Man U ace Ferdinand chooses club over England football team

THE son of the United States national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Peter Busch, whose father Frank oversees the American program, is a news anchor at a television station in ...

Brazil's national football team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari speaks at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday. — AFP RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari sprang a surprise Tuesday by leaving experienced duo Ronaldinho ...

By Ahamd al Shebli — According to the 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and UN's conference on Environment and Development in 1992, desertification was defined as a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Vuk Jeremic, the president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), on Thursday said that sustainable development is necessary for the international community to end extreme poverty without damaging the environment.

LONDON, May 15: England defender Rio Ferdinand has retired from international football to focus on his Manchester United career. Ferdinand was recalled to the England squad in March by Roy Hodgson after almost two years out of the national set up.

The US, Russian and Iran put on show of unity at the United Nations, all to prove to the Olympics committee that wrestling is an accessible and exciting sport, worthy of being retained beyond the 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO - Tiana Martins Three years ago, the communities below made national news as law enforcement swarmed up their narrow alleyways, sending drug dealers who'd long controlled the area scurrying. Millions watched the dramatic scenes on ...

New York, May 14 : Senior United Nations officials, policymakers, civil society representatives and other stakeholders gathered Monday at UN Headquarters in Here for a special Economic and Social Council forum on mobilizing science, technology and ...

New York, May 14 : The top United Nations human rights official Monday welcomed the conviction of Jose Efrain Rios Montt, Guatemala's former de facto head of State, to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity.