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Still, the beauty of the ceremony was moving from the taste of Brazil’s multicultural history to the unusual move of creating a legacy that honors the athletes and benefits the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Amiri was allowed to return to Iran in 2010, where he was initially celebrated as a national hero.

England fought back admirably after a 103-run first innings deficit – Pakistan 400, England 297 – to achieve one of its most memorable victories in test cricket.

Thane (Maha), Aug 7 (PTI) Three persons, including an elderly couple, were killed and six others injured when a two-storey building declared as “most dangerous” by the local civic body, collapsed in Bhiwandi in the district this morning, the second such mishap in the...

Apparently Brian Cashman won the argument with the Steinbrenners and played the role of Snake Plisken and made a deal for his own “Escape from NY”. Those deals yielded more years of control, but clubs are growing increasingly willing to sacrifice future pieces for the...

General Sergey Rudskoy, chief of the main operations department of the Russian General Staff said the helicopter was shot down over an area controlled by Al-Nusra Front.

On 60 minutes Mothobi Mvala was sent off for a second yellow card, and life became more hard for the South Africans, but they held on and earned a useful 1-1 draw against the hosts, who are determined to win their first ever football Olympic gold. “For a team not to train...

One of the warmest cheers of the evening was given to a team consisting of refugee athletes-the first ever at any Olympics.

Nigeria ‘s Olympic football team have been grounded in Atlanta hours before their first game of Rio 2016 due to an unsettled flight bill.

In a BBC spotlight on Team Refugee, the team of ten displaced athletes from around the world competing under the flag of the International Olympics Committee, Mardini describes her journey from Syria to Germany. Mardini, her sister and a few others jumped in the water and swam...

#Russia claims that the helicopter was delivering aid to Aleppo, where Russian and Syrian government forces are now besieging rebel forces.

“This court should declare the FDPA (Federal Death Penalty Act) unconstitutional and order that this case proceed as a non-capital case”, attorneys stated in the motion. “T$3 his motion.is being filed exclusively as a result of the government’s decision to...

Sarah Palin reiterated her support for Paul Ryan’s primary challenger Friday night immediately after her political ally, Donald Trump, endorsed the House speaker. But in neighboring Wisconsin, a state Trump insists he can win, the state’s best-known Republicans said...

The billionaire tycoon ended the rift between two of the party’s most powerful members as he launched insults at rival Hillary Clinton, describing her as “unhinged” and a “monster”.

Both Brown’s and Jackson’s sentences will now end December 1, along with most of the rest of those receiving commutations Wednesday.