NEW YORK

The famed tournament in New York begins in late August.

Katy Perry's Fireworks played while New York City watched a spectacular show over the Hudson River and Beyonce performed in-front of the Statue of Liberty.

With the European clubs all scheduled to return for pre-season training, here is a list of all the fixtures of the big-clubs till the start of the new season in August. Despite being friendlies, there are some eyecatching fixtures, including a repeat of last season's champions league final between Barcelona and Manchester United.

With the European clubs all scheduled to return for pre-season training, here is a list of all the fixtures of the big-clubs till the start of the new season in August. Despite being friendlies, there are some eyecatching fixtures, including a repeat of last season's champions league final between Barcelona and Manchester United.

At the July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, Joey Chesnut scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win the title. But, across town, his mortal enemy Takeru Kobayashi ate 69.

A badly decomposed woman's body was discovered in Fall Creek in North East Indianapolis on Sunday evening. The owner of the body could be one of the two missing women: the Indiana University student Lauren Spierer or Noblesville great-grandmother Dorothy Mae Heard.

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will most likely walk free and vindicated as US prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against him. Weeks after hurriedly taking the towering figure in French politics, the State's law enforcement will have to make a humiliating U-turn in the case. The logical question is, shouldn’t they have done it initially, and got their facts first before jumping into conclusions.

Fox News has become the latest victim of hacking as a group of hackers called “Scriptkiddies” hacked FoxNewsPolitical Twitter account on early Monday which falsely claimed the assassination of President Barack Obama.

Just after four days of former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's fortune turning brighter, the French economist and politician will again have to face some more or many more court proceedings.

The skinny Japanese competitive eater has established a world record of hot dog eating in a time limit of 10 minutes - the record, however, is unofficial.

Prosecutors in New York are investigating a sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Khan and have not yet decided to back off or continue to pursue seven counts of against him.

On Independence Day, 2011, championship eater Takeru Kobayashi reportedly broke the world record of hot dog eating off-site, while Joey Chestnut officially won his 5th straight victory at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest.

A lady writer in France, Tristane Banon, will file a lawsuit charging the former IMF chief with attempting to rape her, according to her lawyer, by way of Reuters.

Thousands of people are expected at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is set to begin today with pre-show at 10 am.

The international Egyptian community is planning to take to the streets this Friday, both in North Africa and the Tri-State area.

A motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike's handlebars and hit his head on the pavement

Today, the Liberty Bell that hangs at the Liberty Bell Center on Market Street in Philadelphia will be symbolically tapped as per the tradition on every Independence Day.

After the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally.

I'm the only woman in the establishment, yet I barely notice, so at home do I feel. I've just perched myself in one of the lounge's lion-armed chairs, newspaper in hand, when from afar, a man bellows, Rocky Patel; toro; 1992; a Nicaraguan blend. I used to like those.

Ivan Nova was optioned to Triple-A Scranton today to make room on the New York Yankees roster for Phil Hughes, who seems to have recovered his form during rehab starts in the minor leagues.

Two American women became the first same-sex couple to marry in Nepal.