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 [...]
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: Fresh evidence that the fabled romance of the FA Cup is thriving will be on display at Wembley on Saturday as goalkeeper Brad Jones prepares to turn out for Liverpool in the Merseyside semi-final against Everton. The 30-year-old Australian — Liverpool’s third-choice goalkeeper — has been propelled into the spotlight after the suspensions picked [...]
Chelsea have high hopes for next season. At least, that’s what their new jersey indicates. The FA Cup and Champions League semi-finalists have incorporated a touch of gold to their traditional blue home strip, reported the Sun. And Roberto Di Matteo hopes the new design translates to success on the pitch.
Ian Winrow LONDON: Chelsea’s achievement in reaching the Champions League semi-finals will be put to one side when they continue their bid to break into the Premier League top four against Wigan at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The London club continued their impressive revival under interim coach Roberto di Matteo with victory over Benfica in [...]
SUNDERLAND: Everton striker Nikica Jelavic was the key man as the Toffees booked a dream FA Cup semi-final against local rivals Liverpool at Wembley next month with a 2-0 win away to Sunderland. The Croatia international scored the opening goal in Tuesday’s quarter-final replay at the Stadium of Light before seeing his cross turned in [...]
Tottenham Hotspur beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 in an FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane on Tuesday, after the original tie was abandoned following the collapse of Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba. Spurs will now face London rivals Chelsea in a last four clash at Wembley next month. Goals late on from New Zealand’s Ryan Nelsen and [...]
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool booked their second Wembley appearance of the season by beating Stoke 2-1 in the FA Cup quarter-finals at Anfield on Sunday. Stewart Downing’s second half strike settled the last eight tie after Liverpool striker Luis Suarez had seen his opener cancelled out within a matter of minutes by former Reds forward Peter Crouch. [...]
Neil Johnston BIRMINGHAM: Chelsea secured their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win away to Birmingham on Tuesday as they triumphed in their first match since manager Andre Villas-Boas was sacked. Two goals in six second-half minutes by Juan Mata (above left) and Raul Meireles ensured Roberto di Matteo, who [...]
Graham Chase LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is keen to see Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll play together on a regular basis after they all featured in the FA Cup thrashing of Brighton. Despite Suarez and Carroll arriving at Anfield in January last year, the trio started together for the first time in [...]
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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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 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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