Tests after last Saturday’s match revealed the Bulgarian’s condition LONDON: Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, the Premier League club announced Friday. Petrov’s illness was discovered in medical tests carried out on the 32-year-old Bulgarian international after he came down with a fever following last Saturday’s defeat at Arsenal, the [...]
LONDON: Arsenal striker Gervinho claims the foundations are in place for the club to win trophies in coming seasons as they attempt to pile on the misery for struggling Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. Arsenal have gone on a winning streak of seven games, which has seen them overtake Tottenham and move into third [...]
MADRID: Having steadied the ship following two consecutive draws with commanding wins in La Liga and in Europe, Real Madrid begin a crucial run of games with a tricky trip to Pamplona to face Osasuna on Saturday. After Barcelona beat Sevilla, Barca coach Pep Guardiola declared that there was no way his side could beat [...]
MARSEILLE: Bayern Munich took control of their Champions League quarter-final against Marseille with a 2-0 win at Stade Velodrome on Wednesday that condemned OM to an eighth defeat in nine matches. With Steve Mandanda suspended, Marseille coach Didier Deschamps chose to field third-choice goalkeeper Elinton Andrade but the move backfired in the 44th minute when [...]
AC Milan and holders Barcelona played out a tight and nervy 0-0 draw at the San Siro on Wednesday to leave their Champions League quarter-final finely balanced ahead of next week’s second leg at the Camp Nou. Chances were at a premium as the two sides adopted a largely safety-first policy to ensure they would [...]
NICOSIA: A Karim Benzema double helped nine-time winners Real Madrid to a 3-0 away win over Cypriot surprise package APOEL in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash here on Tuesday. APOEL put up a stubborn rearguard action in a contest they were as expected largely outplayed by their illustrious and more famous opponents. It took [...]
LISBON: Chelsea took a big step towards the last four of the Champions League here on Tuesday after scoring a 1-0 victory over Portuguese giants Benfica in their quarter-final first-leg match. A 75th-minute strike from Salomon Kalou gave Chelsea a hard-fought win at the Stadium of Light after Benfica had carved out the better chances [...]
SUNDERLAND: Everton striker Nikica Jelavic was the key man as the Toffees booked a dream FA Cup semi-final against local rivals Liverpool at Wembley next month with a 2-0 win away to Sunderland. The Croatia international scored the opening goal in Tuesday’s quarter-final replay at the Stadium of Light before seeing his cross turned in [...]
Tottenham Hotspur beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 in an FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane on Tuesday, after the original tie was abandoned following the collapse of Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba. Spurs will now face London rivals Chelsea in a last four clash at Wembley next month. Goals late on from New Zealand’s Ryan Nelsen and [...]
MILAN: AC Milan have hinted they could shun their Italian roots when Barcelona visit the San Siro in the Champions League quarter-final, first leg on Wednesday.Speaking following Saturday’s 2-1 win over Roma, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said there were two ways to tackle Barca. “Either you sit back and try to hit them on the counter-attack, [...]
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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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