Ryland James WARSAW: Striker Mario Balotelli struck twice to seal Italy’s 2-1 semi-final win over Germany on Thursday to leave the Germans’ Euro 2012 ambitions in tatters while the Azzurri march on to the final. The 21-year-old Manchester City star broke German hearts with a first-half header and sublime strike as Joachim Loew’s inexperienced team [...]
Portugal coach Paulo Bento said he had no regrets after seeing his side lose 4-2 on penalties to defending champions Spain in the Euro 2012 semi-finals. After the game finished goalless following extra time, Bruno Alves sent Portugal’s fourth spot-kick against the bar and Spain substitute Cesc Fabregas stepped up to sweep Spain into the [...]
Portuguese’s Cristiano Ronaldo will have to wait another two years to see if he will grace a major final for only the second time after Spain edged his side 4-2 on penalties in their Euro 2012 semi-final here on Wednesday. However, many will question what happened in the penalty shootout as he stood like a [...]
Alves hits the bar as Spain go through Tom Williams DONETSK, Ukraine: Spain reached their third consecutive major tournament final after overcoming neighbours Portugal 4-2 on penalties in the first Euro 2012 semi-final in Donetsk on Wednesday. After an attritional game finished 0-0 following extra time at Donbass Arena, Cesc Fabregas swept home the winning [...]
Ryland James WARSAW: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli (in pic) will be looking for his side to extend their proud record of never losing to Germany in a major finals when they meet in Thursday’s Euro 2012 semi-final in Warsaw. Germany — who are seeking their first trophy since lifting the Euro ‘96 title — will [...]
Frederic Happe GDANSK, Poland: He’s already been dubbed Germany’s “Rolls Reus” by the German and British media, and attacking midfielder Marco Reus (L) is ready to outpace Italy as the countries face off in what should be a classic semi-final at Euro 2012 on Thursday. Reus has caught the eye here not least with his [...]
DONETSK, Ukraine: Portugal coach Paulo Bento has urged his players to be patient in their Euro 2012 semi-final with Spain on Wednesday, but says his side will not allow themselves to be dominated. Defending champions Spain have largely had their own way at the tournament so far, averaging 67.5 percent of possession in their games [...]
Tom Williams DONETSK, Ukraine: Spain defender Alvaro Arbeloa (in pic) says he is psyching himself up “mentally and physically” to face Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo in the Euro 2012 semi-final against Portugal on Wednesday. With three goals in his last two matches, Ronaldo has emerged as one of the stand-out players at the tournament [...]
Ryland James GDANSK, Poland: Ahead of Thursday’s Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy, goalkeeping coach Andreas Kopke has said Germany will not be taking too many spot-kicks to prepare for a dreaded penalty shoot-out. Germany face the Azzurri in Warsaw on Thursday for a place in Sunday’s final, but after Italy needed a penalty shoot-out to [...]
GNIEWINO, Poland: Spain’s Vicente Del Bosque is two victories away from emulating West Germany’s Helmut Schoen on Sunday, to date the only coach to win both the World Cup and the European Championship. Del Bosque 61, took over from Luis Aragones after Euro 2008 and lifted the World Cup two years later after a relatively [...]
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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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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