Oriol Romeu would like to stay at Valencia

Romeu says he would prefer to extend his loan spell at Valencia next season rather than return to Chelsea. The 22-year-old Romeu had just found a regular place in the squad when he suffered a meniscus tear in his right knee in February. Romeu had surgery and missed more than a month of action. He made his first start since the injury on Sunday....

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Iranian Mother Stops the Execution of Her Son's Murderer, Choosing Forgiveness Instead

Imagine you had the ultimate chance for revenge, to inflict the worst pain you've ever felt in equal measure on the person who caused it. In Iran, this is part of the legal system: Qisas, the sharia law of retribution, can be applied literally in some cases. One family had the opportunity. Instead, they did something extraordinary. Seven years ago, 18-year-old Abdollah Hosseinzadeh was fatally stabbed during a street brawl in Royan,...

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Power Couple 'Jay Z And Beyonce' Planning The 'Mr. & Mrs. Carter Tour'?

You expect a power couple to pull power moves. Which is why you shouldn't be shocked that Jay Z and Beyoncé are reportedly prepping one of the biggest musical power plays of all time. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jayonce are prepping their first joint tour, which is slated to hit around 20 U.S. cities. Speaking to anonymous sources close to the production, the paper reported that the stadium outing is expected to be titled the...

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Neymar sideline for four weeks

Barcelona announced on Thursday that Neymar will be out for four weeks after a bruise led to swelling on the fourth metatarsal of his left foot. The club also announced that Jordi Alba has a right hamstring injury and could be out three to four weeks. The injuries would appear to rule both players out of the league games against Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal and Getafe, and raises doubts over their ability to feature in the final two...

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Astronomers confirm discovery of first rocky, Earth-sized planet that might hold liquid water--necessary ingredient for life.

Using the Kepler space telescope, NASA astronomers have found the first planet that they believe to be made of rock, roughly equivalent in size to Earth and potentially capable of supporting life. The planet, Kepler-186f, orbits the star Kepler-186 some 490 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. It has a diameter of 8,700 miles, making it larger than Earth, and its orbit lies within the "Goldilocks zone" where temperatures could...

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