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Nicklas Bendtner scores a hat-trick as a rampant Arsenal side thrash Porto 5-0 at The Emirates to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Tuesday it had filed two applications with a regional human rights court to move forward on two South American cases.

9-1 shot Shocking, ridden by Corey Brown, secures victory in the Melbourne Cup with a late surge taking him past Godolphin-trained Crime Scene to win one of the world’s most prestigious horse races.

Birmingham City avenged their FA Cup quarterfinal defeat at Portsmouth on Saturday, beating the English Premier League bottom side 2-1 to nudge them closer to relegation on Tuesday.

A prison riot in Venezuela left eight dead and 16 injured, the country’s penitentiary director told CNN en Español on Wednesday.

With only 100 days before the kick-off of the first World Cup to be staged in Africa, the host country’s officials are confident that the footballing showpiece will be a success.

The Ukrainian Klitschko brothers, Vitali (above) and Wladimir, will flip a coin to see who fights Briton David Haye in an attempt to unify the world heavyweight titles.

England coach Fabio Capello has warned his players to behave or face the risk of missing out on a trip to the World Cup finals, following intense media scrutiny of the private lives of John Terry and Ashley Cole.

Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the “fairest solution” after his handball set up France’s clinching goal in their World Cup playoff with the Republic of Ireland.

Frenchman William Bonnet avoided a crash in the finishing straight to secure victory in the second stage of Paris-Nice — the first major race of the European cycling calendar.

World men’s No. 2 tennis player Rafael Nadal cruised to an easy straight-sets victory as top seeds breezed through the matches on the third day of the Australian Open.

The portrayal of alien life on far-flung planets has been a favorite storyline for filmmakers down the years and is a perennial hit with audiences. “Avatar” has proved no different with the film doing record business at the box-office.

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked the west coast of Chile last month was violent enough to move the city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west and the capital, Santiago, about 11 inches to the west-southwest, researchers said.

Mexico saw the first public protests this weekend over the government’s decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn, which environmentalists and others say could ruin the nation’s native crop.

Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy and the remaining top seeds all crashed out in the second round of the WGC-World Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Arizona on Thursday.

After more than a month in a Haitian jail, an American missionary was free Monday night, looking forward to a hot shower and a long night in bed on home soil.

David overcame Goliath as Britain’s David Haye claims the WBA world heavyweight title with a majority 12-round points victory over giant Russian Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg on Saturday night.

Young German skier Victoria Rebensburg springs a huge upset as she claims gold in the the weather-delayed women’s giant slalom at Whistler Creekside on Thursday.

The only thing that seemed to frighten Pedro Munoz that dark morning was that a guilty conscience would haunt him if he did nothing.

Both team captains made surprise picks ahead of Friday’s opening rubbers in the Davis Cup final between defending champions Spain and the Czech Republic on clay in Barcelona.

A superb second half goal from substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid to go back to the top of the Spanish La Liga on Sunday.

Liverpool’s hopes of claiming the fourth and final Champions League place in the English Premier League suffer a setback as a first half Hugo Rodallega goal gives struggling Wigan a 1-0 home victory on Monday.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed his first Olympic gold medal with victory in the men’s super-G at Whistler Creekside on Friday.

Tom de la Hunty took Dutch bobsledder Edwin van Calker to the Whistler Sliding Center track one last time Tuesday and asked his driver if he could do it.

Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries detained for more than a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after January 12’s devastating earthquake, was released Monday.

Lelly Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.

German driver Nico Rosberg reveals he is looking for a new Formula One team for next year, and that this weekend’s season-ending race in Abu Dhabi will be his last for Williams.

An Organization of American States commission condemned Monday the slayings last month of three Honduran political activists opposed to a military-led coup that removed the elected president in June.

Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer are all now confirmed for the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain in four weeks’ time.

In a tightly controlled televised statement, golfer Tiger Woods apologized Friday for his “irresponsible and selfish” behavior.