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Bayern shoot Leverkusen out of German Cup
10 April 2015 6:56 AM ISTHolders Bayern Munich reached the German Cup semifinals after beating Bayer Leverkusen 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out on Wednesday as their last eight...
China admits Iran as development bank founder
8 April 2015 6:16 AM ISTIran has been approved as a founding member of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), China’s finance ministry said on Tuesday, just...
Saudi coalition air drops arms to Yemeni forces
6 April 2015 5:10 AM ISTA Saudi-led coalition trying to halt the advance of Yemen’s Shiite rebels has airdropped weapons to beleaguered fighters in a southern port city,...
Swedes love for Ibrahimovic unshaken by recent outburst
6 April 2015 2:16 AM ISTSweden’s 33-year-old soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will face the French league’s disciplinary commission on April 9 for comments made after PSG’s...
Serena’s 700th victory sets up Halep semis
4 April 2015 5:17 AM ISTWorld number one Serena Williams overcame a dreadful second set to beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3 on Wednesday for her 700th career...
GoDaddy’s Wall Street offering may rev up public markets’ technology appetite
2 April 2015 6:27 AM ISTGoDaddy, which has built its reputation trying to make Web hosting sexy, stormed into Wall Street with a stock offering on Wednesday aiming to revive...
No plan to join China-led development bank: Japan
1 April 2015 7:10 AM ISTJapan on Tuesday ruled out any immediate plan to join the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), categorically denying a news...
Williams duo storm into last 8
1 April 2015 6:29 AM ISTWorld number one Serena Williams, seeking a third consecutive Miami crown and record eighth title at the hardcourt event, hammered Russian Svetlana...
Lacazette shines in France victory
31 March 2015 6:32 AM ISTAlexandre Lacazette scored his first international goal to set France on the way to a 2-0 friendly victory over Denmark in Saint-Etienne on Sunday...
Australia moves towards joining China-led bank
30 March 2015 5:33 AM ISTAustralia said today it will sign an agreement to become a prospective founding member of a China-backed infrastructure bank, but stressed that no one...
Sharapova shocked by Daria Gavrilova
28 March 2015 7:07 AM ISTWorld number two Maria Sharapova was knocked out in her opening match at the Miami Open hardcourt tournament on Thursday, shocked 6-7 (4/7), 3-6 by...
Germanwings crash co-pilot hid 'illness' from airline: French prosecutors
28 March 2015 1:37 AM ISTThe black box voice recorder indicates that Andreas Lubitz, 27, locked his captain out of the cockpit on Tuesday and deliberately sent Flight 4U 9525...


