Keyvan Naraghi MALABO: Didier Drogba had a penalty saved before scoring in each half as Ivory Coast triumphed 3-0 against Equatorial Guinea on Saturday in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final. The 33-year-old Chelsea striker struck with his right foot on 36 minutes and his head on 69 as the Elephants made it four [...]
Graham Chase LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish expects controversial striker Luis Suarez to hit the ground running when he returns from suspension against Tottenham on Monday. The Uruguayan, 25, has missed the last eight matches through suspension after being found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United’s French defender Patrice Evra in the 1-1 draw at [...]
LONDON: Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas late on Saturday blasted the fallout from skipper John Terry’s pending racism case as an undignified spectacle. “It is an unfortunate event and an event which doesn’t dignify British football,” Villa-Boas said. “We have to let the persons be called to court and the court make the necessary decision,” added [...]
Mike McGrath LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Thierry Henry’s stoppage-time goal in the win over Blackburn will be remembered as a “special” moment if it turns out to be his last strike at the Emirates Stadium. Henry, who returned to Arsenal on loan, is scheduled to head back to New York after away matches against Sunderland [...]
Julian Guyer EDINBURGH: England’s rebuilt side were left looking forward to the rest of the Six Nations Championship with confidence after starting the defence of their title with a 13-6 win away to Scotland. For the former Scotland youth international in charge of England it was a dream start to life as a senior international [...]
Rob Woollard LONDON: John Terry (below) was stripped of the England captaincy for the second time in two years on Friday after mounting concern his ongoing racism court case had made his position untenable. The English Football Association confirmed in a statement that chairman David Bernstein had contacted Terry to inform him of the body’s [...]
Ian Winrow LONDON: Andre Villas-Boas may have conceded Chelsea are out of the Premier League title race but his side’s superb home record against Manchester United means they can still influence the final destiny of the championship. Sir Alex Ferguson’s United last won in the league at Stamford Bridge 10 years ago and the rivalry [...]
Samm Audu FRANCEVILLE: Ghana’s quest to end a 30-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations title will face its biggest challenge yet on Sunday when they battle Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 tournament. The winners will tackle the victors of the other quarter-final between Zambia and Sudan in Bata, [...]
Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON: Millions of American football fans will be watching the Super Bowl on television this Sunday with one hand in the potato chips and the other holding a smartphone. The ‘second screen’ experience will be fueled by Facebook and Twitter and a host of Super Bowl-related applications for mobile devices providing everything from [...]
Pirate Irwin DUBLIN: Ireland go into Sunday’s Six Nations match with Wales with revenge very much on their minds after losing to the Welsh twice last year including October’s World Cup quarter-final. While the Irish will want to banish memories of that limp performance against an admittedly sharper and better Welsh outfit, they are also [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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