England arrived in South Africa on Thursday morning hoping a favourable first-round draw can be the catalyst for a serious World Cup challenge.
Cool, clear conditions greeted some of the most watched performers in the global televised football arena when they landed at Johannesburg international airport with manager Fabio Capello.

One of the most intriguing elements of Italy’s World Cup defence, in both senses of the word, will be the form and influence of Fabio Cannavaro.
The 36-year-old Juventus defender lifted the trophy four years ago as the Italy captain in a dream season in which he was later named world player of the year and also moved to Real Madrid.

Facebook has a new member — former US President George W. Bush.

Six men from Europe, Russia and China will on Thursday be voluntarily locked away in a module for almost one and a half years to simulate the effects of a mission to Mars.

A top secret military lab set up in Canada developed biological weapons for the Allies during World War II, according to a new documentary film aired late Tuesday by Radio-Canada.

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Rolex has been robbed of more than 15 kilograms of gold — worth almost 15 million euros — and a foundry worker has been taken into custody, a judicial official said on Thursday

Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro wrote in an article out on Thursday that it was unlikely that US President Barack Obama would be re-elected without first letting the US military or Israel launch a nuc

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has left Anfield by mutual consent, the Premier League club confirmed on Thursday. The 50-year-old’s position had been in doubt since it emerged on Wednesday that talks over his future with Reds chairman Martin Broughton and managing director Christian Purslow had broken down.

Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie will make his first career start at the New York Marathon, making the November event his first major US marathon appearance, race officials said on Wednesday.

South Africa enter the fifth and final one-day international against West Indies on Thursday at the Queen’s Park Oval here, with a victory and a third straight clean sweep on Caribbean soil clearly in mind.