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Leila Lopes, the Angolan beauty who was crowned Miss Universe 2011 just a week ago has become a subject of malicious allegations which could strip her of the coveted title.

With their third pool B game against Romania nearing, England have a mounting injury list and will hope no more players join the sick bay.

Rafa Nadal proved he had put his exertions at the U.S. Open firmly behind him when he thrashed France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-0 6-2 6-4 to put Spain through to the Davis Cup final on Sunday.

Argentina beat holders Serbia 3-2 in their Davis Cup semi-final after world number one Novak Djokovic retired with a rib and lower back injury against Juan Martin Del Potro on Sunday.

French doubles pair Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra thumped Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-2 6-0 on Saturday to ensure their Davis Cup semi-final will be decided by Sunday's singles.

Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger service was disrupted by an apparent service outage on Friday, adding a further headache as the company reels from a dismal earnings report.

Although many of the world’s democratic states have had females as presidents and/or prime ministers – surprisingly, many have not, including the most powerful democracy on Earth, the United States.

Kweku Adoboli has been charged with fraud and false accounting by London police in connection with unauthorized trades at UBS that caused the bank a $2 billion loss. Adoboli has also reportedly admitted to the bank he caused the losses. His father, a retired United Nations employee living in Ghana, said his son made a mistake.

Arrested at his UBS trading desk, rogue trader Kweku Adoboli allegedly told the bank about his unauthorized trading that resulted in a nearly $2 billion loss.

Colleagues at UBS called Kweku Adoboli, the trader arrested in connected with a $2 billion loss due to unauthorized trading at the bank, up and coming and someone who worked hard...played quite hard too. Adoboli, 31, was arrested on Thursday by London police on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position and being held in custody at Bishopsgate police station. A graduate of Nottingham University who was born in Ghana, Adoboli studied computer science in college and went to work at UB...

With precious little time to rest after their brutal U.S. Open final, world number one Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will be energized by national pride this weekend as they lead their countries into battle in the Davis Cup semi-finals.

Spanish world number two Rafa Nadal will play France's Richard Gasquet in the opening singles rubber of their Davis Cup semi-final on Friday, it was decided at Thursday's draw.

Kweku Adoboli, the 31-year-old London man accused as the rogue trader who cost Swiss banking giant UBS an estimated loss of $2 billion, is a "well-dressed quiet man" of African origin who wasn't the "tidiest" but is very "well spoken," according to a former landlord.

UBS has 65,000 employees. The Swiss bank has global operations, serving approximately 50 countries. The company has been around for nearly 150 years. But one rogue trader -- reportedly a 31-year-old living and working in London -- has apparently brought the company to its knees in embarrassment and financial loss.

The Miss Universe 2011 swimsuit presentation took place on Thursday night, as the international beauties showed their stuff in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Halliburton Co (HAL.N) filled a gap in its offering of oil and gas extraction services with a deal to buy Multi-Chem Group LLC, North America's fourth-largest production chemicals company.

Caroline Wozniacki won a late-night thriller against former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova at the U.S. Open on Monday to stay on course for a heavyweight showdown with Serena Williams.

Roger Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals of the US Open, in a rematch of the Wimbledon quarters earlier this year, after a straight-sets victory against Juan Monaco, before which Novak Djokovic fought past Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Six months after she nearly died, Serena Williams is closing in on what could be the greatest achievement of her incredible career.

Nigeria's central bank plans to diversify its $33 billion in foreign exchange reserves away from the dollar by switching a tenth of the stockpile into yuan, underlining the momentum behind China's drive to internationalise its currency.

Amid much moaning in U.S. media about the state of the nation's tennis prowess, veteran Andy Roddick, emerging Donald Young and big serving John Isner kept up a strong showing by American men with wins at the U.S. Open Sunday.