Mario Balotelli’s remarkable penchant for embroiling himself in controversy at Manchester City has resurfaced in the form of a training-ground confrontation with his team-mate Micah Richards, reported The Guardian. The two players clashed towards the end of a practice match when Richards accused Balotelli, who was on the same team, of not running hard enough. [...]
Seria A club set to trump Milan, PSG offers; City wants £25 for the Argentine forward Juventus have opened formal talks with Manchester City to sign Carlos Tevez in the form of a series of telephone calls direct to Roberto Mancini from Pavel Nedved, a key director for the Italian club. According to The Guardian [...]
Ten-man Stoke lost their unbeaten Europa League record and had to settle for second place in Group E as Besiktas came from behind to triumph 3-1 in Istanbul. With the Potters having already qualified for the last 32, boss Tony Pulis left all 11 players who started against Tottenham last weekend at home but then [...]
Frank Lampard voiced his frustration over Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas not telling him why he has been dropped to the bench The England midfielder scored a late penalty in the 2-1 win over Premier League leaders Manchester City last night after coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute at Stamford Bridge. It was the second big [...]
Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher is to take “an extended break from football” owing to a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, his club have announced. United have revealed that Fletcher, who has been sidelined at various points in recent times with what was reported to be a virus, has been suffering with the condition [...]
Manchester City pressed the self-destruct button and let Chelsea hand them their first defeat of the Barclays Premier League season. Chelsea hauled themselves right back into the title race with the 2-1 win City were in cruise control midway through the first half at wet and windy Stamford Bridge, looking every inch champions elect as [...]
Arsenal defender Andre Santos has been ruled out for around three months with an injury to his right ankle. The left-back sustained the problem in last week’s 3-1 Champions League defeat against Olympiacos in Greece. A statement on the club’s official website, www.arsenal.com, read: “We can confirm that, following investigations and subsequent medical opinions by [...]
Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua have set their sights on Didier Drogba after signing his Chelsea strike partner Nicolas Anelka. Anelka has agreed to a two-year contract worth £175,000 a week having been told he is no longer wanted by Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas and will move when the transfer window opens next month. It [...]
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini claims Chelsea remain serious title rivals. The Barclays Premier League leaders travel to Stamford Bridge to face Andre Villas-Boas’ side on Monday. The Londoners dropped out of the top four over the weekend, but they have emerged from a difficult spell over the past week, winning at Newcastle before beating [...]
Adebayor was denied an equaliser as Stoke ended Tottenham’s unbeaten run in the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 victory The Spurs striker replied to Matthew Etherington’s first-half double from the penalty spot at the Britannia Stadium but had a second contentiously ruled out by an offside flag. The visitors could also have had another [...]
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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