Fabien Barthez could be punished after a referee said the Olympique Marseille goalkeeper spat at him during a friendly match.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said two African nations could co-host the 2010 football event.
Back in his hometown of Bondy, on the gritty northeast outskirts of Paris, there is immense pride at his exploits, but not that much surprise -- they always knew he'd make it big.
Asia's representatives are once again heading home before the business end of the World Cup gets going.
The World Cup lost its headline acts on Saturday as the game's two biggest stars, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, readied to leave Russia after their teams were eliminated in the round of 16. Messi's Argentina lost 4-3 to France and hours later Ronaldo's Portugal went down 2-1 to Uruguay, leaving the tournament without its two best known and most loved players.
This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
Infinite Analytics CEO Akash Bhatia and Lead Scientist Joseph Kibe reveal how AI reads Wikipedia index noise to pull out the winners.
Describing India as a long-standing strategic partner in fight against terror, Israel has said that it will "not do anything that could undermine India's security" in a strong bid to re-assure New Delhi that reports of arms sale to Pakistan were incorrect.
Sania Mirza beat Katarina Kachlikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-3 to enter the quarter-final of the Rabat ITF Women's World ranking tournament.
Rizvi's burial took place in Mumbai. Khushi's body was cremated at the Khaswadi crematorium in Vadodara.
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz reacted angrily after a 1-1 draw with Portugal on Monday doomed his team to elimination from the World Cup, saying they had deserved to win.
Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia surprised pre-race favourites to win the men's and women's crowns respectively in the US $405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Wayne Arthurs rode his booming serve to a 7-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Mounir El Aarej to give Australia a 1-0 lead over Morocco in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.
Spain squeezed past dogged Iran 1-0 in their World Cup Group B encounter on Wednesday, thanks to a fortuitous goal from Diego Costa, but the Europeans suffered a string of second-half scares.
Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he feels the soccer World Cup underway in Moscow is a little bit like "my World Cup" because he has been so well received on his visit to Moscow.
Diwarkar Prasad beat Morocco's Hamid Ait Bighrade in the 54 kg bantamweight round of 32.
Morocco's Hicham Arazi upset the local favourite 6-2 6-2 6-4 in the fourth round of the Aus Open.
The neighbourly rivalry and the intriguing prospect of a duel between Real Madrid team mates Sergio Ramos of Spain and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo meant the Group B match was always going to be one of the highlights of the opening round.
Faiza Outalha, an estranged wife of American-born Lashkar e Tayiba terrorist David Headley, has replied to all questions of the National Investigation Agency relating to her knowledge of the conspiracy behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Former US prosecutor Michael Garcia's appeal against the handling of his alleged corruption around the Russian and Qatar bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been rejected by FIFA.
Sanam Singh enjoyed a good day in office, reaching the men'[s singles quarter-finals and doubles semi-finals in the US $15,000 ITF men's Futures tournament in Toronto, Canada.
The Indian ace upset third seed Carla Tiene of Brazil 6-2, 6-1 to enter the finals of the US $10,000 Rabat ITF Women's world ranking tournament.
The Indian ace beat the No. 1 seed to enter the semis in the Rabat ITF women's world ranking tournament.
Local favourites Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis were brought to their knees in the fourth round of the Australian Open.\n\n
Exports of 'Made-in-India' vehicles have touched Rs 2,928 crore (Rs 29.28 billion) during April-October 2003 after growing by 32.4 per cent in value terms during 2002-03 to Rs 3,396 crore (Rs 33.96 billion).
