Entertainment

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 06:56 UTC

  A single winner, in Florida, of the US lottery: jackpot 590 million dollars

  

  A single winner in Florida has beaten incredible odds and will take home the entire 590.5 million dollars Powerball jackpot. The lucky ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., outside of Tampa, according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 00:16 UTC

  FIFA guarantees that Sao Paulo World Cup stadium will be ready on time

  

  FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has guaranteed Sao Paulo's World Cup football stadium will be ready on time, one day after claiming the venue could be taken off the tournament schedule due to construction delays.

• Saturday, May 11th 2013 - 05:39 UTC

  FIFA concerned over the construction of World Cup stadiums in Brazil

  

  FIFA has revealed its concern over the construction of six World Cup stadiums ahead of next year's finals in Brazil. A second test event at Rio's redeveloped Maracana stadium was recently canceled, heightening fears over the readiness of arenas across the country for this summer's Confederations Cup.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Falkland Island’s delegation with over forty athletes will participate in NatWest Island Games in Bermuda

  

  The full squad of competitors representing the Falkland Islands at the upcoming NatWest Island Games taking place in Bermuda from July 13 to 19 has been announced.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2013 - 00:33 UTC

  Uruguay’s Figueredo replaces Leoz as president of CONMEBOL until 2015

  

  Uruguay’s Eugenio Figueredo was officially appointed president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in succession to Nicolas Leoz on Tuesday. He is the third Uruguayan to occupy the post.

• Monday, April 29th 2013 - 06:24 UTC

  Brazil re-opens the refurbished iconic but still incomplete Maracana stadium

  

  Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, venue for next year's World Cup final and the spiritual home of Brazilian football, has re-opened with an exhibition match despite not being fully finished.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 05:56 UTC

  South American football president resigns on ‘health and personal grounds’

  

  South American football president Nicolas Leoz has resigned on Tuesday from FIFA powerful executive committee on “health and personal” grounds. Leoz was accused by the BBC Panorama program in November 2010 of taking bribes in the 1990s from the now defunct sports rights agency ISL.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  England confirms three rugby matches in Uruguay, Argentina tour

  

  England will play three matches on their tour to Argentina and Uruguay this coming June, announced the Rugby Union in England. Stuart Lancaster’s side will face a CONSUR XV representing the South American nations in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday, June 2 (3.30pm local time, 7.30pm BST).

• Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 02:24 UTC

  London Marathon is on next Sunday: 36.000 runners including UK Olympic champion

  

  The London Marathon will go ahead as planned in the British capital this Sunday despite the bomb attack on the Boston race which killed three people and wounded more than 100, police and officials said.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Attack on Boston marathon leaves three dead, 17 critically injured and fears it was a 'terrorist bombing'

  

  An investigation is under way after two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 100 injured. The FBI has taken over co-ordination of what it described as a “potential terrorist inquiry”.