• Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers

    Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers

    Reuters - 4 minutes 2 seconds ago
    Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers

    By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. Shops were shuttered and more than 5,400 children were turned away from school Thursday morning after traffickers, shouting from motorcycles, ordered a curfew following a shootout with police late

  • Veteran All Blacks lock Ali Williams retires

    Veteran All Blacks lock Ali Williams retires

    AFP News - 15 minutes ago
    Veteran All Blacks lock Ali Williams retires

    Veteran All Blacks lock Ali Williams called time on his international career Friday after playing 77 Tests over the past 11 years.

  • Causeway Challenge cancelled due to Malaysians' unavailability

    Causeway Challenge cancelled due to Malaysians' unavailability

    GOAL.com - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
    Causeway Challenge cancelled due to Malaysians' unavailability

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  • Andretti eager to end family's Indy500 'curse'

    Andretti eager to end family's Indy500 'curse'

    Reuters - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
    Andretti eager to end family's Indy500 'curse'

    By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - It was media day at the Indianapolis 500 on Thursday and Marco Andretti knew the question was coming before it was even asked. What about the Andretti curse? For Marco, grandson of former Formula One champion Mario Andretti and son of IndyCar champion and team owner Michael, the family name is both a blessing and curse when it comes to racing at the famed Brickyard. American motor racing royalty, the Andrettis have ruled over open wheel racing in the

  • Motor racing - Foyt and Sato form sweet and sour Indy partnership

    Motor racing - Foyt and Sato form sweet and sour Indy partnership

    Reuters - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
    Motor racing - Foyt and Sato form sweet and sour Indy partnership

    By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - They are the Indianapolis 500's odd couple. Crusty team owner A.J. Foyt, a 78-year old American motor racing legend and his driver Takuma Sato, an impeccably groomed 36-year-old from Tokyo who arrived in IndyCar from the glamour world of Formula One. They are a sweet and sour, East meets West fusion of cultures that enter Sunday's Indianapolis 500 as one of the favorites to reach victory lane at the famed Brickyard. ...