SHEFFIELD: Ronnie O’Sullivan will carry a three-frame advantage into the climax of the World Championship final here on Monday after building a 10-7 lead over Ali Carter at the Crucible Theatre. O’Sullivan, in what he has said could be his last match before retirement, needs eight more frames for a fourth world title and Carter [...]
Barcelona star Lionel Messi scored all four goals in a 4-0 rout of Espanyol to bring up his half century in La Liga and take his total goals tally for the season to a record-breaking 72 on Saturday. In what was Pep Guardiola’s last home match in charge at the Nou Camp, Messi made sure [...]
LONDON: Roberto Di Matteo deflected questions about his future after Chelsea sealed their fourth FA Cup in six seasons with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley. Strikes from Didier Drogba and Ramires sealed a deserved triumph for Chelsea as Liverpool’s hopes of a fightback after Andy Carroll’s second-half effort ended in disappointment. It was [...]
LAS VEGAS: Rising Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez beat Shane Mosley to retain his World Boxing Council super welterweight title on Saturday at the MGM Grand hotel and casino. The 21-year-old Alvarez defended his title for the fourth consecutive time, winning by an unanimous decision and saying the triumph over the aging US great was [...]
From her beginnings as a poor farmer’s daughter in a remote and troubled corner of India, ‘Magnificent Mary’ has fought her way up to become five-times world boxing champion. The mother-of-two is now tipped as India’s best bet to win gold at London 2012 — a position few could envisage when she began learning how [...]
G Aparna Sai feedback@postnoon.com Vijay Mallya is certainly a worried man. His team in the IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore, seems to be flying low just like his airlines, Kingfisher. Touted as one of the strongest sides this season with the likes of Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, AB de Villiers and skipper Daniel Vettori [...]
G Aparna Sai feedback@postnoon.com Defending champions,Chennai Super Kings, and the current Champions League title holders, Mumbai Indians,clash for the second time in this edition of the IPL, on the latter’s homeground. Mumbai drew first blood on April 4 when both the teams clashed in the inaugural match of this season.Having lost the toss, the current [...]
LONDON: Chelsea captain John Terry believes victory in the FA Cup can strengthen interim manager Roberto Di Matteo’s claims to be appointed to the job on a full-time basis. Di Matteo has overseen a dramatic transformation in Chelsea’s fortunes since taking over from sacked predecessor Andre Villas-Boas in March, guiding the club to the FA [...]
LONDON: Arsene Wenger takes charge of his 900th game as Arsenal manager against Norwich on Saturday looking for the victory that will keep his side on course for Champions League qualification. Away wins for Tottenham and Newcastle on Wednesday night brought both clubs to within a point of the third place Gunners, who host the [...]
CHARLOTTE: Tiger Woods’s bid to bounce back from a disastrous Masters ended abruptly Friday as the 14-time major champion missed the cut at Quail Hollow. Woods carded a second-round 73 for an even-par total of 144, one shot outside the cut line of one-under 143. It marked the eighth time as a pro Woods has [...]
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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