BERLIN, Nov 5, (APP/AFP) – Bayern Munich centre-back Jerome Boateng will miss Germany’s 2018 World Cup qualifier at San Marino next Friday and the away friendly against Italy with a right knee and groin injury. The 28-year-old suffered the injury during Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw at home to Hoffenheim on Saturday, which kept the Bavarian […]
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Football: Germany’s Boateng to miss San Marino, Italy
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Figure Skating: Pogorilaya, Fernandez clinch Moscow titles
MOSCOW, Nov 5, (APP/AFP) – Russia’s Anna Pogorilaya won the women’s Cup of Russia title, while Spaniard Javier Fernandez claimed the men’s on the ice at Moscow’s Megasport Arena on Saturday. The 18-year-old Pogorilaya, the world and European medallist, who led after the short program, underlined her domination with a glittering free routine performance to […]
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Oracle seals $9.3 bn NetSuite acquisition
WASHINGTON, Nov 5, (APP/AFP) – US software giant Oracle said Saturday that it has sealed its $9.3 billion acquisition of cloud computing company NetSuite. Oracle said that a majority of shares — 53 percent — owned by eligible stockholders in the vote had been tendered. The acquisition is to be completed Monday, the company said […]
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Ten bodies found in dinghy off Libyan coast
ROME, Nov 5, (APP/AFP) – Ten bodies were recovered on Saturday from a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard said, adding that 2,200 other migrants were rescued during the day. Sixteen rescue operations were conducted Saturday — almost twice as many as on Friday when 1,200 people were rescued. An AFP correspondent […]
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Football: Chelsea storm to summit after Man City stumble
LONDON, Nov 5, (APP/AFP) – Eden Hazard scored twice as Chelsea exploited a slip-up by Manchester City to claim top spot in the Premier League by clinically crushing Everton 5-0 on Saturday. Marten de Roon’s stoppage-time equaliser earned Middlesbrough a 1-1 draw at City and Antonio Conte’s Chelsea took advantage to move a point clear […]
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Al-Qaeda releases video of Malians shot for ‘collaboration
BAMAKO, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – An Al-Qaeda-linked group has released a video showing the purported execution of two Malians accused of collaborating with French counter-terrorism forces in Mali. France established a military presence in the Sahel nation in January 2013 to combat Islamists including the group behind the video, al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM), which […]