LONDON: Liverpool’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League suffered a fresh blow on Saturday as they crashed to a 3-1 defeat at struggling Bolton. Goals from Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker and Gretar Steinsson secured a vital three points for Bolton, who moved out of the relegation zone for the first time this season following [...]
LONDON: Mark Hughes notched the first league win of his QPR career on Saturday as the Hoops clawed their way out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win over bottom club Wigan. Rangers, who had slipped into the drop zone after a defeat to Newcastle in their last outing, looked nervous early on but [...]
MELBOURNE: Former champion Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber in straight sets to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday. Sharapova won 6-1, 6-2, a scoreline that flattered the fourth seed, who was pushed hard by Kerber in the second set before winning in just under an hour and a [...]
LOS ANGELES: The Texas Rangers formally introduced prize acquisition Yu Darvish on Friday, saying the Japanese star pitcher is the kind of player they need as they strive for a World Series title. “His physical talents are well-documented,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said at a much anticipated press conference at The Ballpark in Arlington, the [...]
NEW YORK: Squash’s world number one James Willstrop began the 2012 season with a memory-tugging win and a plan to hold on to his new status. The Englishman reached the pinnacle for the first time on New Year’s Day and celebrated on Friday with an 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 first-round Tournament of Champions win over Zac [...]
LONDON: Mustafa Ameen, the International Boxing Federation official at the centre of the Amir Khan world title fight controversy, threatened legal action against the British star on Friday. Khan lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles on a split decision to American opponent Lamont Peterson in Washington on December 10. But Ameen, an IBF official who [...]
LONDON: Wayne Rooney admits Manchester United must stop in-form Arsenal striker Robin van Persie if the champions are to keep their title defence on track with a victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side romped to a remarkable 8-2 win over Arsenal back in August, but Rooney knows the Gunners are [...]
PARIS: World champion Casey Stoner on Friday told long-time rival Valentino Rossi to mount a serious challenge to his crown after a lacklustre season left the Italian without a race win for the first time in his 15-year career. Australian rider Stoner, the 2007 and 2011 champion, wants to see a healthy challenge launched by [...]
PARIS: Brazilian legend Pele insisted on Friday that Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, a Champions League winner with Barcelona and three-time Ballon D’Or king, cannot yet be considered as one of the world’s greatest players. Pele called on his own record of three World Cup triumphs as well as a career tally of 1,283 goals to [...]
Little Anushka is full of beans when she comes to the basketball court at the Secunderabad YMCA. The UKG student can hardly dunk the ball, and she rarely does, but she tries persistently. Anushka first dribbled the ball here when she came along with her father, who used to play the game when he was [...]
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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 [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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