St. John’s (Antigua), March 4 (IANS/CMC) Captain Stuart Broad believes England’s nervy win in second One-Day International Sunday has given them impetus to complete a series triumph. Chasing a modest 160 for victory at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, England crashed to 105 for seven before Broad (28 not out) and Ravi Bopara (38 not out), […]
Rome, March 4 (IANS) Daniele De Rossi has been banned for three Serie A games after being found punching Mauro Icardi in the face during Saturday’s Roma home 0-0 draw with Inter Milan. The Serie A’s disciplinary committee in a statement said Monday that the Roma player’s misconduct was detected by television instead of the referees, […]
Sydney, March 4 (IANS) As Australia pummels its team to an inexorable defeat, South Africa’s highly-regarded captain Graeme Smith will call it quits from international cricket, at the end of a series that exposed his position as South African cricket’s go-to leader. Cricket-mad Sydney has been brewing coffee to stay up late and watch a third […]
Berlin, March 4 (IANS) German first division side Frankfurt has announced that Armin Veh will leave the Eagles at the end of the season. Armin Veh took the helm at Frankfurt in July 2011 to lead the club from second division into the Bundesliga. With Veh in charge, the club secured an outstanding sixth place in […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Jagdish Tytler will take on J.P. Agarwal, incumbent parliamentarian from Delhi’s North East constituency, in an internal election of the party to select the candidate for the Lok Sabha polls. “Tytler and former Delhi legislator Rajesh Lilothia filed nominations for the primaries Tuesday,” a party source told IANS. Tytler […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) India needs greater convergence of all stakeholders towards the common goal of an improved health care delivery system, President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday. “It is also important not to lose focus on the fact that a powerful driver of health is education,” the president said after receiving recommendations from the Healthcare […]
Moscow/Kiev, March 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday said what happened in Ukraine could only be described as an anti-constitutional coup and armed seizure of power even as a delegation of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Kiev Tuesday to monitor the security situation in Ukraine. During a live interview […]
Mumbai, Mar 4 (IANS) Actor Randeep Hooda, who proved his mettle with “Highway” once again, says whenever he approached people for work it didn’t work. “Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked,” Randeep told reporters during a group interview. However, Randeep, who started acting with […]
Preity Zinta has tried her hands in numerous fields like acting, cricket and air lines, and if the reports are to believed she might soon step in politics as well. It is learnt that BJP is looking for a celebrity to pit against Priya Dutt from the North-Central Mumbai constituency. The party general secretary Rajiv […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday praised President Pranab Mukherjee for “scuttling” the government move to pass anti-graft ordinances, saying he has set a precedent for the future. In an article published Tuesday, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha quoted media reports, and said it was Mukherjee’s reluctance which “scuttled” […]