Pirate Irwin PARIS: France’s new coach Philippe Saint Andre’s goal in his first Six Nations championship is to deliver consistency, something he says has been missing from the national side for nigh on a century. The 44-year-old succeeded Marc Lievremont, who despite leading the French to one Grand Slam and the World Cup final did [...]
Dermot Ledwith MADRID: Barcelona dropped precious points in a 0-0 draw at Villarreal on Saturday night to slip seven points behind Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Earlier Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil had scored to help Real Madrid beat Zaragoza 3-1 and pile the pressure on Barca, who never convinced against [...]
Steve Griffiths LONDON: Arsene Wenger insists the growing frustration about his failure to end Arsenal’s seven-year trophy drought will not distract him from finding a way to get the club back on track. Wenger, whose side host Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Sunday, was subjected to a rare show of dissent during last [...]
Nick Reeves LIBREVILLE: Gabon and Tunisia became the latest teams to seal their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final places on Friday as Morocco and newcomers Niger were knocked out. Day seven at the 2012 Nations Cup delivered up a Group C double bill in Libreville. The first leg saw Tunisia, champions in 2004, down Niger [...]
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has urged the club’s fans to be on their best behaviour when Manchester United visit Anfield for Saturday’s powder-keg FA Cup tie. Saturday’s fourth round showdown is the first time the bitter rivals have met since Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned for eight games for racially abusing United defender [...]
LONDON: Chelsea have plenty of reasons to want to avoid a repeat of their last trip to neighbours Queens Park Rangers when they return to Loftus Road on Saturday in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The 1-0 defeat they suffered there on October 23 last year was a blow to their hopes of [...]
Tim Hanlon BARCELONA: Barcelona survived a late comeback from holders Real Madrid to knock them out of the Spanish Cup with a 4-3 victory on aggregate after a 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp where the visitors put up a spirited fightback to come from two goals down. Jose Mourinho may still not have won [...]
Neil Johnston LIVERPOOL: Craig Bellamy (right, #39) came back to haunt his former club Manchester City as Liverpool booked their first Wembley appearance for 16 years after a dramatic 2-2 draw with the Premier League leaders in the semi-final second leg of the League Cup. Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool were undone by Nigel [...]
Mourinho is fed up with the whistles he received from fans in the Bernabeu despite Madrid’s victory, a split with the team and his treatment by the Spanish press MADRID: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is fed up with bad relations in the dressing room and repeated losses to Barcelona and wants to leave at the [...]
LONDON: Manchester City’s controversial Italian striker Mario Balotelli could be suspended for four matches after he was charged on Monday with violent conduct by the Football Association (FA). The 21-year-old Italian international has been charged over images appearing to show that he deliberately stamped on England midfielder Scott Parker’s head during Sunday’s 3-2 Premier League [...]
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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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