MTV Arabia, the Middle East's version of the international MTV entertainment and lifestyle channel, announced Wednesday it would refrain from playing music videos during the holy fasting month of...

Sushil Kumar and Vijender Kumar gave Indian sport a double delight Wednesday. Freestyle 66-kg wrestler Sushil, all of five-foot-four, won a bronze medal, and Vijender, an incredibly handsome six-footer, will spend the night in anticipation of changing the hue of the medal he already has in his...

It may be the ultimate rural sport in India, but the rules and the format of how the entire wrestling competition takes place at the Olympics and Asian Games level is still a mystery for most...

The International Convention on Science, Education, and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) will meet in the city weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games. The event will examine ways of improving...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Sports agent Evan Morgenstein cannot stop smiling and no wonder -- he has Olympic gold-medalist U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin on his client...

Hugh Hefner 's raunchy magazine for men also featured a pre-fame shot of the actress with ''nothing on but the radio'' as Monroe herself joked about the nude pose. Playboy proved an instant success...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games finish line looms ahead, we're looking back over our shoulders at the athletes who've done their nations proud in the arena where it truly matters — the race...

Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 21:00 CDT By Zina Kumok A lush assortment of trees surrounds the horseshoe-shaped lake. Clouds dot the blue sky. A smattering of new houses epitomizes the...

Aug 20 2008 by Our Correspondent, South Wales Echo THIS season’s Under-11 Talent ID Squad met for the last time at the Welsh Institute of Sport. As a celebration of the success of these...

25. V: THE MINISERIES (1983)Created by Kenneth Johnson Giant fascist lizards from outer space — it sounds like something you'd see on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But this parable of tolerance...

Television File this under things we didn't see coming a mile away: ABC just announced that Jason Mesnick, who you might recall got down on bended knee during the last...

We salute the debut of Rainn Wilson's ''The Rocker'' with our list of the greatest, most rebellious, rawkin'-est films ever, including ''The Last Waltz'' and ''Purple Rain'' (but, sadly, not ''The...

TALES OF VESPERIA(Developer/Publisher: Namco Tales/Namco Bandai; Platforms: Xbox 360)RPG fans take note: Following a terrific debut in Japan (especially remarkable for an Xbox 360 title), the tenth...

Reuters LET DOWN: Alicia Sacramone of the US watches her result after falling on the balance beam during the women's team artistic gymnastics...

Wang Meng quit driving his car after Beijing adopted the current plan allowing cars on the road on alternate days based on license plates ending in odd or even numbers. Even on the even-number days,...

Boardsailing: Golden Kiwi takes medal tally to nine BEIJING - Boardsailor Tom Ashley gave the Olympic Games medal haul a traditional look when he won New Zealand a third Beijing gold off Qingdao...

— In a novel study looking at the propensity of illegal alcohol sales at sports stadiums, researchers reported that nearly one in five people posing as underage drinkers, and three out of four...

The results are in, and Eagle Mountain wants a recreation center, badly. Question is, will residents raise taxes to pay for it? The city has come up with a plan to find out. For the past two...

As if show jumpers don't look glamorous enough in their breeches and boots, riders and the officials of the sport are debating whether sex is the key to attracting more fans and money. Like anything...

TOKYO, Aug. 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Major sports events scheduled in Japan for Friday, Aug. 22: GOLF JLPGA - CAT Ladies. 1st day. Daihakone Country Club, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. 8...

are being recognized for its longtime charity work through the team’s nonprofit arm. Team officials on Sunday will be presented with the 2008 Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports...

As I sat in the bar of Alderbrook Resort, I looked out over Hood Canal, its waters twinkling as the sun started its dip below the forested Olympic Mountains. I composed bites of my Dungeness crab...

More than 7,000 patients had an NHS operation cancelled more than once in the past year, figures from the Conservatives reveal today. One patient had an operation cancelled 21 times and around a...

The Philadelphia Eagles will for the foreseeable future be without the services of key wide receiver Kevin Curtis, who will undergo surgery for a sports hernia injury. Curtis suffered the injury...

My daughter, a preschooler, is being invited to play at the home of a classmate whose parents are very ignorant about race. At a recent classroom function, I witnessed this classmate's parents...

My boyfriend and I are both 50. We have been happily together for seven months, are in love, have decided on exclusivity, and talk about a future together. Thus far, there are many good aspects of...

My son is a contemporary musician, and has recently started experimenting with computerized sound in his pieces. I don't think his work is as moving or emotional as it was when he was playing...

OTTAWA - The CRTC approved a new CBC sports specialty channel Wednesday, but set strict content rules that will limit its ability to carry popular audience-grabbing sports such as professional...

The push is on for low-impact buildings and landscapes -- construction that reduces the air and water pollution in our region. The most recent ruling from the Pollution Control Hearings Board...

What do good mystery novels and new prescriptions have in common? Both can keep you guessing. About 75 million Americans are helped by meds each year, but 1.5 million people are harmed. How do you...

The stadiums and arenas of Chicago have seen untold amounts of alcohol-fueled mayhem, from obscene yelling to bare-knuckle brawls. But according to a study released Wednesday, sports venues could be...

When it comes to fantasy football, Yahoo is king, with 6.6 million U.S. visitors in the first month of the season last year, according to ComScore. But a few newcomers are trying their best to get...

If you like to eat poultry, your original chicken recipe could be worth $50,000, which is the grand prize in the National Chicken Cooking Contest sponsored by the National Chicken Council. Judges...

A new book from O'Reilly is positioned on the leading edge of the DIY movement: Crafters turned hardware hackers. (Think knitting plus LEDs and microchips.) It's the logical evolution of a trend...

Then he actually won all eight medals, an unprecedented and "historic" event, as NBC's commentators reminded us a few million times a...

DUBAI - Traditional games of UAE will feature prominently in the activities of the inaugural Ramadan sports tournaments to be hosted by the Tennis Academy at Mirdif next...

As the group of women trickled into the aerobics studio at the Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center in Manhattan on a recent Thursday morning, there were subtle signs that this was no ordinary...

On the Olympics score rating, my level of sports fan-ness is about a 4.5 – save a point or so for my occasional patriotic ‘Go-Team-USA’ that pop up every other full moon. This year the golden...

At parades and other events, members of a local union in San Francisco dazzle crowds with a routine that is part Riverdance, part Marine Corps...

PIROGOVO,Ukraine—Ukraine historically was a land of farmers who cultivated the rich, black soil to feed their families. In every village there used to be a blacksmith who would forge the tools for...

As hot summer wanes and cooler fall approaches, makeup artists responded with makeup trends that could heat up the coolest of hearts. At the Alex Perry MasterCard Charity Show in Sydney, Australia,...

digg There's no better way to enjoy the last month of summer than to head to the great outdoors for a picnic with friends and family. And that means coming up with some variations on standard...

Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet will be pursued through the courts for damages, lawyers for entertainment companies said on Wednesday. London-based...

On the patio of the Sunset Tower Hotel overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on the kind of sun-blinded afternoon Raymond Chandler made famous, Amanda F.* and I...

Mortgage lending increased slightly during July but remained well down on the level recorded a year ago, figures showed today. A total of £24.8 billion was advanced during the...

As another dismal summer limps to its soggy close why not cheer yourself up with one of these raincoats? Click on the image to the right to enter our...

"Thirteen" I muttered. "What did you say?" asked my mate, who had accompanied me by bicycle to Peckham farmers' market on Sunday for my weekly shop. I replied that I had just added up in my head the...

It's not a sight you see every day. A team of hi-tech robots – some trundling along on caterpillar tracks, others hovering in mid-air like flying saucers – hunting down enemy snipers,...

RPDI ), a publicly traded company currently on the Over the Counter, announced the Company's name change was effective in the State of Nevada last Friday. Management stated that the company awaits ...

I firmly believe that you have to look at what a house is before you think about making changes. There's no point trying to make it something that it is not. This Grade II-listed building had a lot...