Only two goals were scored in three matches as the football friendlies ahead of the World Cup entered the penultimate round. Paraguay won 2-0 against fellow World Cup qualifiers Greece while Honduras warmed up for their opener against Chile with a 0-0 draw against Azerbaijan in Austria.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney waves after he sang the song Michelle in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, with the US First Lady looking on.

Miss Ellie, a small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog whose pimples and lolling tongue helped her win Animal Planet’s “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest in 2009, has died at age 17 after a career in r

Metairie (Louisiana, US), June 3: BP sliced off a pipe with giant shears on Thursday in the latest bid to curtail the worst spill in US history, but the cut was jagged and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said.

Israel on Thursday rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla but left the door open to foreign involvement.

Paul McCartney had been itching to perform a certain song at the White House, and he seized the moment when it arrived.

Bangladesh go into the second Test against England at the Old Trafford from Friday looking to sustain their improvement and silence critics who continue to question their Test match credentials.

France coach Raymond Domenech said on Thurdsay he is confident that his charges can shine at this year’s World Cup.
“I am setting out confident in this group,” insisted Domenech, who led France to an unexpected final in 2006. “This group has desire and has worked well. I have c

Brazil coach Dunga defended his players on Thursday after their complaints about the World Cup ball were criticised by Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke.
Valcke suggested two days ago that the Brazilians were using the ball as an excuse in case of failure, but Dunga dismissed the opinion as that of a “guy who never kicked the ball. He needs to play,” Dunga said.

Indra Tamang was a teenage farmer in a Nepalese village without running water or electricity.