Rugby-World Cup winner Williams returns to league
SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) – World Cup winning All Black Sonny Bill Williams confirmed the worst kept secret in rugby union on Tuesday when he signed a one-year contract to return to rugby league with Australia’s Sydney Roosters. The 27-year-old Williams had been widely expected to join the Roosters for the next National Rugby League season after a short-term contract in Japan, having declined a new agreement with the New Zealand Rugby Union earlier this year. …
Canada was braced for UN torture grilling, ministerial memos show
OTTAWA – Newly released memos show Canada fully expected the intense grilling it got from a United Nations committee earlier this year about its international obligations to shun torture and other cruel treatment.
Horse racing-Top Australian jockey charged with betting on rival
Nov 13 (Reuters) – Leading Australian jockey Damien Oliver was charged on Tuesday with two offences related to placing a bet on another horse two years ago. The 40-year-old, who admitted to the wager, was stood down from the sport immediately pending a hearing on Nov. 20, Racing Victoria (RV) said on its website (www.racingvictoria.net.au). …
Monday, November 12, 2012
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