Copa America 2016: Pitbull plays over Chile anthem

Chile's players and fans carried on singing as Pitbull was played over the stadium's PA system Chile's players and fans had to compete with the music of rapper Pitbull, as it was played over the final bars of their national anthem before a Copa America match against Argentina. It was the second time in two days that the country's national anthem was subject to a mix-up at the tournament. Organisers apologised for playing...

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Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Three people are dead and more are missing after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast. Storms continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Erosion at Sydney's Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing. In Tasmania, where major flood warnings have been issued for seven rivers, two...

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Muhammad Ali, a gold-medal winning Kerala athlete? Sports Minister Jayarajan thinks so

It was a phone call Kerala’s new Sports Minister, E P Jayarajan should have avoided at any cost; unfortunately he didn’t. The result: World’s boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who died at an Arizona hospital, on Friday night, became an eminent sports star from Kerala. Not only that, Ali even won a gold medal for the state in his heydays and thus elevated the state’s fame internationally. All this happened on Saturday when...

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