, la bourgeoisie a compris l'intérêt de s'allier à lui. / Philippines, Élections, Finance, Inégalités, (...) / Philippines, Élections, Finance, Inégalités, Pauvreté, Politique, Sport - 2011/11

Athletics:Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year’s fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday.

Der Titelverteidiger ist raus! Die Dallas Mavericks mit Superstar Dirk Nowitzki unterlagen auch im vierten Spiel gegen Oklahoma Thunder und sind bereits in der ersten Play-off-Runde der nordamerikanischen Profiliga NBA ausgeschieden. Vor eigenem Publikum verloren die Mavs mit 97:103 und streichen unrühmlich mit 0:4 in der Best-of-seven-Serie die Segel.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Erin Brockovich has long been a champion for clean water. Her efforts to sue Pacific Gas & Electric for polluting the water supply of a California town were adapted into a big-screen story, 2000's "Erin Brockovich," starring Julia Roberts in the Oscar-winning title-role....

Le Premier ministre François Fillon a promis sur France Inter de “regarder avec la plus grande attention”, dès vendredi, la situation d’un enfant bangladais, Fahim Alam, r&...lire la suite

Prosecutors in the US city of Orlando charge 13 over the hazing death of Florida A&M University student Robert Champion, who died on a university bus.

Utl.: Der beste Gemeinderatsbeschluss für die Natur führt zum Sieg = Wien (OTS) - Die Artenvielfalt zu fördern ist das Anliegen des vielfaltleben-Gemeindewettbewerbs 2012. Gesucht ist der für die Artenvielfalt wirkungsvollste Gemeinderatsbeschluss. Egal ob kleine Gemeinde oder große …

ALEXANDER Dale Oen, a world champion swimmer who was one of Norway's top Olympic hopes, has died during a training camp in the US.

A senior researcher in computer science at the Ohio Supercomputer Center has been designated a Campus Champion – charged with empowering researchers and educators to advance scientific discovery by serving as their local source of knowledge about national high performance computing opportunities and resources.

Bronwyn Taylor, from Inverness in Scotland, planned to become a hairdresser. But after taking up powerlifting her athletic potential has gone from strength to strength.

While brothers Chandler and Arthur Jones pursue NFL careers, brother Jon "Bones" Jones is a champion in the mixed martial arts.

Dale Steyn is a class act, a champion bowler, and that seems to be his dilemma. Pitted against the wrongs, which have been the Chargers' bane, Steyn seems to be the only right for the team, taking 11 wickets in six outings. Somshuvra Laha reports.

Bereits drei Monate nach seinem Wechsel zum FC Porto darf sich Marc Janko als Meister feiern lassen. Der ÖFB-Teamstürmer krönte sich mit dem nun 26-fachen Landesmeister am Sonntagabend vorzeitig zum portugiesischen Champion. Der bereits am Samstag erfolgreiche Titelverteidiger ist nach dem Ausrutscher von Verfolger Benfica in den ausstehenden zwei Runden nicht mehr einzuholen.

Une enquête du «New York Times» décortique les astuces fiscales utilisées par la marque à la pomme, première capitalisation boursière mondiale, pour contourner les taxes et impôts partout dans le monde.

Quelque 150 féministes, issues de la société civile, ont lancé mercredi une...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Tyson, a beloved English bulldog, doesn't bite ears like his namesake, boxer Mike Tyson, but he does share a title - champion....

Volker Beck, Geschäftsführer der Grünen, ist Twitter-König, die Berliner SPD-Parlamentarierin Mechthild Rawert Champion bei Facebook. Dies geht aus einer Analyse der Aktivitäten der Abgeordneten des 17. Deutschen Bundestags hervor.

Reigning world champion John Higgins believes it's just a matter of time before China's Ding Junhui wins snooker's most important tournament.

Then last week Harold Tillman was forced to sell his Jaeger retail business and his 160-year-old Aquascutum brand collapsed into administration, closing its factory in Corby, Northamptonshire.

Eigentlich sind die Aussichten  in Kenia sonnig. Erst im vergangenen Herbst hat eine niederländische Tochterfirma von Ubbink in Naivasha, dem Zentrum der kenianischen Rosenproduktion, die erste Sol...

One of the world’s great players, Hans Kreijns from the Netherlands, died on April 4 at 83.

Vor zwölf Jahren wurde Prof. Dr. Eckhard Freise (67) Günther Jauchs erster Millionär, für Jörg Pilawas „Super-Champion 2012“ reichte es Samstagabend nicht.Foto: PPW-Max Kohr/ZDFMehr zum ThemaGefängnis gestürmt - Taliban befreien hunderte Häftlinge in PakistanDSDS-Bohlen schimpft - Daniele, hör auf zu rauchen!„Schlag den Raab“ - Stefan Raab triumphiert mit kaputtem KnieNazi-Braut Zschäpe - Was ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Condemned to die shortly after birth for being a girl, outspoken Afghan member of parliament Fawzia Koofi lived to become a champion of women's rights and is now eyeing the presidency in 2014.

With the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend ten days away, international attention is once again focusing on the critical situation in the troubled island kingdom in the Persian Gulf. Daily clashes continue between protesters and the security services, and the beleaguered Al-Khalifa regime faces a growing international backlash over its treatment of jailed human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, ...

Rick Santorum's conservative supporters are proving reluctant to fall in line behind Mitt Romney after their champion pointedly refused to give his backing to the Republican frontrunner.

Joyce Banda, who rose to prominence as a champion of women's rights, seems set to become the second female African head of state in modern times.

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's party has won almost every seat it contested in Burma's elections, becoming the main opposition in Parliament.

Family and friends were joined by figures from the world of darts - including Eric Bristow -to bid farewell to Wilson who died at his home in Kirkcaldy, Fife last Saturday.

RANGOON, Burma — Burmese democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi all but completed her transformation from imprisoned icon to elected member of parliament Sunday as her party claimed it had won a resounding victory in a flawed election considered a key test of political reforms in Burma. Read full article >>

Narain Karthikeyan says he and world champion Sebastian Vettel need to stop bickering and move on after their Malaysian Grand Prix collision.

Le champion du monde 2007, Brian Joubert, et le champion d'Europe 2010, Florent Amodio, font leur entrée vendredi sur la patinoire éphémère du Parc des Expositions de Nice, avec peu de chances de monter sur le podium des Mondiaux-2012.

Characters with caustic tongues disguise heartfelt quests for meaning as a fondness for futile causes, in this novel set mostly in contemporary Russia. A chess champion in the Kasparov mold becomes a voice for democracy and launches an anti-Putin movement, yet he fights not to win but to lose . . . (Subscription required.)

Former world darts champion Jocky Wilson has died at the age of 62.

When Ron White decided to get serious about being the U.S. memory champion, he approached the task like a military mission. He practiced memory drills and hired a former Navy SEAL to train him.

by Vasudevan Vasudevan Retrospect on event historic   A sudden rise in temperature  of an already unbearable mid-March  afternoon triggered by a prolonged and thunderous burst of crackers announced the fulfillment of  an expectation held in abeyance but in eager anticipation by cricket lovers. History was made. Tendulkar turned Tondulkar. This makes  me retract  the title of my earlier blog “...

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death at a party at the home of former world champion boxer Herbie Hide, police said yesterday.

Now, it is up to the state governments to get their act together and agree on a framework of GST. The Centre cannot champion this key reform on its own.

For the fifth straight year, Barack Obama has released his NCAA basketball tournament bracket. And for the fifth straight year, he has the same message for all of the would-be giant killers in the field: No, you can't.Obama's picks are, as usual, devoid of the sort of seismic upsets and unlikely runs by low-profile teams that give the tournament its flavor. His Final Four is composed of two No....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Dallas Seavey, competing against both his father and grandfather, won the 40th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the youngest musher crowned...

If what the British say of the police is also true of the press — a country gets the one it deserves — woe is Turkey.

Khalil Reza is a champion. His mother calls him a hero. He calls himself something simpler, and unlikely: skier.

[[371206]] DUSSELDORF (Allemagne) (AFP) : Jean-Marc Mormeck, battu par arrêt de l'arbitre au 4e round, n'a pas réussi à créer l'exploit face à l'Ukrainien Vladimir Klitschko, s'inclinant largement dans sa quête de devenir le premier Français champion du monde des lourds samedi lors d'un combat à...

Der KAC hat sich ins Semifinale der Eishockey-Liga vorgekämpft. Der Rekordmeister warf den regierenden Champion Salzburg mit einem 5:2 in Klagenfurt am Donnerstagabend aus dem Titelrennen. Nach drei Siegen in Folge gewannen die Klagenfurter die "best of seven"-Serie mit 4:2. In ein siebentes Spiel geht indes das Duell zwischen den Black Wings Linz und den Vienna Capitals. Die Wiener gewannen ih...

Der Weltverband schränkt Handicap-Radsportler Michael Teuber in der Wahl seiner medizinischen Stützen empfindlich ein - der 16-fache Champion reagiert empört.

DWTS's reigning champion will be blogging from the ballroom for PEOPLE.com

Real Madrid bekleckert sich auf dem Weg zur spanischen Meisterschaft nicht nur mit Glanz. Dass Real Champion wird, daran zweifelt in Spanien aber wohl niemand mehr.

SELECTING THE most appropriate site for a major public project is of critical importance, as underlined dramatically by An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse planning permission for the proposed children’s hospital of Ireland on the Mater site in Dublin. Just as the notion of building the “Bertie Bowl” – an 80,000-seat stadium plugged into the M50 that was never built due to its huge cost and t...

A PETROL receipt stuck with chewing gum to Nick Champion's office door was proof Kevin Rudd was the right man to run the country.

Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva breaks world indoor pole vault record in Stockholm.

Your humble blogger has, on occasion, opined about the intersection of sports and politics.  This topic is both tempting and treacherous.  Tempting, because a lot more people pay attention to sports than world politics, and so it's a way for the pundit to A) show how "in touch" s/he is with the mass p;ublic; and B) use the sporting moment-du-jour as a metaphor  to make a point that wa...

The former WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch admits he prolonged a title fight to enable some members of his family to benefit financially.

Munich police detained British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora following his brawl with former WBA champion David Haye at a news conference.

Research into the life of Charles Dickens, whose 200th birthday is celebrated today, has thrown up a case of how the acclaimed novelist, journalist and champion of social reform had been roped into saving a Victorian prostitute who didn't want saving.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate and champion for smaller government Ron Paul appears to have been reimbursed twice for travel between his congressional district and Washington with both taxpayer and campaign funds, the Roll Call newspaper said on Monday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hunting enthusiasts grunted, bawled and bellowed in the battle to be named Germany's champion deer caller.

Avec 18 millions d'habitants, la Floride est le quatrième Etat le plus peuplé des Etats-Unis. La primaire qui vient de s'y jouer constituait donc un enjeu important au sein du camp républicain. Pour l'observateur français, féru de haute politique depuis au moins 1789, les débats ont à nouveau porté...Articles en rapportObama et Sarkozy face à leur réélectionAu risque de l'ennuiCrise de la zone ...

Uruguayan national football team manager Óscar Tabárez, known as El Maestro (The Teacher), will help promote education and sports programmes for vulnerable children in his native country, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today, as part of his new role as Champion for Sport for the agency.

ISLAMABAD - Snooker should be included in the syllabus in colleges and schools as a subject the country to find world-class players in near future, said national junior snooker champion Hunain Aamir Tito in an exclusive interview with TheNation on Wednesday. Hunain (15), who is a 9th class student at Educators School System in Sialkot, has just won the Jubilee Insurance Pakistan National Juni...

Hard to make sense of her loss

Senior director of French nuclear champion admits he brought in Swiss intelligence company without informing his former boss Anne Lauvergeon

The fully working device, an oversized replica of the pads on Nintendo's iconic NES console, was on display at Liverpool St Station, London - along with gaming royalty such as the world Street Fighter champion.

Legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Seeing all of the news items about Ali's birthday left me wondering how MuhammadAli.com was currently being used and also brought back fond memories of the day I got to go toe to toe with "the greatest of all time."

Mannskind, Held, Narr oder einfach Champion des Volkes: Muhammad Ali, der größte Preisboxer der Geschichte, ist auch mit 70 Jahren in seinem schwersten Kampf eine beeindruckende Figur.

Der Schwergewichtler gilt als größter Sportler der Geschichte. Seinen unvergleichbaren Ruhm gewann der Boxer nicht nur im Ring. Am Dienstag wird er 70 Jahre alt.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- With a week left to halt Mitt Romney from sweeping to a third straight victory, his GOP rivals are struggling in South Carolina for a theme, momentum and most crucially, one strong challenger to consolidate conservatives' misgivings about the front-runner....

Family members keeping vigil also ask friends of champion halfpipe athlete not to talk about her condition

National team medical staff are attempting to call the hospital but reports indicated that the Whistler, B.C., native had to be resuscitated on the hill

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi could be given a job in Myanmar's nominally civilian government if she is elected to parliament in April by-elections, a presidential adviser said.

no comment : Japon : le champion du Sumo à la chasse aux démons

Think your programming skills are world class? Facebook wants you to prove it at its second annual Hacker Cup challenge.

Déjà champion des ventes en magasin, le dernier opus des Call of Duty est le jeu qui a été le plus téléchargé l'année dernière, selon le classement du site TorrentFreak.

Ranked by Internet market share -- rather than unit sales -- Google is now No. 3  Data: NetApplications. Chart: PED From the perspective of NetApplications, which has been measuring browser usage data since 2004 (currently monitoring the activity of 160 million users on 40,000 sites): Apple's (AAPL) iOS is the still reigning champion of the World Wide Web among mobile operating systems (includ...

The former mixed martial arts champion was trained by a former special-ops fighter for the role in the action film.The former mixed martial arts champion was trained by a former special-ops fighter for the role in the action film.

And it's world champion corned beef eater Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti. This video from TMZ.com totally clenched it for me. Dude can not only scarf it down (ladies, you know what I'm thinking) but watch him kill two bottles of Manischewitz in just a few seconds. He even has them taped to his hands...now that is the kind of commitment I'm looking for. Since I am not a professional bl...

NAYPYIDAW (AFP) - Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi registered her opposition party and visited the national parliament for the first time on Friday, as she prepares to enter the mainstream political arena. The visit in the capital Naypyidaw included a meeting with lower house speaker Shwe Mann, number three in the previous ruling junta and still one of the most powerful men in Myan...

Across the Czech Republic, the nation came to a standstill in memory of Vaclav Havel who in 1989 led his nation through the bloodless revolution that toppled Soviet-backed communism in the then-Czechoslovakia

Boxing champion must serve up to three months in prison and complete 100 hours of community service after guilty plea.

Sonia Gandhi defended her government’s efforts to tackle corruption, as she attacked Anna Hazare, India’s anti-graft champion

Le défenseur lillois, Pape Souaré, a prolongé son contrat de deux saisons, a annoncé mardi le club champion de France....

Padua, Italien (ots/PRNewswire) - CARRERA gibt bekannt, dass der Frontmann der Gym Class Heroes, Travie McCoy, im neuesten Musikvideo der Band, "Ass Back Home", das Sonnenbrillenmodell "Champion" trägt. Der Track stammt aus dem aktuellen Album der Band The Papercut Chronicles II. ...

THE opposition leader needs to champion the cause of mum-and-dad marriages.

The film stars Thomas Horn (a former Teen Jeopardy! champion) as a boy whose father (Tom Hanks) is killed in the World Trade Center attacks. He then finds a key that used to belong to his dad, and spends the movie looking for the lock

Portraying himself as a champion of the middle class, President Barack Obama invoked the threat of outsourcing to India and China to launch the populist themes of his 2012 re-election campaign.

Sergey Shitznin left elderly money changer to die after beating and robbing him.

LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) -- Robert Champion fell in love with music at about age 6 when he saw a marching band at a parade in downtown Atlanta. So mesmerized by the festivities, he came home, took out pots and pans and started banging away like a little drummer....

Alekseyev, known as the world’s strongest man, won two Olympic gold medals and set 80 world records in weight lifting.

Champion kickboxers from all over the world are camping out in Dublin for the week as a major kickboxing tournament comes to the county.

Mrs. Lauder’s family fled the Nazis and eventually landed in New York, where she married into an illustrious family in the beauty business.

Xanterra Parks & Resorts favors a ban on bottled water in national parks, despite the negative implications for its bottom line.

BOXING:JOE FRAZIER, the relentless slugger who became the heavyweight champion of the world and earned boxing immortality with three epic battles against Muhammad Ali, died on Monday at age 67.

Jon "Bones" Jones sits in a wheelchair two plastic bags stuffed with ice resting on his big bruised feet It's near midnight in Denver and half an hour ago in front of 16000 fans Jones thrashed Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in elegant but vicious fashion choking out the former light-heavyweight champion...

Premier champion paralympique autorisé à se mesurer en compétition à des concurrents valides, Oscar Pistorius ne fait pas l'unanimité.