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Appolicious – NFL Kicker! is the sort of game you download innocently enough looking to kill a few spare minutes; then, by the time you finally look up, you’ve spent half an hour devoted to kicking digital field goals. That’s far from a bad thing; …
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Reuters – Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.
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AFP – Munster bounced back from their opening European Cup loss to London Irish by scoring a thrilling bonus point win over Toulon at Thomond Park on Saturday.
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AFP – Manchester United squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion as Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to leave Wayne Rooney on the bench backfired Saturday.
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Reuters – The National Basketball Association said Friday Chinese Internet giant Sina Corp will operate the U.S. sports league’s website in the China.
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AFP – Tamim Iqbal celebrated his birthday with an explosive 85 as Bangladesh posted 330-8 on the opening day of the second and final Test against England on Saturday.
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Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants from outside the European Economic Area working in the UK are due to be revealed later. Ministers say the rules would have cut skilled migrants last year from outside the EEA (the EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) by 12%. From the autumn such migrants will [...]
By Oana Lungescu BBC European affairs correspondent, Brussels Serbs are to be offered free visas by 17 European countries, days before their country’s parliamentary election. The announcement comes a week after the EU signed a deal that could pave the way for Serbian membership of the bloc. Brussels is clearly hoping that the deal and [...]
