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New UEFA nation Gibraltar eyes Euro football debut
Gibraltar became the smallest European football nation on Friday after the British colony's lengthy push to join UEFA was completed by gaining full ...
UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated ...
Woman in Berlusconi denies her own statements
The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness ...
Denis Oswald to run for IOC president
The race for the IOC presidency is getting crowded, with Switzerland's Denis Oswald becoming the fifth declared candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge.
Slovenia adopts debt cap to stave off crisis
Slovenia's parliament on Friday imposed a cap on public spending in an attempt to convince foreign investors that the small eurozone country will not ...
Roger Federer, always at Grand Slam tournaments
Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference Friday concerned rival and nemesis ...
Cornet meets Hradecka in Strasbourg final
Third-seeded Alize Cornet will take on last year's runner-up Lucie Hradecka in Saturday's final of the Strasbourg International. France's Cornet edged ...
Monfils to face Montanes in Open de Nice final
France's Gael Monfils beat Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-4 at the Open de Nice on Friday to line up a final against Albert Montanes of Spain. Montanes defeated ...
Earthquake hits Russia's Far East
A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the ...
2 coaches leave Manchester United
Manchester United coaches Mike Phelan and Eric Steele are leaving the team as new manager David Moyes looks to install his own staff. Moyes, who the ...
Monaco to play Nieminen in Duesseldorf final
Juan Monaco will face Jarkko Nieminen in the final of the inaugural Power Horse Cup ATP tournament, with both players seeking their first title of the ...
Froch seeks revenge over Kessler
Three years after losing his unbeaten record and WBC super-middleweight title to Danish fighter Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch has the chance to make ...
US: Czech slaying suspect killed relatives
An American man killed his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic and then flew to the United States, where he was arrested at an airport, ...
Di Luca tests positive for EPO, risks life ban
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro ...
France: New Libyan security measures on tap
France's foreign minister says Libya is poised to announce new security initiatives in coming weeks, amid recent instability in the North African ...
World stocks lower after big sell-off
World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve ...
China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement his country has ...
AP Source: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban
FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask football's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found ...
Platini wants a European sports police force
UEFA President Michel Platini has stepped up his call for a European sports police force to tackle betting, corruption, match-fixing, doping and ...
French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers
With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a ...
Whitmarsh concedes hopes were too high this season
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh thinks expectations within the team were raised too high when it won the final two races of last season, and ...