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Diego Maradona famous for hand, nose and fingers

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 11:50 Last update: about 9 years ago

Diego Maradona rose to fame with his hand, became notorious for what he put up his nose and, these days, is memorable for his extended middle fingers. Now 57, his firefly frame swollen into a...

Golf: A new course for Woods, and maybe a new putter

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 11:20 Last update: about 9 years ago

Tiger Woods is playing the Quicken Loans National for the last time, and so much about this year feels new. Woods played his first 18-hole round at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm during the...

Wayne Rooney set to leave Everton, heading to US

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 11:10 Last update: about 9 years ago

Wayne Rooney's second spell at boyhood English team Everton maybe over after just a year. The former England captain posted a photograph on Twitter of him giving the thumbs-up while...

North and South Korea combining in 3 sports at Asian Games

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 09:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Olympic Council of Asia says North and South Korea will field combined teams in three sports — canoeing, rowing and women's basketball — at the Asian Games in the latest sign of...

(Updated 6) Russia 2018, Day 14: Sommer's own-goal extends World Cup mark to 8

Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 23:55 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Latest on Wednesday at the World Cup... 12:30 a.m. Mexico defender Edson Alvarez's 74th-minute own-goal against Sweden was the seventh time at this year's World Cup that a player has sent the ball into his team's net — a tournament record — and Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer made it eight on an unlucky bounce....

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