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Snooker Masters: Selby, Higgins into quarter-finals

Monday, 13 January 2014, 13:25 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Defending champion Mark Selby survived a Mark Davis comeback to win 6-5 in the opening match of the snooker masters.   Selby hit three half-century breaks to win the first four frames before...

Athleta canter through to final

Monday, 13 January 2014, 07:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Basketball       BOV  K.O. – Men 1 Div. – Semi Final       AtoZ Electronics...

Sochi Olympics: The good and the bad

Monday, 6 January 2014, 13:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Tuesday marks the 1-month countdown to the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, a defining moment on the world stage for Russia and Vladimir Putin.   These games are among the most...

Boston Marathon bombing AP sports story of year

Tuesday, 31 December 2013, 07:27 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Boston Marathon bombing was selected the U.S. sports story of the year Friday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press.   Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish...

Super maxis dominate Sydney to Hobart leaderboard

Thursday, 26 December 2013, 13:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Super maxis held three of the top five positions in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race Thursday with defending champion Wild Oats XI trailing Perpetual Loyal by three nautical miles late on the first...

5 Things to Know about the Sydney to Hobart race

Wednesday, 25 December 2013, 11:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Sydney to Hobart race begins Thursday when the yachts make their way out of Sydney Harbour through hundreds of spectator craft and with thousands watching from the shoreline. Here are five things...

Neil Robertson clinches UK championship

Monday, 9 December 2013, 14:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Neil Robertson became only the eighth player in snooker history to win the Triple Crown with a 10-7 victory over Mark Selby at the UK Championship.   Robertson, 31, fought back from 5-1 down...

Record entry of 138 sailors from 10 countries for EuroMed

Monday, 9 December 2013, 14:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta will be hosting a racing fleet of 138 sailors from 10 countries for what has now become an annual appointment for the Optimists Class EuroMed Malta Championship.   The event, the 14th...

22-year-old Norwegian clinches chess world title

Friday, 22 November 2013, 21:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The world of chess has a new king, and it's a 22-year-old who is as much at home posing for fashion shoots as he is pushing pawns.   Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the chess world...

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