Workers across the European Union are staging a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures. General strikes in Spain and Portugal have halted transport, businesses and schools, and led to clashes between police an...
President Hu Jintao stepped aside as ruling party leader yesterday to clear the way for Vice President Xi Jinping to take China’s helm as part of only the second orderly transfer of power in 63 years of Communist rule. In a possible break from tr...
The State of North Carolina has backed out of the secession petitions already being issued by well over 22 states to enable them pull out of the United States and form their own governments. A letter from North Carolina to the White House affirms that ...
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of bombings across Iraq early yesterday targeting security forces and civilians, and killing 17 people and wounding dozens more in the latest challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability, police and he...
Manchester United and France defender Patrice Evra says it would be a failure for him if he did not win a tournament with his national team. The Manchester United full-back believes a lack of success with Les Bleus would represent a very disappointing ...
Despite budget limitations and tight schedule, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2013 is confident South Africa will pull off a successful tournament. A three-man LOC delegation, including chairperson Advocate Ch...
In recognition of his positive contributions to sports development in Africa, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) has awarded its MEDAL OF HONOUR to the Director-General National Sports Commission, Chief Patrick Ekeji. The SCSA Medal of Hon...
Nigerian former footballer, Godwin Okpara who is serving a jail term in a French prison over a reported case of child abuse and rape, has lost his 18 years old second child, Sean Okpara. He died yesterday morning. According to a family source who discl...