BAGHDAD: Iraq's mainly expat national soccer team are looking foward to returning home to celebrate winning the Asian Cup, but some are fearful for their safety and for the security of any jubilant crowds.
MADRID: Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.
BOSTON, Massachusetts: Kevin Garnett was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics on Monday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing an undisclosed Celtics source.
PALO ALTO, California: Bill Walsh, who masterminded three Super Bowl championship seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, died on Monday morning aged 75 after a three-year battle with leukemia.
BANGKOK: Jorvan Vieira is a wanted man after guiding Iraq to their first Asian Cup triumph, and has already attracted interest from Australia and South Korea with a view to taking over as national team coach.
Lu Yiran walks out of the Pilates classroom with a group of girls and the 45-minute class has worn her out. She passes the weights area, but doesn't feel capable of doing her usual three successions of dumbbell lifts. She then tries to run on the treadmill and after a mere 5 minutes, stops breathlessly.
This lighting manufacturer was hoping to make a big splash with their environmental campaign to adopt three pandas and make them mascots of climate-change awareness. But it was the park staff at the press conference in the Wolong Reserve that really poured it on - by accidentally dumping gallons of pooled rainwater all over the company's CEO during a recent press conference.
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