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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Win or lose, Michael Clarke and his Australian teammates are probably going to be portrayed as the bad guys after the Cricket World Cup final against New Zealand.The New Zealanders have been the story of the World Cup, winning all eight games on the way to the final, including a one-wicket win …
MIAMI — Sun Sports HEAT TV broadcasters and two of South Florida’s leading sports media personalities, Eric Reid and Tony Fiorentino announce the dates for the ninth annual Reid & Fiorentino Call Of The Game Dinner & Celebrity Golf Classic. Taking place in March, the two-day fund raising event and highlight of social season attracts …
If anyone had devised a way to create a genetically engineered baby, I figured George Church would know about it. At his labyrinthine laboratory on the Harvard Medical School campus, you can find researchers giving E. Coli a novel genetic code never seen in nature. Around another bend, others are carrying out a plan …
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea plans to send a team to this year’s University Games in South Korea, organizers said Thursday.The news comes as North Korea is angrily reacting to this week’s start of annual South Korea-U.S. military drills that the North calls a rehearsal for invasion. The North’s army has threatened to launch …
England are out of the World Cup. On a ground that has seen humiliation heaped on them more than once in the past decade, they suffered one more ignominy, hustled out of the competition by a vibrant Bangladesh team who belied their status as whipping boys and delighted their thousands of supporters in the stands. …
Australia have won the Cricket World Cup for the fifth time in their history, beating New Zealand comfortably in Melbourne on Sunday. The victory was a fitting send-off for Australia’s captain Michael Clarke, who called time on his One Day International career just before the game at the MCG. Clarke, who helped his team to …
Lantern Festival in District 5 As a long-established tradition, the Chinese Vietnamese community in HCMC’s District 5 has begun preparing the Lantern Festival slated for the 15th night of the first lunar month. The annual event is intended for Vietnamese of Chinese descent but local people also come to visit it thanks to its special …
The first thing you notice at the cricket: being a spectator involves constantly getting up and sitting down, letting people through and saying “excuse me.” Although a German normally only watches sport for a couple of hours, a World Cup game takes as long as a normal workday. For a European that’s a long time …
Michael Clarke raised his bat to acknowledge the massive crowd, and nodded to a fallen teammate he credited for inspiring Australia’s run to a fifth World Cup title that culminated with an emphatic win over New Zealand.Clarke scored 74 and shared a 112-run partnership with Steve Smith (56 not out) as the skipper and the …
SYDNEY (AP) Michael Clarke’s Australian lineup ended India’s reign as World Cup champion with a 95-run victory that set up a showdown in the final with tournament co-host New Zealand.Steve Smith scored 105 and shared a 182-run partnership with Aaron Finch (81) to help Australia post 328-7, a record for a World Cup semifinal, at …