St Lucia’s Levern Spencer qualifies for high jump final
(Reprinted from St Lucia News Online)
Levern Spencer has made history once again, becoming the first Saint Lucian ever to qualify into a final at...
Brazil judge wants Ryan Lochte to stay in country, but it’s too late
(Yahoo sports) One of the strangest stories of the Olympics got stranger on Wednesday morning when Brazilian newspaper Globo reported that a judge had...
Windies 62-2 at lunch in 4th Test against India
(AFP) — West Indies were 62 for two batting first when rain forced an early lunch on the opening day of the fourth and...
Bolt sparks anxiety at JFK ‘shooting’
(AFP) — Terminal 8 at New York’s JFK airport was evacuated after bystanders mistook fans celebrating Usain Bolt’s 100m victory on Sunday night for...
The king with 100 wives
(CNN) Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According...
Father of heart-transplant toddler killed family, self
(CNN) Megan Short was all set to leave her husband and move with her three children into a new home on August 6.
She had...
Zika holds on in sperm longer than previously thought
The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in...
‘I just gave it my all’ – Shaunae Miller
(BBC) Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won a dramatic gold medal in the women's 400m final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In a thrilling finish,...
‘Fooled myself that I could keep going through injury’ – de Villiers
AB de Villiers has admitted injuries have snuck up on him "like a thief in the night" but he remains committed to playing international...
Pentagon announces single largest transfer of Guantanamo inmates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US officials said yesterday that 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest...