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(Reuters) – Leicester City have parted ways with manager Brendan Rodgers by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday, with the team 18th in the table and facing potential relegation. Rodgers’s last game in charge was Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace which left Leicester with 25 points from 28 games. They won the Premier League title in 2015-16 against all the odds but are now in danger […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and other films, has died aged 71, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday. Sakamoto was also known for his work with the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) which he co-founded. Introduced to the piano as a toddler, Sakamoto lived for music. As […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and other films, has died aged 71, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday. Sakamoto was also known for his work with the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) which he co-founded. Introduced to the piano as a toddler, Sakamoto lived for music. As […]

(Reuters) – Leicester City have parted ways with manager Brendan Rodgers by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday, with the team 18th in the table and facing potential relegation. “Performances and results during the current season have been below our shared expectations. It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course,” Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said. (Reporting by Rohith Nair […]

(Reuters) – Leicester City have parted ways with manager Brendan Rodgers by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday, with the team 18th in the table and facing potential relegation. “Performances and results during the current season have been below our shared expectations. It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course,” Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said. (Reporting by Rohith Nair […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and other films, has died aged 71, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday. Sakamoto was also known for his work with the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) which he co-founded. Introduced to the piano as a toddler, Sakamoto lived for music. As […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and other films, has died aged 71, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday. Sakamoto was also known for his work with the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) which he co-founded. Introduced to the piano as a toddler, Sakamoto lived for music. As […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Stewards dismissed a protest by the Haas Formula One team against the provisional results of Saturday’s Australian Grand Prix. Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg ended up seventh in the race at Albert Park despite being fourth when it was stopped for the third and final time. After lengthy deliberations, stewards decided the race would finish according to grid positions at the restart with a lap behind a safety car […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Stewards dismissed a protest by the Haas Formula One team against the provisional results of Saturday’s Australian Grand Prix. Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg ended up seventh in the race at Albert Park despite being fourth when it was stopped for the third and final time. After lengthy deliberations, stewards decided the race would finish according to grid positions at the restart with a lap behind a safety car […]