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Luxol practically in the final

Monday, 10 February 2014, 08:18 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Basketball   Louis Borg Cup Men – Semi Final 1       Bupa Luxol     80     Floriana...

England put away Scotland, Ireland hammer Wales in Six Nations

Sunday, 9 February 2014, 07:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

England comfortably avoided a banana-skin possibility in dispatching Scotland 20-0 in Six Nations rugby on Saturday.   England's only win in the four most recent trips north...

Sochi 2014 Day 2: Grim talk turns to gold for now at Olympics

Sunday, 9 February 2014, 00:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

All the gloom and grim talk leading to the Sochi Olympics at last gave way to more uplifting things.   IOC President Thomas Bach had said it's "time that it finally starts."...

Sochi Olympics kick off with grand opening

Friday, 7 February 2014, 18:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Music, dance and plenty of Russian bravado unleashed the ultimate achievement of Vladimir Putin's Russia on Friday — a Winter Olympics to showcase the best athletes on ice and snow that the...

Pseudo-lesbians, ballet, in Sochi Olympics opening

Friday, 7 February 2014, 11:36 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A pseudo-lesbian pop duo, a famed opera singer and a romp through Russian history await viewers as the Sochi Winter Olympics launch Friday with an opening ceremony meant to showcase to the world the...

Malta makes its debut at the Winter Games

Friday, 7 February 2014, 09:27 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It is a red letter day for Maltese sport today as the country makes its debut at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.   Elise Pellegrin, who resides in France, is eligible to represent...

Sochi's opening show: Let Putin's games begin

Thursday, 6 February 2014, 16:35 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

They're designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country's modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship. But the...

Olympic flame in Sochi after world's longest relay

Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 15:58 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Olympic flame reached Sochi Wednesday, following a 65,000-kilometer (39,000-mile) route, the longest in the history of the games.   During the journey, the torch relay reached the North...

Olympic great Ian Thorpe in rehab

Monday, 3 February 2014, 15:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The manager of Olympic swimming great Ian Thorpe says the five-time gold medalist is in rehab after being found disoriented on a Sydney street early Monday morning by police responding to a call from...

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