Fluminense rocked by new drug scandal
Rio de Janeiro, May 8 (IANS) Fluminense striker Michael faces a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine use, the football club confirmed. The…
Brazil’s Fred returns for Libertadores clash
Rio de Janeiro, May 8 (IANS) Brazil striker Fred is set to return from injury for Fluminense’s Copa Libertadores round of 16 second leg…
PSG’s Leonardo, Silva suspended
Paris, May 8 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo and captain Thiago Silva were suspended by the French football league’s disciplinary committee. Defender Silva…
Decline in US honeybee population endangers many crops
Washington, May 8 (IANS/EFE) The population of honeybees in the US declined by 31 percent last winter, a situation that endangers a number of…
Puerto Rico acquires site of former US Navy base
San Juan, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said that the island’s government has acquired the property of a former US…
Ruling BJP headed for rout in Karnataka
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) Karnataka’s ruling BJP was Wednesday headed for a rout in assembly election with several ministers, including deputy chief minister K.S….
Congress leads in Karnataka
Bangalore: The Congress today appeared set to emerge as the single largest party albeit with a slender majority in the 225-member Karnataka assembly as…
Hot Wednesday in Delhi
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) It was a sunny, warm morning in the national capital Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling at 23.7 degrees…
Documents from Hemingway’s time in Cuba come to US
Washington, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Thousands of documents and photographs that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and have been stored until now in the house where…
William Levy to star in film about world of salsa
Miami, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Cuban actor William Levy will star with Jada Pinkett-Smith in a new film that has as its background the world…