The center of Erika was located about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east-northeast of Holguin, Cuba, and was moving west-northwest near 20 mph (31 kph) in a general motion expected to continue into the evening, the Hurricane Center said Saturday morning. The storm's maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph (65 kph).
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Japan completed their final warm-up match before the World Cup in grand style on Saturday, thrashing Uruguay 40-0 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo.
Arsenal won 1-0 at Newcastle thanks to an own goal from Fabricio Coloccini, who turned in an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shot early in the second half.
PARIS (Reuters) - France, Germany and Russia back plans for a complete ceasefire in eastern Ukraine from Sept. 1, the French presidency said after their respective leaders spoke by telephone on Saturday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping granted an amnesty on Saturday to jailed war veterans and bedridden or disabled elderly prisoners to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Aug 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the Test Match match between Scotland and Italy on Saturday at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland : 1-Alasdair Dickinson, 2-Ross Ford, 3-Willem Nel, 4-Grant Gilchrist, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Ryan Wilson;7-John Barclay, 8-David Denton;9-Greig Laidlaw (capt), 10-Finn Russell, 11-Tim Visser, 12-Peter Horne, 13-Mark Bennett;14-Sean Lamont 15-Stuart Hogg Replacements: 16-Stuart McInally, 17-Gordon Reid, 18-Jon Welsh, 19-Rob Harley, 20-Blair Cowan, 21-Henry
Fabricio Coloccini's own goal handed Arsenal a hard-fought victory at Newcastle after controversial striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was sent off just 16 minutes into the game.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish jets took part in U.S.-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State in Syria for the first time on Friday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed heavy shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed heavy shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica, anchored by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, clocked the second fastest time in history to retain their 4x100 meters relay title at the world championships on Saturday.
LONDON (Reuters) - European heart experts on Saturday endorsed the potential use of multiple blood thinning drugs for heart attack patients beyond one year, in a move that may boost demand for AstraZeneca's Brilinta.
LONDON (Reuters) - European heart experts on Saturday endorsed the potential use of multiple blood thinning drugs for heart attack patients beyond one year, in a move that may boost demand for AstraZeneca's Brilinta.
Aug 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the Test Match match between Ireland and Wales on Saturday at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland Ireland : 1-Jack McGrath, 2-Richardt Strauss, 3-Nathan White, 4-Iain Henderson, 5-Paul O'Connell (capt), 6-Peter O'Mahony;7-Jordi Murphy, 8-Jamie Heaslip;9-Conor Murray, 10-Jonathan Sexton, 11-Keith Earls, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 13-Luke Fitzgerald;14-Dave Kearney 15-Rob Kearney Replacements: 16-Sean Cronin, 17-Dave Kilcoyne, 18-Tadhg Furlong, 19-Donnacha Ryan, 20-
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers named an unchanged line-up for the Premier League clash with West Ham following last Monday’s goalless draw with Arsenal.
Pedro makes his home debut for Chelsea today after being named in the starting line-up for the Premier League match against Crystal Palace.
PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic could make his first Ligue 1 appearance this season in Sunday's away game against Monaco after recovering from a knee injury.
Mesut Özil missed Arsenal's Premier League encounter at Newcastle after suffering what was described by the club as a "minor knee injury".
BEIJING (Reuters) - Piotr Malachowski of Poland claimed the discus gold medal at the world championships on Saturday with a throw of 67.40 metres.
The latest on the arrest of a suspect in the Bangkok shrine bombing (all times local):
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Saturday expressed confidence in the answers of Electricity Minister Qassim al-Fahdawi following an interrogation about a persistent power crisis that has prompted widespread protests and a new push for reform.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain's Mo Farah kicked on the final corner and stormed down the home straight to retain his 5,000 metres world title on Saturday, securing an unprecedented third successive distance double at major global championships.
Brass bands played and people passed out fruit and cookies as hundreds of thousands of Hindu holy men and believers plunged into the Godavari River to wash away their sins on the first "royal" day of bathing at one of the...
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Aaron Cresswell: In truth it's a big game for every member of West Ham's defence after they were embarrassed by Bournemouth, but Creswell was as poor as anyone in that defeat, directly at fault for two of the four goals conceded.