India’s Olympic medal winner quits wrestlingIndia's top wrestler, Sakshi Malik, has quit the sport in protest over her federation's new president.
Sanjay Singh was elected the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday after a landslide victory.
Mr Singh is reportedly a close aide of WFI's former chief, Brij Bhushan Singh, who has been accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers. Mr Singh denies the allegations. Wrestlers had held massive protests against his alleged misconduct. Read More...
The friends and family of Trevor Francis have gathered to pay tribute to British football’s first million-pound player as the former England striker is laid to rest in Marbella today.
Francis died aged 69 at his home in Spain on Monday, having suffered a heart attack, his family said.
Former Scotland captain Graeme Souness, who also captained Scottish club side Rangers during Francis’ stint there in the 1987-1988 season, was among those seen arriving at the service today. Read More...
The subject is severely distressed public housing: ragged buildings, drugs and violence, despairing people. A new report concludes that 86,000 of the nation's 1.6 million public housing units deserve that label.
"We shouldn't allow human beings to live in these environments," said Vincent Lane, chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority and co-chairman of the National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing, which issued the report.
Jacqueline Massey, who lives in Southeast Washington's Valley Green, one of the public housing developments the commission deems severely distressed, disagreed with that assessment. Read More...