A second armed attack in the space of a year on a bus carrying a national sports team has highlighted the vulnerability of top-level athletes and the publicity such ambushes attract. Two members of Togo's football delegation died when gunmen attacked the team bus on Friday as it travelled to the African Nations Cup in Angola. The driver was killed in the assault.
A group of envoys including those from several Europe Union countries and a few Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) member states began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to take a first-hand account of the situation in newly-carved union territory, especially after the recently-concluded local body elections.
Talisman Didier Drogba came off the bench to secure Ivory Coast a place in the World Cup finals with a 1-1 draw against Malawi on Saturday.
Striker Robin van Persie has recovered from a groin strain and returns to Arsenal's squad for the Champions League semi-final second leg against holders Manchester United on Tuesday, manager Arsene Wenger said.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been fined 25,000 and given a suspended two-match ban for his goal celebration in the 4-2 win over his former club Arsenal, the FA said on Thursday.
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor faces three weeks out after damaging his hamstring in the goalless draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Arsenal are willing to talk to AC Milan about striker Emmanuel Adebayor, the Italian club's chief executive Adriano Galliani said.
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a pulsating 1-1 draw while Fenerbahce came from behind for a 2-1 home win over Chelsea in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg matches.
The fresh batch of diplomats also includes EU representatives, and their participation assumes significance as the EU Parliament recently initiated to bring a joint draft resolution on the Citizenship Amendment Act and Kashmir, the vote on which was later deferred.
Thirty-two teams that qualified for the 2006 Football World Cup Finals in Germany were on Friday drawn into eight groups.
Manchester United stayed put atop the English Premier League after 2-0 victory over Reading as Arsenal routed Fulham 3-0 and Chelsea beat Birmingham City 1-0.
The 23-year-old Adebayor struck once in the first half and twice in the second, including a penalty in a 5-0 victory in the English Premier League.
Manchester United moved into the top four for the first time this season with a scrappy 1-0 victory at Everton.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger fanned the flames of his dispute with the English FA on Friday by accusing them of running an "unfair and dishonest" disciplinary system.
Arsenal moved up among the pace-setters in the EPL when they beat Portsmouth 3-1 at home.
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto converted a penalty in each half as Arsenal trounced Tottenham Hotspur 3-0.
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Adebayor, who was also fined 7,500 pounds ($14,490) by an FA disciplinary commission hearing, was found guilty of a charge of reacting aggressively and failing to leave the field of play immediately after being dismissed.
French striker Jeremie Aliadiere fired Arsenal to a 3-1 extra-time victory over arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday and a place in next month's League Cup final against Chelsea.
Samuel Eto'o, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien have been nominated for the African Footballer of the Year award
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Big 92.7 FM, which plans to reach 45 cities, 1,000 towns and 50,000 villages, will see the group making an investment of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) towards transmission equipment, infrastructure and licencing.
Arsenal won 3-1 after extra time at Bolton Wanderers to reach the FA Cup fifth round.
The veteran Indian has decided to go with the choice of his partner Martin Damm of the Czech Republic to play in the Doha Open.
Chelsea cut Manchester United's Premier League lead to five points after Didier Drogba scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United on Wednesday.
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If France fail to survive the group stage, Sunday's 1-1 draw with South Korea will have been Zinedine Zidane's last match.
'The recalculated ranking showed India should have had a higher ranking earlier (113 in 2012 instead of 132) and lower ranking later (114 in 2018 instead of 100).' 'This would mean that there has been no change in India's climate of doing business across two regimes.' 'This is exactly consistent with the reality on the ground,' observes Debashis Basu.
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An injury-time goal from Fulham's Darren Bent inflicted more pain on struggling Manchester United as the bottom club rescued a 2-2 Premier League draw on Sunday while Tottenham Hotspur beat top-four rivals Everton 1-0.
Raphael Patron scored both the goals as the Mumbai champions beat Vasco 2-1 in a Federation Cup semi-final.
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