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When Karim Benzema held up the Ballon d’Or award last month, the crowd in the Parisian theatre rose to applaud him. Now he hopes to lift France fans out of their seats at the World Cup. That crowded theatre seemed a fitting location for Benzema’s cro...

Loved and admired around the world for producing players such as Roberto Baggio and Andrea Pirlo, Italy’s national team struggles for respect at home. In a country where club teams rule and provincialism stretching back to medieval times still prevai...

When Brazil coach Tite uttered the name of veteran Dani Alves in his call for the World Cup squad, reactions around the country spanned from anger to disappointment. The Brazil coach, who has faced little criticism in his six years on the job, descri...

On the Instagram accounts of fashion models and superstars last month, the sheikhdom of Qatar looked like one glittering party. High-heeled designers descended on exhibition openings and fashion shows in downtown Doha. Celebrities, including a promin...

First World Cup in the Middle East. First World Cup kicking off in November. First modern edition based around a single city. First in an Arab country. Now add “first World Cup with an Olympics-style opening ceremony” to the list of novelties for the...

A bid by prosecutors to reopen a drink-driving case that has dragged through the courts for three years has been rejected. The Department of Public Prosecutions argued that the case against defendant Damon Edwards was erroneously dismissed by a magis...

MPs will return to the House of Assembly this morning, where they can expect to hear 12 ministerial statements and the One Bermuda Alliance reply to the Throne Speech. An order paper showed five members were expected to be absent from proceedings – P...

A 68-year-old man who died in a single-vehicle car crash early on Tuesday has been identified as Albert Simons. Police have also stated that Mr Simons, who was found in an unresponsive state in his car, died of natural causes and his death is theref...

North Village maintained their flawless Premier Division record with a comfortable victory over Boulevard Blazers on Thursday night

Long considered among the lesser lights of Bermuda football, Paget Lions are set on painting themselves in a more positive manner and the appointment of former Bermuda national team player Antwan Russell as coach at the start of this season was a sig...

Ernest Peets, the former minister, has departed the Senate as David Burt named a new Progressive Labour Party member of the Upper Chamber. The Premier announced that Leslie Robinson replaced Dr Peets at a swearing-in ceremony at Government House yest...

Constitutional reform will feature strongly in the House of Assembly as a study on how self-government would work is discussed by MPs. The document, commissioned by the Government, was revealed in the Throne Speech, but scant detail of its conte...