Ryland James Lviv, Ukraine: A second-half header from striker Mario Gomez was enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Portugal on Saturday in their opening Euro 2012 match. After victories both in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 and the third-place play-off at the 2006 World Cup, this was the German’s third straight win over [...]
KIEV: Ukraine’s legendary striker Andriy Shevchenko is dreaming of leading his nation to home glory in Euro 2012 as he heads into the swansong of a glorious career which took him to Europe’s finest leagues. The life of Shevchenko, who first emerged in the 1990s at Dynamo Kiev under the late great coach Valeriy Lobanovskiy, [...]
Bayern Munich reached the Champions League semi-finals after Croatia striker Ivica Olic netted both goals in a 2-0 win over Marseille in Tuesday’s quarter-final second leg. With the Bavarians having won 4-0 on aggregate, Bayern will host the first leg of their semi-final on April 17, most likely against Real Madrid, who host APOEL with [...]
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 [...]
MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini indicated Friday he has told striker Mario Balotelli he should heed a warning from Italy coach Cesare Prandelli to improve his disciplinary record. Balotelli was dropped from the Italian squad for the international friendly loss to the United States after Prandelli blasted the player’s indiscipline, noting the 21-year-old has [...]
BERLIN: Experienced German striker Lukas Podolski is close to joining English Premier League side Arsenal from Cologne German daily Bild claimed on its website on Tuesday. The 26-year-old — capped 95 times and a veteran of two World Cups and Euro 2008 — has apparently already agreed personal terms with Arsenal, though, the two clubs [...]
LONDON: QPR’s on loan striker Federico Macheda was one of three players charged on Monday by the Football Association of making alleged homophobic comments on social networking site Twitter. Macheda – sent on loan to QPR from Manchester United – Newcastle forward Nile Ranger and Manny Smith of League 1 outfit Walsall are accused of [...]
LONDON: Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez looks set to return from his self-imposed exile after apologising to the club for his conduct in recent months. Tevez has not played for the Premier League leaders since September after falling out with City boss Roberto Mancini following his refusal to warm-up during a Champions League defeat at Bayern [...]
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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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