Olympique Lyon winger Sidney Govou hit a double as France stunned arch-rivals Italy 3-1 in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Paris.
Striker Eidur Gudjohnsen scored the winner as Chelsea registered a 1-0 victory over 10-man Everton in the English Premier League.
ven distant relatives of cancer victims have a higher than average chance of suffering the disease themselves. \n
Chelsea booked their place in the League Cup semi-finals with a late 2-1 win at Fulham.
Alok Kumar was blanked 0-4 by Australia's Steve Mifsud at the IBSF World Snooker championships.
44% citizens of the world agree that the eradication of poverty and hunger is the most important priority for the world, says the Voice of the People survey, carried out for the WEF, by Gallup.
The Indian men suffered another humiliating defeat to a lowly ranked Canada by a 1.5-2.5 margin.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and P Harikrishna scored victories to help India post a resounding 3-1 victory over Germany.
Chelsea could step up the pursuit for Champions League title by signing two of the biggest names in world football
French sporting pride took another hammering when Scotland won 1-0 in Paris on Wednesday to leave France's Euro 2008 qualifying hopes in the balance.
Policymakers should correct the self-created imbalances caused by the hesitant and lopsided integration with the rest of the world.
The Indian ace's victory came after a shocking loss to Alexander Morozevich in the opening round of the Amber tournament.
The last week of October and the next two weeks will see many more movie hits in DVD and, in most cases, Blu-ray versions.
Japanese immigration officials rejected the ex-world chess champion's appeal of their decision to deport him.
Aruna Anand on her husband's World Championship triumph in Sofia and the build-up to it.
It is leant that Chelsea paid between 30 and 40 million euros (20 to 27 million pounds) for the Ivory Coast striker.\n\n
Some of the best midfielders in the world will cross swords when the two teams meet on Sunday.
Japan coach Zico will leave out injured first-choice goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki for the Asian World Cup qualifier at home to India on Wednesday.
The England midfielder said his defensive qualities would be more useful than Frank Lampard's attacking skills against France in Euro 2004.
The Greece package is aimed at rescuing foreign investors and delays the inevitable "rolling crisis" in that country
China's gross domestic product rank dropped to number 7 from number 6, while GDP per capita jumped one place to 110th rank from 111th rank, International Monetary Fund has said.\n\n\n\n
Greece together with France, Germany and Romania all moved closer to a place in next year's European Championship finals.
The Monaco coach emerged as one of European soccer's finest tacticians after guiding his 10-man team to victory over Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final first leg. \n\n\n\n
Arsenal dealt a hammer blow to Chelsea's title chances with a 2-1 win over their 10-man rivals
World Cup holders Italy and European champions Greece got back on track in Euro 2008 qualifying on Wednesday, but England laboured to beat Andorra and Sweden suffered an upset in Northern Ireland.
England are counting on Wayne Rooney's return in Wednesday's final World Cup qualifier against Poland.