The Hyundai Elantra has been named car of the year at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto. The award, announced Thursday, was created by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). The winner was chosen by the AJAC after four days of testing 170 new 2012 vehicles. The other two finalists for car of [...]
A seven-bedroom house in London’s upmarket Mayfair district will likely set a British record rent of 433,000 pounds ($678,400) per month as landlords cash in on demand for space during this summer’s Olympic Games. The house has a floor space equivalent to three and a half tennis courts spread over three floors and includes a [...]
Africa’s new football champions, Zambia’s Chipolopolo, have arrived to a heroes’ welcome in the capital, Lusaka. A BBC correspondent says waiting fans went wild as captain Christopher Katongo came out of the plane clutching the golden Africa Cup of Nations. The Zambian team beat Ivory Coast 8-7 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out late on Sunday [...]
Rob Fowler and his team from Brandon, Man., will represent Manitoba at this year’s Brier after they captured the provincial men’s curling title on Sunday. Fowler’s rink captured the provincial men’s title by defeating Mike McEwen’s Fort Rouge team 10-6 in the final game of the 2012 Safeway Championship in Dauphin, Man. The win marks [...]
Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish crashed during the sixth and final stage of the Tour of Qatar. The world road race champion, winner of two stages in the race, went down after a clash of wheels with Tyler Farrar approaching the sprint finish. Cavendish, suffering from cuts and bruises, completed the stage without his helmet, but [...]
More than two million US viewers watched the first-ever live stream of the Super Bowl over the Internet, the NBC television network said Tuesday. The live stream of the New York Giant’s 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots drew 2.1 million viewers, “making it the most-watched, single-game sports event ever online,” the network said [...]
A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool’s 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity. Several Twitter sites claiming to be the real deal sprung up within hours of the cat’s Lionel Messi-like slalom across the pitch during the first half. One, @AnfieldCat, [...]
Quarterback Eli Manning and his New York Giants may have beaten superstar Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Sunday’s Super Bowl, but none them could outmuscle Madonna — at least, where TV audiences were concerned. A record 111.3 million U.S. viewers watched the Giants defeat the Patriots in the professional football championship, but [...]
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