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Archive - 2010

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His Majesty receives Hong Kong Financial Secretary

21 Mar 10 -  His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (R), the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam received in audience John Tsang, the Hong Kong Financial Secretary, at the Istana Nurul Iman. Picture: BT/Zamri...

Chelsea stars begin life on borrowed time

21 Mar 10 - CHELSEA'S Champions League exit at the hands of Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan on Tuesday inevitably led to questions being asked about the future of Carlo Ancelotti and his well-paid players. Owner Roman Abramovich helped fuel such...

'Everyone a winner' at SO Games

21 Mar 10 - EVERYONE was a winner by the time the curtains came down on the Special Olympics Brunei Darussalam (SOBD) 5th National Games yesterday at the in Berakas. That was what Adanan Musim, the Programme Director of SOBD, told The Brunei Times in...

World Cup hands Fifa record revenues mark

21 Mar 10 - THE World Cup in South Africa has helped Fifa's revenues past the billion dollar mark for the first time, world football's governing body said Friday. "We are very confident, not only confident but very proud, that we can deliver...

Ferguson up to his old tricks

21 Mar 10 - SIR Alex Ferguson has fanned the flames ahead of Sunday's potentially explosive encounter between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford by dismissing his arch-rivals as one-season wonders. Ferguson is still smarting from this...

IN BRIEF

21 Mar 10 - Olazabal to miss US Masters TWICE U.S. Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal will miss next month's event because the Spaniard is again suffering from rheumatism. Olazabal, 44, who won the coveted Green Jacket in 1994 and 1999, has been...

King James snatches another Kobe crown

21 Mar 10 - LEBRON JAMES of the Cleveland Cavaliers became the youngest player to score 15,000 career points in the NBA on Friday, bettering Kobe Bryant's record by more than two years. The small forward accomplished the feat at 25 years, 79 days in...

NZ draw first blood in Louis Vuitton series

21 Mar 10 - TEAM New Zealand took the early honours in the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta on Saturday, winning the opening race against Italians Mascalzone Latino by 12 seconds. The remainder of the best-of-five series will be...

Soderling steamrolls Murray

21 Mar 10 - ROBIN SODERLING denied Andy Murray a return trip to the Indian Wells Masters 1000 final Friday, ousting the Briton in straight sets to set up a semi-final showdown with Andy Roddick. Sixth-seeded Soderling defeated Murray 6-1, 7-6 (7-4),...

Aquatic Centre at Tutong Sports Complex ready

21 Mar 10 - BRUNEI became the proud owner of a new Olympic-size swimming pool when a key was presented to Director of Youth and Sports, Hj Mohamad Penglima Asgar Dato Paduka Hj Abdullah for the Aquatic Centre of the Tutong Sports Complex yesterday. ...