Hamish McRae: It's a beautiful game - just ask builders, retailers …
Independent, UK - 5 hours ago… Or the winning country? Or the electrical retailers selling flat screens? To see the beautiful game in such terms might seem a bit prosaic. …
A remarkable change has hit Washington: enter the X-Men
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7 hours ago… The next thing you know, the Bush administration has mutated into a bunch of superheroes. The Treasury Secretary has morphed into Gold Man (Sachs). …
England A 7 Scotland A 13: Danielli makes the Saxons suffer
Independent, UK - 5 hours agoScotland A gained pole position in the Canadian-based pool of the fourth Churchill Cup with a hard-earned opening win over the rebranded England Saxons on a …
Moreno Keeps DC On a Winning Roll
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours agoAfter a 5-1 thrashing of Kansas City Wednesday night, DC United Coach Peter Nowak insisted that May was no time for self-satisfaction. …
The Kremlin has us over a barrel
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago… euphemism. The upcoming flotation of the Russian state oil giant Rosneft in Moscow and London is a classic case in point. Those …
13 stabbings, one death. A typical night in knife-culture Scotland
Scotland on Sunday, UK - 7 hours agoIT WAS a terrifying way for a young life to end. A gang chased him into a dingy block of flats and knifed him to death. Locals in …
England 6 Jamaica 0: A tall story as Sven's men are given record …
Independent, UK - 5 hours ago… Fortunately the week's bulletins will focus solely on Wayne Rooney's decisive scan on Wednesday after Ashley Cole's strain was revealed by a scan to be minor. …
A cruise for FT Fazreen leads team to their third straight title
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 5 hours agoFAZREEN Ekhsan was the star for the Federal Territories, scoring a hat-trick to steer his team to an easy 4-1 win over Johor in the boys' hockey final at the …
Paraguay's Anibal loves it when a plan comes together
The Observer, UK - 6 hours agoParaguay completed their World Cup warm-up programme with a 1-0 win over Georgia on Wednesday in the first meeting between the two countries, played at the …
