SAITAMA, Japan - Kashima Antlers secured an unprecedented third straightJ-League championship with a 1-0 win over Urawa Reds on Saturday.Shinzo Koroki's 66th minute header proved the winner in driving rain atSaitama Stadium, and the Antlers clinche
* Blatter reveals request from FA of Ireland* Irish officials not holding their breath - Ireland have appealed toworld governing body FIFA to be allowed to compete as a 33rdteam in next year's World Cup finals, FIFA president SeppBlatter said on Mon
CAPE TOWN - South Africa won the toss and decided to bat in the third one-day international against England at Newlands on Friday. Both teams showed two changes from the sides which played in the second match in Centurion last Sunday, which England
MINA, Saudi Arabia - Pilgrims are casting stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj as Muslims begin Eid al-Adha, one of the most important holidays of the Islamic calendar. The approximately 3 million pilgrims filed
HELSINKI - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would cut around 220 jobs in Japan as part of its plans to streamline its vast research and development operations. As part of its global efforts to align its research an
BEIJING - A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Mond
ASUNCION, Paraguay - A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay's Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday. Hortensia Damiana Moran, 40, a religious activist who worked on President Fernando Lugo's elect
PARIS - A third Paris Saint-Germain player has been diagnosed with swineflu ahead of the club's match at Marseille in the French league.PSG didn't reveal the player's identity and said Sunday in a statement that'two other staff members are having s
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