29 Jun 2012 - 4:45pm
WARSAW: Champions are made of many things, not least talent and quality but there are also other vital ingredients that can often be overlooked, such as self-belief and an insatiable will to win.
If there is one thing that has stood out in Italy's dazzling march to the Euro 2012 final it has been their confidence and ingrained self-assuredness....
28 Jun 2012 - 2:15pm
MANILA: After reports of boozing on the job, traffic police in this Philippine capital will be required to undergo breathalyser tests, an official said Thursday.
The new policy covering the 1,400 Metro Manila traffic enforcers was imposed following complaints about some personnel, said Yves Gonzales, director of the city's traffic discipline...
26 Jun 2012 - 5:25pm
PARIS: French midfielder Samir Nasri turned 25 on Tuesday but according to the sports daily L'Equipe, he had better make the most of any celebrations, as he faces potentially a long ban from the national side.His behaviour at Euro 2012, which included two outbursts at journalists and being deemed by several team-mates as a disruptive...
26 Jun 2012 - 2:57pm
LONDON: A pressure group that includes six former presidents called Tuesday for the United Nations to acknowledge that repressive drug law enforcement was driving an HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The global war on drugs was forcing users away from treatment and into environments where the risk of contracting HIV was high, the Global Commission on Drug...
25 Jun 2012 - 6:43pm
VIENNA: An Austrian firm has come up what it hopes is the next big thing for the mega-rich: a man-made, floating "island" with a list price of 5.2 million euros ($6.5 million), the company's founder told AFP Monday.
Measuring 20 by 37 metres, the "Orsos Island" has no engine but can be anchored anywhere its owners choose and then towed to another...
25 Jun 2012 - 2:21pm
SINGAPORE: Faced with stubbornly feeble economies back home, more Western music acts are being lured to play in Asia to boost their profiles in a region where disposable incomes are growing, say experts.
Festival organisers say a rising number of North American and European acts are accepting cuts in their performance fees for the chance to build...
24 Jun 2012 - 6:02pm
SINGAPORE: The small man in the baseball cap looks like any other customer as he watches Euro 2012 in the busy coffee shop. It's not until he turns and offers a wager that his real intention is revealed.
He is a runner for an illegal bookmaker, one of hundreds in Singapore, a foot-soldier in a loose criminal network which rakes in millions...
21 Jun 2012 - 5:20pm
MANILA: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said Thursday that a WBO panel ruling that he had won his controversial bout against Timothy Bradley would help restore people's faith in the sport.
The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) on its website Thursday said all five members of a special panel it asked to review the controversial June 9 Las...
21 Jun 2012 - 3:11pm
SINGAPORE: Asia-Pacific is leading a surge in the use of mobile devices as they play a more central role in people's lives and are on track to replace conventional computers, a top Google executive said Wednesday.
Aliza Knox, managing director of commerce for Google Asia Pacific, said smartphones and tablets were now becoming the primary means to...
20 Jun 2012 - 3:34pm
SEOUL: News of the arrival of South Korean boyband JYJ prompted hundreds of fans to camp out on the streets recently to get closer to the trio. But this wasn't in Seoul or even Tokyo: it was in Lima.
Having taken Asia by storm over the past decade with bubblegum hooks and dance moves infused with military precision, South Korea's K-pop...
