Valentino Rossi holds up his helmet as he celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Moto GP yesterday. — APpic
MUGELLO (Italy): Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi consolidated his MotoGP championship lead yesterday by cruising to his seventh consecutive Italian Grand Prix win.

The Italian, winner of the preceding races in France and China, [...]

GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany): Germany captain Michael Ballack netted the winner in his side’s 2-1 victory over Serbia on Saturday in their final warm-up before Euro 2008 and insisted his team are approaching top form.
Chelsea midfielder Ballack scored from a free-kick in the 82nd minute to complete Germany’s come-back after veteran striker Oliver Neuville had grabbed an [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Sports Ministry would make a decision on the controversial Champions Youth Cup (CYC) football tournament issue on Wednesday.

The minister Datuk Sabri Ismail Yaakob (pic) insisted that the tournament had not been called off yet and the contractual issues on hosting it were being studied.
The consensus is that the Under-19 tournament scheduled [...]

RAPID CITY, S.D., (Reuters) - It’s almost over, isn’t it?

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at her Presidential Primary night rally in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 1, 2008. (REUTERS/Ana Martinez)

That seems to be all anyone wants to know from the Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but the only person who truly [...]

These close-circuit television camera stills show the suspect (right) approaching Mariana Mahmudin in the goldsmith’s shop
KUANTAN: A snatch thief was so persistent that he approached a victim twice at a goldsmith outlet in Jalan Mahkota here on Thursday.

The suspect grabs Mariana’s bag and makes a run for it.

However, the man wasn’t expecting [...]

GEORGE TOWN: The husband of the disabled woman detained in Pakistan on drugs charges said he hoped the government would help him to obtain her release.

Jaafar Noor said his 43-year-old wife, Siti Aisyah Hamid, who was being held at the Women’s Detention Centre (WDC) in Karachi, was innocent.
The 43-year-old, who runs a sundry shop [...]

JOHOR BARU, Mon:
All but one of the 57 National Service trainees who were hospitalised on Saturday night due to viral fever have been discharged.

State women, family and community development and health committee chairman Dr Robia Kosai said 19 were discharged from hospital today.
On Saturday, the trainees and a female trainer from the Desaru Camp [...]

SEREMBAN, Mon:
Three Myanmar plantation workers were found dead with slash wounds on the head and neck in their house in Kampung Bukit, Ulu Jelebu.

Police believe their housemate committed the triple murder on Friday while they were asleep.
Negri Sembilan CID deputy chief Supt Zazali Hashim said the victims’ supervisor went to the house [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hopes that one day his correspondence with two former Israeli prime ministers will be declassified.

“I am saying this because currently, there is a fake letter circulating around. The letter claims to have been written by me but is actually an attempt to damage my [...]