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An American runner has been praised as a true Olympian after stopping mid-race to help a fallen rival. Abbey D'Agostino helped New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin who was lying dazed on the track after the two entangled and fell in the 5,000m heats in Rio. "Get up. We have to finish this," D'Agostino told her. It was then Hamblin's turn to help D'Agostino,...
Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline 2016 at the Skytrax World Airline Awards,announced that it will operate its flagship A380 on services between Dubai and Guangzhou from 1st October 2016, the 67th National Day of People’s Republic of China. This follows the airline’s recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Milan and Johannesburg routes. Guangzhou will join more than 40 destinations...
Among tonight's Champions League qualifiers Manchester City take on Steaua Bucharest in the first leg of their tie with manager Pep Guardiola leaving two of his summer signings back in Manchester. Striker Wilfried Bony, midfielder Samir Nasri and defender Eliaquim Mangala are also not in Romania after they were left out of City's 21-man Champions League squad. England keeper Joe Hart,...
A pedestrian was critically injured after being hit by a taxi in Sliema in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police say the man, a 26-year old Libyan was hit by the taxi in Triq ix-Xatt at around 1.15am His injuries have been described as life threatening.    
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that daily bread issues and material conditions related to common citizens in Malta and elsewhere are paramount in the making and writing of history. Dr Muscat made this statement when presented with a copy of "A MATERIALIST REVISION OF MALTESE HISTORY : 870-1919," by historian Mark Camilleri which offers a fresh look at 1049...
Diego Costa struck late to give Antonio Conte a dramatic winning start as Chelsea boss. The Blues had the lions share of possession throughout but had to wait until just after the break when Hazard put them in front from the penalty spot. Collins gave West Ham hope of rescuing a point mid-way through the second half but Costa's late strike...
https://youtu.be/pJSB8nnpA_I Spectators rushed into the sea to help a pilot whose plane crashed into water during an airshow. The aircraft from a display team hit the water in front of thousands of people at the Herne Bay Airshow in Kent at around 3.30pm UK time on Sunday. The plane flipped and came to rest upside down around 20m from the shore, leaving...
Police reported that a car overturned at around 9.30am in Triq Lapsi, Siggiewi. The car, driven by a 76-year-old woman from Haz-Zebbug, crashed into a wall and ended up in a field.Two females, aged 75 years and 59 years were passengers in the vehicle. An ambulance took the 59-year-old woman to hospital where her condition was described as serious.  
 Gary Lineker has appeared on the BBC's Saturday night football show Match Of The Day in just his underpants. The former Tottenham and England striker promised to strip off if his boyhood club Leicester won the Premier League last season. Lineker wore white and blue Leicester shorts for the first 30 minutes of the highlights show, then appeared back on screen...
Former footballer Dalian Atkinson has died after being shot with a Taser by police in Shropshire. West Mercia Police said officers responded to a report of concern for the safety of a man at about 01:30 BST in the Trench area of Telford. A Taser was used on the 48-year-old man and after receiving medical help, he was pronounced dead at...