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Kenya Jails Seven Somali PiratesTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:28PM(RTTNews) - A court in Kenyan port city of Mombasa has convicted seven Somali pirates and sentenced each of them to five-year jail terms after finding them guilty of attacking a German naval supply ship in the Gulf of Aden last year, said officials and lawyers on Tuesday.

Rugby: Wallabies out to break another hoodooTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:28PMOne hoodoo down, one to go on Saturday. That's Wallabies centre Adam Ashley-Cooper's refreshingly straightforward thinking as the Wallabies aim to avert a record-breaking 10th straight loss to the All Blacks.Saturday's final 2010...

David Leggat: Ranting tweets send a garbled messageTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:28PMMemo sports bosses: beware your light-fingered stars. Those whose digits trip across their cellphone keypads rather faster than their brain drops into gear.England players Kevin Pietersen and Dimitri Mascarenhas have been revealed...

Soccer: Club vs country rift brewingTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:27PMEurope's leading clubs appear to be squaring up for a showdown with world governing body Fifa over the £2.6bn ($NZ5.5bn) profit made from the World Cup, with the clubs demanding a greater share of the massive windfall.The president...

FIFA Begins Tour of Sites in U.S. Bid for CupTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:22PMThe United States entered the make-or-break stage of its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup as a six-person team from FIFA began to assess the American proposal.

Beware promise of sports stimulusTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:21PMBeware promise of sports stimulus

Fifa to visit White HouseTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:17PMNEW YORK - FIFA's World Cup inspectors will have breakfast at the White House on Wednesday, a highlight of their three-day tour of potential stadiums and facilities for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Fifa's executive committee votes on both hosts Dec 2, and the US is the eighth of nine stops on the tour. Europe is expected to be awarded the 2018 tournament, with England, Russia, Spain-Portugal ...

Setting goals pays off for Memorial studentsTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:15PMVisiting all seven continents may not be on the bucket list for most people, but one Memorial High School senior has recently accomplished this goal he set for himself in middle school. Dillon Duke and his sister, Lana, a freshman at Memorial, recently returned from South Africa where they were ambassadors with the People to People Student Ambassador program started in 1956 by former President ...

Rugby: All Blacks rolling toward World CupTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:12PMPARIS: The in-form All Blacks have been installed as firm favourites for the next Rugby World Cup, which will kick off in one year’s time in New Zealand.