Cameroon head coach Volker Finke refused to blame the conditions for his side's 1-0 defeat to Mexico at the FIFA World Cup. In their opening Group A fixture in a sodden Natal on Friday, Cameroon could have conceded twice to Giovani dos Santos in the first ...

Bring on Brazil, Mexico say after opening World Cup win Mexico are ready to take on five-time champions and tournament hosts Brazil after overcoming two controversially disallowed 'goals' to beat Cameroon in their World Cup opener, coach Miguel Herrera ...

image SINGAPORE: Brent crude climbed to a nine-month high near $115 a barrel on Friday, as supply disruption fears took centre stage after the United States threatened military action in Iraq against militants who are pushing on towards Baghdad.

Martin Kaymer shot a 65 in his second round at the 2014 US Open to back up the 65 he shot on Thursday. He sits at 10 under after two days. That's historic. It's also funny. Why? Yesterday Kaymer said we shouldn't expect another great round out of him and ...

Franz Beckenbauer was provisionally banned from any football-related activity for 90 days over “an apparent breach” of ethics, soccer's world governing body said. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World Cup · Alan ...

Oil prices have continued to rise on concerns that the Islamist rebel insurgency in Iraq could trigger civil war and eventually hit exports. Brent crude was over $113 a barrelon Friday, having risen about $4 since the start of the week. US light crude recorded its ...

New Delhi: The second match of Group A has Mexico taking on Cameroon at the Estadio das Dunas in Natal. ==================================================================================== OUR FULL COVERAGE ON WORLD ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for countering the violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned government leaders in Baghdad the U.S. will not take military action unless they move to address ...

RATINGS agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has lowered South Africa's long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating to BBB- from BBB with a stable outlook, citing a prolonged strike at platinum mines, weak domestic economic growth and a large current ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama on Friday signaled the U.S. will not take any immediate military action to help the Iraqi army respond to Sunni militias that have taken control of many cities in the north. In a brief statement on the White ...

Rio de Janeiro - FIFA has on Friday defended Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura's controversial decision to award Brazil a penalty in the World Cup opening game but refused to confirm if he would officiate more games in the tournament. Nishimura was ...

By Mark Lamport-Stokes. PINEHURST North Carolina (Reuters) - Martin Kaymer took advantage of a rain-softened Pinehurst layout to stretch his overnight lead at the U.S. Open to a commanding six shots with five holes to play in the second round on Friday.

President Obama is about to make a statement on Iraq. The president appear on the South Lawn of the White House after consulting with his top advisers. The White House has been considering its options in Iraq as the country has come under siege by the ...

Brazil's 3-1 win over Croatia in the World Cup opener on Thursday generated 58 million posts on Facebook, almost five times more than this year's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, the social media company said on Friday. The most commented ...

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) FRANKFURT/BARCELONA/LONDON, June 13 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir's (Izmir) Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ...

LONDON — Brent crude edged further above $113 a barrel on Friday, up about $4 since the start of the week, on concerns that an insurgency in Iraq could trigger civil war and eventually hit oil exports. Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric urged his followers to take ...

LONDON — Brent crude edged further above $113 a barrel on Friday, up about $4 since the start of the week, on concerns that an insurgency in Iraq could trigger civil war and eventually hit oil exports. Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric urged his followers to take ...

Iraqi refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region as a soldier watches in an area in Irbil, some 200 miles north of Baghdad. Iraqi refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region as a soldier watches in ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's striking AMCU union said on Friday he hoped to meet the three major platinum firms over the weekend to give them formal feedback from workers about a wage offer that could mean the end of a ...

Kiev: Ukraine's prime minister told his government on Friday to prepare for the possibility of Russia cutting off its gas supplies within the next three days over disputed bills. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in a statement that he had told regional ...