The missed call of Thierry Henry’s handball that made Martin Hansson cry will likely prevent the Swedish referee taking charge of a match at this world cup.
Yet Hansson was smiling on Monday and philosophical about his role as a specialist fourth official in South Africa, consigned to the sideline as the only European referee placed on standby while nine colleagues get their moments in the middle. “I think now it’s too late,” Hansson said.

Saudi Arabia’s central bank holds more than twice the amount of gold previously estimated, a shift that analysts said reflected more of an accounting adjustment than an indication the oil rich nation

The Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that bars “material support” to foreign terrorist organisations, rejecting a free speech challenge from humanitarian aid groups.

BP PLC said on Monday that its partners in the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well must share responsibility for the costs in dealing with the disaster, on which BP said it has now spent $2 billion.

Two explosions minutes apart rocked a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a child and wounding at least 23 other people.

Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks massed on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan refused to return home on Sunday, saying they feared for their lives after violent pogroms and don’t trust Kyrgyz troo

A man opened fire on his stepdaughter’s family inside a California restaurant on Saturday, killing her husband and six-year-old son, critically wounding her and another child, and then fatally shootin

Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of the capital.

West Indies were 126/2 at lunch on Day Three of the second Test against South Africa after losing captain Chris Gayle in a stop-start first session at Warner Park on Sunday.

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