Newcastle: Liverpool showed they have plenty of attacking options even without Luis Suarez by routing Newcastle 6-0 in the Premier League on Saturday as the striker started a 10-match ban for biting an opponent.
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson each scored twice, while Daniel Agger and Fabio Borini also found the net in a dazzling display that shifted the spotlight away from the club's battle with the football authorities over Suarez's ban.
Suarez was accused of damaging the image of English football by sinking his teeth into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a match last Sunday.
Liverpool and the Uruguay striker, who was banned for eight matches last season for racist abuse, reluctantly accepted the latest hefty sanction after disputing the length of the ban....
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12:16 AM, Apr 28, 2013
London: Lancashire's Jordan Clark has become only the fifth batsman to hit six sixes in one over during a professional cricket match. The English County said in a statement on Wednesday that the 22-year-old had achieved the feat in a Championship Second XI game against Yorkshire to join an illustrious list of names. Former West Indies all-rounder Garfield Sobers was the first man to do it, in 1968, and Indian...
03:11 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Beirut: President Bashar al-Assad has warned that if rebel forces battling to overthrow him take power in Syria, they could destabilise the Middle East for decades. The Syrian leader, locked in a two-year conflict that he says has been fuelled by his regional foes, also criticised Turkey's leaders as "foolish and immature", and Arab neighbours who he said were arming and sheltering rebel fighters. "If the unrest in Syria leads...
05:58 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Airlines should charge obese passengers more, a Norwegian economist has suggested, arguing that "pay as you weigh" pricing would bring health, financial and environmental dividends. ...
11:14 AM, Mar 29, 2013
The British government on Wednesday lost the latest round of its long-running legal battle to deport radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who is wanted in his native Jordan after having been convicted of terrorism charges in 1999. ...
09:15 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Jordan stunned Japan 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier, denying the Asian power the chance to become the first team secure a berth in Brazil. ...
11:29 AM, Mar 27, 2013
An Atlanta woman who says Jordan is the father of her 16-year-old son has dropped her paternity suit against him. ...
09:06 AM, Mar 19, 2013
A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who served as al Qaeda's spokesman has been arrested and detained in Jordan in an operation led by Jordanian authorities and the FBI, US government sources said on Thursday. The sources said Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a militant who had appeared in videos representing al Qaeda after the September 11, attacks on New York and Washington in 2001, had initially been picked up in Turkey....
11:27 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Amazing shots from a kid between 18 and 24 months old. He began shooting baskets shortly after learning to walk. ...
08:51 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Liverpool seemed set for an impressive victory but Giroud and Walcott replied in a two-minute burst for the Gunners. ...
03:21 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Katie Price has reportedly tied the knot for the third time with her part-time stripper boyfriend Kieran Hayler. ...
02:56 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Henderson, who has five England caps and was part of the Euro 2012 squad, made 48 appearances under Kenny Dalglish. ...
07:46 PM, Nov 27, 2012
London: Liverpool's Jordan Henderson is confident he can deputise for the injured Glen Johnson at right-back if need be. The England midfielder could drop in at right-back against Anzhi Makhachkala as the only specialist right-back in the squad is 19-year-old Jon Flanagan. "I've been doing some training during the week, so I think I'm fine. It's just another position. I've played there once or twice before,"Henderson said on Wednesday. England...
03:20 PM, Nov 08, 2012
London: Jordan Burroughs won the men's 74-kilogram freestyle final at the Olympics on Friday, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to give the United States its first wrestling gold medal of the London Games. Burroughs beat Denis Tsargush of Russia in the semifinals, then got past Goudarzi in a rematch of their world championship bout in 2011. Burroughs, who grew up in New Jersey, has won 38 straight freestyle...
01:10 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has defected to Jordan, a Jordanian official source said on Monday. "Hijab is in Jordan with his family," said the source, who did not want to be further identified. Syrian President Bashar Assad appointed Riyad Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime minister only in June following a parliamentary election that authorities said was a step towards political reform but which opponents dismissed as...
04:07 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Netanya: Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday urged visiting Russian President Valdimir Putin to take steps to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Putin's trip to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan is seen as an effort to increase Russia's clout in the region at a time when the West and some Arab nations have criticised Moscow's stance opposing their efforts to...
09:23 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Liverpool: Liverpool took advantage of Chelsea's erratic defending to earn an emphatic 4-1 win on Tuesday, gaining a small measure of revenge for Saturday's FA Cup final loss and putting the Blues out of contention for fourth place in the English Premier League. Three days after Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley, the Reds dominated from the start in their last home game of the season and were up 3-0...
07:14 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The science fiction film 'Chronicle' is releasing in India on February 3, two days after its UK release. The film is written by Max Landis and is directed by Josh Trank. It features Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell in the lead roles. The synopsis of 'Chronicle' explains the film as a story about a group of friends who get superhuman abilities and start...
05:51 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Oakland: Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a US flag, as officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center. Saturday's protests - the most turbulent since Oakland police forcefully dismantled an Occupy encampment in November - came just...
09:17 PM, Jan 29, 2012
