KHARKIV, Ukraine: Germany moved to the brink of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals on Wednesday after two predatory Mario Gomez strikes gave the three-times champions a 2-1 win over old rivals the Netherlands in their Group B match. The Germans, having started off by beating Portugal, made it two wins in two as they consolidated their [...]
Barnaby Chesterman POZNAN, Poland: Getting behind the Croatian defence is the key for Italy coach Cesare Prandelli in Thursday’s crucial European Championships Group C clash. Croatia lead the group following their 3-1 win over Ireland in their first match and can qualify directly for the quarter-finals with another victory. Italy held world champions Spain to [...]
Ryland James GDANSK, Poland: Having played a 4-3-3 formation against Italy with Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas up front, Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque (in pic) must decide whether to give striker Fernando Torres another chance after he impressed from the bench against Italy.“I am not happy about everything that happened against Italy — there are [...]
LVIV, Ukraine: Danish coach Morten Olsen said on Tuesday Portugal must be the favourites going into the pair’s Euro 2012 Group B match in Lviv as he played the same underdog tactic he deployed before the surprise opening 1-0 win over the Netherlands. The Danes, shock champions in 1992, “can’t be favourites against a team [...]
Jonathan Fowler WARSAW: Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland kept their chances of a quarter-finals berth alive on Tuesday after drawing 1-1 with Russia, putting on ice their opponents’ hopes of clinching the first slot in the knock-out phase. The Poles, needing to take at least a point from the Group A match in the wake of [...]
Kharkiv, Ukraine: Germany coach Joachim Loew has said he expects a ‘battle’ against the Netherlands in Wednesday’s crunch Euro 2012 clash, but quickly rejected any notion that it will be a ‘war’ in Kharkiv. The Netherlands face Germany in the eastern Ukrainian city on Wednesday needing a win to give themselves a realistic chance of [...]
WROCLAW, Poland: Greece coach Fernando Santos said that another poor start had cost his side dearly as two goals in the first six minutes saw the Greeks lose 2-1 to Czech Republic in their Euro 2012 Group A clash here on Tuesday. The 57-year-old Portuguese, who replaced veteran German Otto Rehhagel after the 2010 World [...]
WARSAW: Russia coach Dick Advocaat on Monday played down suggestions that his side are favorites to make the last eight at Euro 2012, ahead of their crunch fixture against Poland and after they thrashed the Czech Republic 4-1. “It was just one game,” the Dutch veteran said of the demolition of the Czechs, ahead of [...]
KIEV: Ukraine’s former European Player of the Year Andrei Shevchenko rolled back the years here on Monday as his second-half double inspired the Euro 2012 co-hosts to a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Sweden in their Group D encounter. The 35-year-old Ukraine captain took his tally to 48 in 108 international appearances with two superb headers [...]
LONDON: England’s hard-fought 1-1 draw against France in their Euro 2012 opener restored a measure of pride to the Three Lions and hinted at a brighter future under new boss Roy Hodgson, Britain’s press said on Tuesday. The former Inter Milan manager’s tactical experience was vital in securing a point against a France team now [...]
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Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
This must be the greatest moment of crisis that Barack Obama has faced till now in his entire time at the White House. There’s the tax agency scandal, 100 emails regarding the Benghazi attacks have been released and also the scandal of the justice department hacking the phones of reports of the nation’s biggest news [...]
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