NewsAFP NewsMbappe hits half century record as PSG strenghten hold on Ligue 1 title
Kylian Mbappe became on Saturday the youngest ever player to score 50 Ligue 1 goals after striking twice in Paris Saint-Germain's comfortable 3-0 win over Nimes that tightened the champions' grip on the French title. Mbappe scored in the 69th and 89th minutes as runaway league leaders PSG extended
FinanceReutersPhilippine central bank governor Espenilla dies
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine central bank governor, Nestor Espenilla, died on Saturday, the bank said. He was 60 and had cancer.
NewsAFP NewsMessi treble fires Barcelona to thrilling win over Sevilla
Lionel Messi hit a sumptuous hat-trick, the 50th of his career, to inspire Barcelona to a 4-2 victory over Sevilla on Saturday and take them one step closer to winning La Liga. Messi was supposed to be lacking fitness and Barca struggling for form but both delivered a resounding response at the Ramon
NewsAFP NewsAfghanistan hit world record T20 score as Zazai demolishes Ireland bowlers
Hazratullah Zazai smashed the ball to every corner of the ground, and even out of the stadium, as Afghanistan racked up a world record T20 score of 278-3 in a crushing demolition of Ireland on Saturday. The 20-year-old Zazai's unbeaten 162 included 16 sixes and 11 fours, delighting Afghan fans in
NewsAFP NewsVenezuela border tensions turn violent amid aid distribution bid
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed Saturday a first shipment of humanitarian aid has reached Venezuela, defying a border blockade by President Nicolas Maduro as a standoff over the entry of food and medical aid turned violent. Venezuelan National Guard forces fired tear gas and rubber
NewsAFP NewsYouthful Ntamack offers promise of French spring
As France lifted the gloom that has surrounded their rugby with a 27-10 victory over Scotland in the Parisian spring sunshine, teenager Romain Ntamack offered a glimpse of a brighter future. The 19-year-old, winning only his third cap and starting at fly half for France for the first time, scored the
NewsAFP NewsMcLean double keeps Norwich top in five goal thriller
Kenny McLean's first goals of the season secured a 3-2 win for Norwich in a thrilling encounter with Bristol City to keep the Canaries atop the Championship on Saturday. Norwich once again showed their steely determination -- they have come back on several occasions this term -- trailing 1-0 and
NewsAFP NewsFrance revel in 'fun' victory over sorry Scotland
A smiling France team revelled in a bonus-point 27-10 victory over Scotland on Saturday after rediscovering a "fun" brand of rugby, according to captain Guilhem Guirado. The French team, fired by impressive rookie fly-half Romain Ntamack, bounced back from defeats by Wales and England with
NewsAFP NewsAfghanistan hit world record T20 score as Zazai demolishes Ireland bowlers
Hazratullah Zazai smashed the ball to every corner of the ground, and even out of the stadium, as Afghanistan racked up a world record T20 score of 278-3 in a crushing demolition of Ireland on Saturday. The 20-year-old Zazai's unbeaten 162 included 16 sixes and 11 fours, delighting Afghan fans in
NewsAFP NewsBayern bridge gap to Dortmund with Berlin win
Javi Martinez fired Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin as the defending champions won their 10th Bundesliga match from 11 to draw level on points with Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table on Saturday. Bayern were until recently nine points adrift of Dortmund, who lead the Bavarians on
NewsAFP NewsSky high Swiss: Bencic plans parachute jump to celebrate Dubai title
Belinda Bencic defeated Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday to win the Dubai Championships and vowed to celebrate with her first parachute jump. Bencic handed second seed Kvitova a setback in the Czech's quest to eventually claim the world number one ranking -- had the two-time Australian Open
NewsAFP NewsParis gets taste of rural life with farm parade
French rural life came to the capital Paris on Friday when cows, sheep and other livestock were paraded through a Paris neighbourhood to mark the start of an annual agricultural fair. Farmers paraded around 50 animals, some wearing colourful traditional headgear and floral decorations, through the Buttes-Chaumont
NewsAFP NewsYoung and restless: Albanian youth see a future elsewhere
After emerging from his hiding place inside a truck packed with children's toys at a British port, Alban Tufa saw the police and realised his attempt to slip into the country had failed. Several weeks later, the 21-year-old was put on a plane back to Albania.
EntertainmentReutersDirector Stanley Donen, famed for landmark film 'Singin' in the Rain,' dies at 94
Donen, who was given an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 1998 and wowed the crowd with an impromptu song-and-dance routine, died of a heart attack on Thursday in New York City, the Chicago Tribune said, citing one of his sons, Mark Donen. "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), which Donen
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Bayern bridge gap to Dortmund with Berlin win
Javi Martinez fired Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin as the defending champions won their 10th Bundesliga match from 11 to draw level on points with Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table on Saturday. Bayern were until recently nine points adrift of Dortmund, who lead the Bavarians on
NewsAFP News'Abused' Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong risk deportation
Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, where they now fear they will be forcibly returned. The siblings are the latest example of Saudi women plotting their escape from the ultra-conservative kingdom only to find themselves
NewsAFP NewsHistory-making female conductor Alsop wields baton for equality
The first woman to lead a major US orchestra, Marin Alsop believes that Western classical music -- long seen as a stuffy, elitist club -- can be "a great equaliser" between people of all backgrounds. "Every single human being can access classical music. If you think you can't, it
NewsAFP NewsPochettino loses his cool as Spurs slump, Huddersfield closer to relegation
Mauricio Pochettino launched a furious rant at referee Mike Dean after Tottenham's Premier League title challenge suffered a crushing blow in a controversial 2-1 defeat against Burnley, while Huddersfield were pushed closer to relegation by their 2-0 loss at Newcastle on Saturday. Pochettino'
NewsAFP NewsAttention! Cotterell revels in Windies' wicket salute
West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell said his unique military-style salute to celebrate his five-wicket haul against England was a mark of respect for the army regiment in which he serves. The 29-year-old claimed 5-46 as West Indies won the second One Day International by 26 runs on Friday, with
NewsAFP NewsGuitarist Peter Frampton reveals degenerative muscle disease
English-American rocker Peter Frampton on Saturday revealed he has a rare degenerative muscular disease that could inhibit his ability to play the guitar, and that his upcoming tour will be his last. The artist, whose 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive" still reigns as one of the all-time best-selling
NewsAFP NewsAs 'caliphate' crumbles, IS women remain defiant
"My son will grow up to become a jihadist," a woman cried proudly as she stepped off a bus ferrying people out of the Islamic State group's last sliver of territory in eastern Syria. Defiant and angry, she is one of 2,000 people evacuated Friday from the jihadists' final scrap of territory
NewsReutersTwo killed after minibus hits landmine near east Ukraine's Donetsk
A minibus hit a landmine while crossing the border between Ukraine and the breakaway Donetsk region on Saturday, killing two civilians and injuring a third, local authorities and witnesses said. The bus, carrying three people, hit the mine after swerving off road in the buffer zone between two border
NewsAFP NewsNtamack fires France to win over Scotland
Fly-half sensation Romain Ntamack fired France to their first victory of this year's Six Nations with a 27-10 defeat of Scotland on Saturday to leave the injury-hit visitors without a victory in the French capital in 20 years. Ntamack, who has started at number 10 in just three games for his Top
NewsReutersWomen vent their anger at Vatican child abuse conference
A nun and a woman journalist delivered the toughest criticism of Church leaders heard so far at Pope Francis' sexual abuse conference on Saturday, accusing them of hypocrisy and covering up horrendous crimes against children. Some 200 senior Church officials, all but ten of them men, listened at
NewsAFP NewsIzzo and Falque down Atalanta to spark Torino's European ambitions
Armando Izzo and Iago Falque scored either side of the break for Torino on Saturday as they beat Atalanta 2-0 in Serie A to join the crowded race for European football next season. Izzo slotted in three minutes before the interval with Falque blasting in the second just after the restart as Torino move
