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Several hundred people have marched through Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo in a peaceful protest that was the latest in a series of demonstrations against the upcoming football World Cup.

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have both signed voluntary global guidelines on land tenure in developing nations.

Workers at the main venue of the 2016 Olympic Games have voted to continue their strike indefinitely, just days before officials from the International Olympic Committee are due to visit...

The Commonwealth Games swimming squad will form the basis of the team named today for the Pan Pacific Championships in August. The 16-strong team comprises all Glasgow-bound swimmers plus…

The two-time defending champion Miami Heat will be among five NBA basketball teams playing pre-season games in four countries this October as part of the league's effort to connect with...

Workers building Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Park have fought with security guards but although shots were fired no one was injured in the melee. Scuffles broke out between guards...

Ireland will take on England in a football friendly in June next year, the first meeting between the teams in Dublin since a 1995 friendly was abandoned due to crowd...

Less than half of Brazilians favor the nation's hosting of the World Cup in June, with a majority in the football-crazed nation believing that the tournament will do more harm...

Fewer then 10 weeks out from the start of the World Cup football finals, work on crucial new airport terminals has fallen behind in most of the dozen Brazilian host...

Fiji have finished fourth after an impressive showing in the penultimate round of the IRB Women's Sevens Series in China. The Fijiana team beat England and Ireland in pool play,...

The New Zealand women's rugby sevens team has moved to top spot on the IRB World Series standings after winning the China penultimate tournament in Guangzhou. In the pouring rain...

Fiji have finished fourth after an impressive showing in the penultimate round of the IRB Women's Sevens Series in China. The Fijiana team beat England and Ireland in pool play,...

The New Zealand women's sevens team will play Fiji in Sunday's semi finals of the China Sevens in Guangzhou. The New Zealanders routed France 42-7 in the quarter finals and...

The New Zealand women's sevens team have thrashed China 50-nil in their second pool game at the China Sevens in Guangzhou. Earlier, New Zealand beat Brazil 33-nil in their opening...

Fiji make their second appearance on the Women's World Sevens Series later today at the penultimate round in Guangzhou, China. The Fijiana team won three of five matches in the...

Sportwear company Nike and the English FA have come under fire after England World Cup shirts went on sale for a price of up to $180 ahead of this year's...

New Caledonia's southern province has approved a deal with two major nickel companies to explore a huge ore deposit. The province's memorandum of understanding with Eramet of France and Vale...

A seventh construction worker has died in an industrial accident at a World Cup football site in Brazil. The worker died at the weekend after an eight metre fall in...