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Email Foreign Correspondent By Greg Wilesmith and Eric Campbell Updated July 15, 2015 09:38:16 Sorry, this video has expired Video: Foreign Correspondent takes a look inside the living quarters of Qatar 2022 workers. (ABC News) Photo: Foreign workers are being paid as little as $50 a week. (News Video) Related Story: Blatter launches attack on …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The U.S. women’s soccer team, looking for revenge after a devastating loss in 2011 at the hands of Japan, dominated the World Cup final, solidly controlling the field and confusing the opposition’s defense for the first half of the game. The victory was handily led by midfielder Carli Lloyd who came …

Rafael Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, slumped to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 second round defeat against Dustin Brown. LONDON: Rafael Nadal’s career tailspin accelerated on Thursday (Jul 2) when dreadlocked German Dustin Brown condemned him to a fourth successive Wimbledon humiliation. Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, slumped to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, …

The U.S. women’s soccer team managed two impressive feats on July 5: Not only did they earn the right to bring home the 2015 World Cup trophy by defeating defending champion Japan, they also attracted a record number of TV viewers for such an event. According to Deadline, data so far shows that 20.35 million …

Madame Nguyen Thi Binh’s memoir translated into English After its debut to the public 3 years ago, Madame Nguyen Thi Binh’s memoir has been translated by US writer Lady Borton and will be introduced to an international audience at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. The autobiography entitled “Family, Friends, and Country” is a collection …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) FIFA and Sepp Blatter put their corruption crisis aside and got back to World Cup business at the 2018 tournament qualifying draw hosted by Vladimir Putin at a Russian state residence on Saturday.The two presidents joined on stage for speeches to open a draw ceremony that almost two hours later paired …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Over the past year, Tim Shaw has bungee-jumped off a bridge in New Zealand, visited Australia and helped drill a well in the Amazon. The former NFL linebacker also has talked with congressmen in Washington D.C. and Tennessee lawmakers.”People ask me all the time, `What’s on your bucket list? Are these bucket …

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The pressure is off now that Japan gets the opportunity to defend its Women’s World Cup championship.And not even the prospect of facing the suddenly surging United States in the final in Vancouver on Sunday is enough to worry Norio Sasaki.Japan’s coach was in a philosophical mood after his normally fluid-passing team …

I was born in Calcutta, but we moved to Bombay when I was one and a half years old, maybe in early 1964. The company my father worked in had relocated its head office in the face of growing labour unrest; the move was part of the general egress of industry from the city. We …

Every drama needs a great baddie, and in the latest act of the Greek crisis Wolfgang Schäuble, the 72-year-old German finance minister, has emerged as the standout villain: critics see him as a ruthless technocrat who strong-armed an entire country and now plans to strip it of its assets. One part of the bailout deal …