Berlin, Aug 9 (DPA) A record field of 2,101 athletes from 202 countries is entered provisionally for the upcoming 12th World Athletics Championships in Berlin, the ruling body Int...More

London, Aug 9 (DPA) Formula One World champion Lewis Hamilton is excited about the prospect of racing against Michael Schumacher but not afraid of the record trophy winner. ...More

Hamburg, Aug 9 (DPA) Holders Werder Bremen were drawn to play at home at last in the German cup, against second division St Pauli Hamburg in the second round. ...More

Berlin, Aug 9 (DPA) Usain Bolt has the class to rewrite athletics history in a hyped 100 metres world championship showdown with Tyson Gay and can reach the status of the legendar...More

Abu Dhabi, Aug 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is launching a campaign to raise awareness about work safety, WAM news agency reported Sunday. The...More

Dubai, Aug 9 (IANS) Dubai has enacted a new law that will lead to the launch of Real-time Automated Payments (RAPID) in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), WAM news...More

London, Aug 9 (IANS) Michael Jackson's long term actor friend has confessed that he secretly donated his own sperm to help the singer have children. Mark...More

Seoul, Aug 9 (IANS) South Korean government Sunday reported over 1700 cases of influenza A(H1N1), also known as swine flu, in the country. The country's ...More

Tokyo, Aug 9 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook the Japanese capital Tokyo and its environs Sunday, Japanese meteorological authorities have reported. ...More

Kathmandu, Aug 9 (IANS) When Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala begins her five-day India visit Monday, the first by the new Nepal government's foreign minister, economic dip...More

London, Aug 9 (IANS) English cricketers are lazy, crave the friendship of rival players and start making excuses when things go wrong, the Daily Telegraph has reported, quoting an...More

Fuzhou (China), Aug 9 (Xinhua) Typhoon Morakot slammed into the eastern coastal region of China, killing one and forcing about a million people to move to safer places, authoritie...More

London, Aug 9 (IANS) A desperate wish for a son may have led to the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, a British newspaper reported Sunday. ...More

Jakarta, Aug 9 (DPA) Indonesian police were trying to determine Sunday whether a man killed in a dramatic raid in Central Java was in fact one of Asia's most wanted terror suspect...More

London, Aug 9 (IANS) Journalist and broadcaster Mihir Bose has quit his job as the sports editor of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a move that has taken the nationa...More