WOLVERHAMPTON, England – Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson feels his team’s character will give it the edge in a three-way fight for the Premier League title with Chelsea and Arsenal.
Chelsea let United and the Gunners off the hook last weekend with their surprise 4-2 home defeat to Manchester City.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side is in FA [...]

MADRID – Sevilla winger Diego Perotti is confident they can spring a surprise as they face the ominous task of playing Real Madrid at the Bernabeu this weekend.
While leaders Barcelona have started to stutter, Real have hit form domestically, scoring eleven goals in their past two games.
They are proving to be more than just the [...]

MIAMI – Jermaine O’Neal called it, telling teammates in overtime that the next time someone drove the lane he would be there to take the charge.
That someone was Kobe Bryant.
And O’Neal delivered on his vow.
O’Neal stood his ground with 18.7 seconds left in the extra session and Bryant was whistled for an offensive foul. It [...]

BEIJING: Beijing police confirmed Thursday they have detained 18 people for allegedly causing an affray and intentionally injuring artists at an art zone on Monday.
The artists staged a brief protest against the attack and the demolition of the art zone in Chaoyang District, Beijing,  Monday afternoon, after the incident.
The Beijing Public Security Bureau’s information office [...]

GUANGZHOU: The death toll of a fireworks explosion has risen to 20 as an injured person died in hospital in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said Saturday.
The explosion occurred at Shiqiaotou Village, Junbu Township of Puning City at about 8:00 pm Friday, according to the provincial public security department and Puning city government.
Bodies of [...]

YINCHUAN: Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang called for more efforts to promote the development of China’s west region on Saturday.
Li made the remarks during an inspection tour in the west Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
“Expanding domestic consumption is key to economic restructuring which is crucial to accelerating the transformation of economic development mode, a strategic task [...]