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Germany’s World Cup hopes suffered a severe blow on Saturday when midfielder Marco Reus suffered an ankle injury in their final warmup game.
Bayern Munich’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal in their Champions League round of 16 first leg has confirmed the German side’s focus is set on winning.
Three days after the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Alberto Contador for doping, former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has also been banned.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is satisfied with his team’s performances even though they have suffered an alarming dip in terms of recent results.
There will be no empty seats at the Soccer World Cup after a recent surge in ticket sales helped sell out about 40 matches, Fifa said on Tuesday.
Bahrain’s Olympic 1 500 metres champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal for doping at the Beijing 2008 Games.
The International Olympic Committee and the Chinese organisers BOCOG have agreed to lift all internet restrictions.
A probe has found no systematic or institutional corruption within tennis but new measures were needed to boost the sport’s anti-corruption drive, stakeholders said on Monday.…
From its dangerously empty coffers in the late 1970s to the multibillion-dollar revenues from the Beijing 2008 Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has managed a…
Pro-Tibet demonstrators tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia on Monday. In a globally televised ceremony to mark the start of a…
A 24-hour nationwide strike against the Greek government’s economic and pension reforms crippled transport on Wednesday and shut down public services. Thousands of people also…
Greece’s conservatives on Monday faced the tough task of tackling reforms needed to catch up with euro zone countries after winning a second mandate with only a narrow majority…
Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fled their homes on Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have devastated the country and killed 63 people in four…
An innovative concept and the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin were key factors in the surprise decision to award the 2014 Winter Games to Russia’s Sochi. Sochi, on…
Suspected leftist guerrillas fired a rocket at the United States embassy in Athens on Friday but no one was hurt in the blast, police and government officials said. In the most…
An explosion ripped through the United States embassy compound in central Athens on Friday but no one was hurt, a US embassy spokesperson said. Greek anti-terrorist officers were…
