As mobile operators shift away from slower networks, Europe has been torn over its approach to the Chinese giant, which is a pioneer in 5G technology.
The news of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene’s pregnancy comes after a turbulent period for the royal couple.
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/ 24 December 2011
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev completed his takeover of Monaco on Friday and promised to invest at least $130 million in the struggling club.
Monaco’s newly-wed Princess Charlene has vowed to carry out her royal duties in her own style but admits adapting to the role is taking time.
Monaco’s sovereign ruler Prince Albert wed SA’s Charlene Wittstock on Saturday in an opulent ceremony attended by royalty and the international elite.
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene married in a religious ceremony in their palace on Saturday, one day after their civil wedding.
Royal watchers descended on Monaco’s princely wedding seeking regal glamour, but found themselves crowded alongside Formula One aficionados.
South Africa’s Charlene Wittstock has wed Prince Albert II, in a ceremony that transformed the one-time Olympic swimmer into the Princess of Monaco.
Monaco’s royal house invited the population of its tiny realm to join them in celebration as the Grimaldi clan prepared to embrace Charlene Wittstock.
Monaco has begun three days of royal wedding festivities marked by glamour, romance, rumours, suspense, intrigue and, yes, The Eagles.
It took an ugly rumour of a threatened split to put the Monaco royal wedding on the front pages on Wednesday.
Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado both criticised Lewis Hamilton and demanded heavier sanctions in a controversial aftermath to the Monaco Grand Prix.
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel took his fifth victory in six races when he won a crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix thriller.
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/ 30 November 2010
A new exciting life awaits Charlene Wittstock ahead of her pending nuptials.
Prince Albert II of Monaco, son of late Hollywood star Grace Kelly, announced his engagement on Wednesday to South African Olympic swimmer.
Mark Webber celebrated the greatest day of his life on Sunday by drenching himself in champagne and leaping into the Monaco harbour.
Mark Webber was fastest in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday to give Red Bull its sixth straight start from pole position this season.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton battled to a masterful Monaco Grand Prix victory on Sunday despite hitting the barriers on an afternoon of mayhem on the principality’s slippery streets. ”This has got to be the highlight of my career, and it will be the highlight for the rest of my life,” declared the ecstatic Briton.
As the sun rose and shone, at last, on the traditional Friday rest day at the Monaco Grand Prix, the lurid shadow cast by the Max Mosley sex scandal continued to eclipse even the best efforts of the drivers. It barely mattered that 23-year-old Lewis Hamilton had performed brilliantly to set the fastest time for McLaren-Mercedes in Thursday’s opening practice sessions.
After four consecutive victories, the championship-leading Ferrari team and their defending world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, are expecting to be the dominant force again in Monaco on Sunday. The Finn, who leads this year’s title race ahead of Ferrari teammate Brazilian Felipe Massa, is convinced the Italian scuderia is in excellent shape.
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/ 7 December 2007
Renault on Thursday escaped punishment in the latest spying row to rock Formula One. The sport’s governing body, the FIA, found the French team to be in breach of regulations when they were accused of being in possession of technical data of rivals McLaren.
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/ 26 November 2007
American double world sprint champion Tyson Gay and Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar were named the 2007 World Athletes of the Year on Sunday. Both athletes received a  000 cash award at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Gala.
McLaren claim they are confident an investigation into their team tactics in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix will clear them of breaking the rules. Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, launched an inquiry on Monday after Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton posted a processional 1-2 for McLaren without ever fighting each other for the lead.
Spain’s two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso won his second successive Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to record his McLaren team’s 150th success. Alonso — recording his 17th career victory — beat home teammate Lewis Hamilton, who finished in his fourth successive second place in his maiden season.
Defending double drivers’ world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain on Saturday grabbed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix. The 25-year-old McLaren Mercedes-Benz driver, who won last year’s race for Renault, snatched the prime grid starting position with a late fast lap to outpace Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton will continue to live his dream on Sunday when the British racing sensation competes in his first Monaco Formula One Grand Prix as world championship leader. Getting a maiden career win in the principality in front of the rich and famous would cap one of the most stunning debuts in the sport.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his third Monte Carlo Masters Series in succession when he extended his record winning streak on clay to 67 matches with a 6-4 6-4 defeat of world number one Roger Federer in Sunday’s final. The double French Open champion became the second player to win three straight titles in the principality.
Roger Federer won his 500th career match on Friday, beating David Ferrer 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters. ”I am very happy to have done it here,” said Federer, who reached the final in Monte Carlo last year. ”That is a lot of games. I’m glad they are victories.”
Marat Safin carried his clay-court momentum from last weekend’s Davis Cup victory into the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters as he ousted Finn Jarkko Nieminen 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. The former world number one from Russia was joined in the second round by Frenchman Julien Benneteau a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 winner over Benjamin Balleret.
Defending world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain drove from pole position to a clear and consummate victory for Renault in Sunday’s controversy-hit Monaco Grand Prix. His first win in the Principality, in the wake of Saturday’s extraordinary penalty that sent disgraced rival Michael Schumacher from pole to the back of the grid.
Michael Schumacher was dramatically stripped of pole position and placed last on the grid for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix late on Saturday. The International Motorsport Federation, motor racing’s governing body, came down hard on the seven-time champion after finding him guilty of ”deliberately stopping his car in the middle of the track”.
Michael Schumacher denied cheating deliberately to gain pole position as the Monaco Grand Prix plunged into controversy during qualifying on Saturday. The seven-times champion dominated the session to grab his 67th pole position but was afterwards accused of cheating by rival drivers and his former boss, Renault chief Flavio Briatore.