Chelsea claims first silverware of English season
Chelsea had suffered a chastening Boxing Day defeat to the same opposition in the English Premier League, with Harry Kane starring, but the promising young English striker was kept largely…
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Chelsea’s new shirt deal worth ‘$62 million annually’
Financial details were undisclosed but English Premier League leaders Chelsea’s deal with the Yokohama Rubber Company is reportedly worth $62 million a year allowing the tire manufacturer to emblazon its…
Human rights official identified as one of fans involved in Chelsea race storm
Follow us at @CNNSport and like us on Facebook A human rights official has apologized for his part in an alleged racism incident involving Chelsea supporters on the Paris Metro,…
In Translating Chinese Year’s Name, Enough Options to Fill an Ark
HONG KONG — China said goodbye to the Year of the Horse on Wednesday, and on the first day of the new lunar year revelers were to welcome the Year…
Is it the Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram?
But should we be ushering in the Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram on February 19? It depends, says Isaac Yue, who teaches Chinese mythology at the University of…
Egyptian Judge Orders Release Of Al-Jazeera English Journalists
An Egyptian judge has ordered the release of two Al-Jazeera English journalists, demanding that the Canadian defendant pay a $33,000 bail, pending their retrial. The judge ordered the release of…
English Premier League Sells British TV Rights for $7.8 Billion
LONDON — The English Premier League, the world’s most widely watched soccer league, said on Tuesday that it had sold British television rights for a record 5.1 billion pounds, or…
Wegmans Ranked No. 1 For Company Reputation
People love Wegmans. – To determine the rankings in the Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study, evaluated annually for the last 16 years, Nielsen conducted an online survey in English of…
André Brink, South African Literary Figure Who Ran Afoul of Censors, Dies at 79
André Brink, a towering South African literary presence for decades whose work in English and Afrikaans fell afoul of apartheid-era censors, died Friday, South African news reports said. He was…
Al Jazeera English News Director Thankful For Email Leaks
Earlier this month, The National Review published two leaked staff memos from Al Jazeera English executives outlining how the network should have covered the massacre at French satirical newspaper Charlie…
From Printed Page To Web Page: How Technology Democratized The Dictionary
In 1828, Noah Webster published “An American Dictionary to the English Language,” the first unabridged dictionary of American English. The two-volume lexicon, complete with more than 70,000 entries, took more…
What Languages The World Will Speak In 2115
In 1880 a Bavarian priest created a language that he hoped the whole world could use. He mixed words from French, German and English and gave his creation the name…
Russet The Bulldog Struggles Mightily To Fit Bone Through Door
It’s possible to have too much of a good thing, as this English bulldog named Russet knows all too well. Given an extra large bone, the Denver, Colorado-area pup decided…
Smells like team spirit: Fear and loathing in the dressing room
But in the last few weeks a rag-tag bunch of ‘misfits, throw-outs, not-wanteds’their own wordswho didn’t just take on the English football establishment but steamrollered their way through it, haven’t…
There’s an app that needs you: the rise of mobile crowdsourcing
From avoiding traffic jams, to analyzing pedestrian flow patterns, to finding the best public toilet in town, crowdsourcing apps are showing that many smartphones make for light work. With thousands…
11 coolest towns in the Philippines
Some locals cope with the heat by hitting the sugary beaches. Others turn air-conditioned malls into their second living room. Then there are those who seek refuge in the upland…