The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on Sunday announced that Papua New Guinea’s David Chung, who has been Acting President since November last year, has been elected unopposed to officially become OFC President for the next four years. “I thank you for entrusting me with the position of OFC President for the next four years,” said [...]
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor on Thursday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges and as a result will have to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. Taylor pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Misconduct and one count of Patronizing a Prostitute in the Third Degree. This, however, is [...]
Sunday’s NFL Wildcard games ended with the Baltimore Ravens beating the Kansas City Chiefs 30-7 and Michael Vick’s comeback season with the Philadelphia Eagles ending in a 31-16 loss against the Green Bay Packers. The Ravens (13-4) defense stepped onto a packed Arrowhead Stadium with over 72,000 people to lead them into a convincing victory [...]
DES MOINES, IOWA (BNO NEWS) — Rumeal Robinson, a former U.S. professional basketball player, on Friday was sentenced to over six years in prison in a bank fraud case. Robinson, 44, was convicted for the crimes of bank bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and making a false statement to a financial institution. [...]
Russia men’s national ice hockey team on Wednesday evening beat Canada to win the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament began on December 26 and its 31 matches were played at two venues, the HSBC Arena in Buffalo and the Dwyer Arena in Niagara, New York. Russia, which won previous championships in 2003, [...]
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, located in Texas and the world’s third busiest airport, has officially begun its corporate aircraft operations at its new DFW Corporate Aviation facility as the upcoming Super Bowl approaches. The corporate aircraft operations are a key part of the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee strategy on improving the region’s [...]
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) — A New York Jets football player was sued by a Seattle fan on Monday for allegedly attacking him with a snowball and causing injuries and emotional distress, TMZ.com reported. 33-year-old Shaun Ellis is accused of throwing a large snowball towards a fan after the Jets were defeated by the Seattle [...]
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — The Indonesian National Football team defeated the Philippines 1-0 in the first leg of the semifinal in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup on Thursday. The Filipino squad was unable to host their ‘home match’ in their native country as it does not have an AFF-approved venue. Instead, they [...]
ORLANDO, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — Female boxing legend Christy Martin on Tuesday was stabbed and shot by her husband and is reported to be seriously injured, local media reported on Wednesday. Christy Martin, 42, gained fame as the world’s best female boxer in the 1990′s. She was able to stop a motorist near Apopka’s Deer [...]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Singer and television personality Jessica Simpson on Sunday got engaged with her boyfriend and former NFL player Eric Johnson, Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. Simpson and Johnson have been dating since last May. Johnson, 30, is a former tight end that played for seven years in the National Football League [...]
