Entertainment

• Friday, February 26th 2016 - 04:26 UTC

  World's eyes turn on Zurich as FIFA chooses president and hopefully a new era for the beautiful game

  

  The five contenders for the FIFA throne pitched the regional confederations in Zurich on Thursday in a last-ditch plea for votes in Friday’s election. Sheikh Salman, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale made their appeals to CONCACAF, UEFA and Oceania congresses staged at various hotels in the Swiss city where Sepp Blatter’s successor will be 26 February.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 05:38 UTC

  Suspension of FIFA Friday's presidential requested by candidate Prince Ali

  

  FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to implement transparent voting booths in Friday’s election. CAS says Prince Ali is asking for “urgent provisional measures” against the Feb. 15 decision of the FIFA ad-hoc electoral committee to deny his request to use the transparent booths.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 08:16 UTC

  Argentina's “Wild Tales” wins best non-English language Film at British Academy

  

  Argentine box-office hit and Oscar nominated picture Wild Tales (“Relatos Salvajes”) won Best Non-English Language Film at the BAFTA Awards. The British Film Academy also showered a lot of love on The Revenant, awarding Best Picture to Alejandro González Iñárritu and Best Actor to Leonardo DiCaprio.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 08:09 UTC

  “Rolling Stones should return to their roots” says Elton John

  

  Elton John has often given his fellow rock legends unsolicited advice over the years, and the Rolling Stones, once again, are the recipients. In a new interview, he said the Stones should return to their roots and stop following current trends.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:43 UTC

  Brazil will hold Olympic Games despite Zika, says president Rousseff

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro would take place despite the Zika virus, at a time when various athletes have expressed their fears about competing.

• Monday, February 15th 2016 - 06:32 UTC

  Macri and First Lady celebration with the Rolling Stones

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and First Lady Juliana Wanda hosted the Rolling Stones on Sunday night at their country house, (in Malvinas Argentina), following their last presentation in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, February 13th 2016 - 05:55 UTC

  CONCACAF will not advance which candidate it supports for FIFA presidency

  

  CONCACAF (Central America, North America and Caribbean Football Confederation) deputy general secretary Jurgen Mainka says the purpose of this week’s meeting in Miami was to discuss FIFA and CONCACAF reforms, not to decide on which FIFA presidential candidate the regional confederation will support.

• Saturday, February 13th 2016 - 05:45 UTC

  Valcke banned for 12 years from FIFA for misconduct and destruction of evidence

  

  Two weeks before the presidential election, FIFA's top judge bans former secretary general Jerone Valcke for 12 years for misconduct relating to World Cup ticket sales, travel expenses and destruction of evidence.

• Saturday, February 13th 2016 - 04:08 UTC

  'Queen Mary 2' calls in Ushuaia after ten-year absence

  

  One of the world's largest and most iconic cruise vessels called at Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, on Thursday following an absence of over ten years. Given the size of the 'Queen Mary 2', she anchored in the bay and those passengers of the 2.600 on board who decided to land were brought ashore in tenders.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 05:26 UTC

  Meteorologists rebuke Royal Caribbean's “Anthem of the Seas” on weather report

  

  “Royal Caribbean should have known better”. That's the word Tuesday from weather experts who closely monitored the development of the storm that rocked the line's Anthem of the Seas, on Sunday and Monday.