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Cup votes led to crisis - Blatter

The worst corruption crisis in soccer history stems from the governing body's decision to award Russia and Qatar the next two World Cup tournaments, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday.

FIFA arrests spur Brazil to probe soccer corruption

Brazilian police began investigating allegations of corruption in its soccer industry on Thursday, prompted by the arrests of top officials at world soccer body FIFA in a US bribery probe.

Warner leaves prison in an ambulance

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner left a Trinidad jail by ambulance on Thursday, a day after he was charged in a US corruption case that has led to the arrests of more than a dozen international soccer officials and businessmen.

A lesson to learn for China

FIFA official have been arrested for alleged corruption in the latest scandal to rock the soccer world. Could there be a lesson in this for China as it embarks along a long road of soccer reforms?

Wenger chasing record and much-needed silverware at Wembley

Arsene Wenger would love to silence his critics by making history when holder Arsenal takes on Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

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Fossils are new clue in the human story

Jaw and teeth fossils found on the silty clay surface of Ethiopia's Afar region represent a previously unknown member of humankind's family tree that lived 3.3 to 3.5 million years ago alongside the famous human ancestor "Lucy", scientists say.

Self-healing robots step toward reality

Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step toward machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals.

HIV patients face medication shortage

A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the AIDS virus.

US military sends live anthrax to air base, four labs

As many as 22 people in South Korea and four US lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax after the US military accidentally shipped out at least one live sample, officials said.

Poor, elderly at risk as heat wave goes on

Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could on Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,400 in the past month.