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Beckenbauer home raided as prosecutors open €6.7m football fraud investigation
Soccer great Franz Beckenbauer has been named as a criminal suspect in a World Cup fraud case.
Champions: Golden State topples LeBron James’ Cavs for NBA title
The NBA champion Golden State Warriors proved on Tuesday that an age-old mantra — you have to learn to lose before you can win — doesn’t...
Golden State downs Cleveland in Game 6, wins the 2014-15 NBA championship
The NBA’s best team fulfilled its promise in Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals on Tuesday, making good following a series of preseason risks that would...
Indian nurse, whose rape changed euthanasia laws, dies after 42 years in coma
Aruna Shanbaug, 67, suffered severe brain damage when she was sodomized and strangled with a metal chain by a hospital worker in 1973.
Spirit In The Sky writer Norman Greenbaum critically injured in crash
The singer-songwriter behind the 1969 hit Spirit In The Sky has been critically injured in a car accident which killed a 20-year-old motorcyclist in California.
Space Invaders not allowed: Pinball paradise lives on in Budapest basement
Glistening signs, flashing lights and non-stop tinkling lure scores of tourists in Budapest to Europe’s largest pinball museum, where passionate...
Islamic State group lines up and kills 50 tribesmen, women and children
Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen, women and children in Iraq’s Anbar province Sunday, officials said,...
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