Month: October 2011

October 14, 2011

Syria uprising: UN says protest death toll hits 3,000

The United Nations has said the death toll in seven months of protests in Syria against the rule…

October 14, 2011

Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi faces confidence vote

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is facing a key confidence vote in parliament amid questions over his handling of the economy and personal scandals. Mr Berlusconi is expected to survive but the margin could be narrow. Italy's government…

October 14, 2011

Two Charged with Attempted Murder in the TCI

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police, Criminal…

October 13, 2011

Two others charged along with Kartel

Deejay Vybz Kartel, who was further remanded in the Gun Court section of the Corporate…

October 13, 2011

Stern says Christmas games in doubt if no deal

Commissioner David Stern said his "gut" tells him there will be no NBA basketball on…

October 13, 2011

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner is caught on tape offering ‘gifts’ of £25,000 to Caribbean delegates.

Jack Warner has been caught on tape apparently urging fellow Caribbean officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam, the disgraced former presidential candidate. Telegraph Sport has seen the remarkable footage in which Warner, the…

October 13, 2011

Agent asked for $1.2M to ‘lose’ cricket match, court hears

A court in London has heard recordings of a phone conversation in which an agent acting for several members of the Pakistani cricket team allegedly discussed deliberately losing a cricket match in exchange for $1.2 million. Mazhar Majeed, a…

October 13, 2011

Wayne Rooney banned for three England Euro 2012 matches

England striker Wayne Rooney will miss the Euro 2012 group stage after being banned for three matches for his sending off against Montenegro. Uefa's disciplinary panel, which described the incident as an "assault", decided on the punishment at a…

October 13, 2011

Andy Murray reaches Shanghai last eight but Rafael Nadal goes out

Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters, as Rafael Nadal went out. Murray beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 3-6 6-3, while top seed Nadal lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to German Florian Mayer. The British number one next…

October 13, 2011

Google profits and revenue surge in the third quarter

Internet giant Google has reported a large rise in profits in the three months to…