London: Manchester United great Ryan Giggs became the latest celebrity to take legal action against the News of the World over allegedly hacking into his mobile phone, his lawyer announced. The 37-year-old – who it was revealed last month by a British lawmaker was the married footballer who won a court injunction to keep details [...]
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UK Press Complaints Commission upholds Hameed’s complaint
Posted by admin on June 21st, 2011
Karachi: Pakistan’s discarded Test player Yasir Hameed scored a moral victory over British tabloid The News of the World, which implicated him in the spot-fixing scandal last year, after the UK Press Complaint Commission upheld his complaint against it. The commission found NOW guilty of misleading Yasir and recording his discussion with an undercover reporter who posed as [...]
London 2012 to be most tested Games: WADA
Posted by admin on June 17th, 2011
London: The 2012 London Olympics will be the most tested Games yet and ‘doping cheats’ should not bother attending, a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) expert said on Thursday. Professor David Cowan, head of the Drug Control Centre at King’s College London which is Britain’s only WADA-accredited laboratory, said there would be more than 5,000 tests [...]
Nadal can beat Federer’s grand slam mark
Posted by admin on June 6th, 2011
Tennis: There is now no question that Rafa Nadal can and most probably will better Roger Federer’s record of 16 grand slam titles following the Spaniard’s French Open success over the Swiss. Sunday’s 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-1 victory for his record-equalling sixth Roland Garros crown and his 10th grand slam title overall underlined why Nadal just [...]
Shahid Afridi announces early retirement
Posted by admin on May 31st, 2011
KARACHI: Pakistan’s recently axed one-day captain Shahid Afridi announced his ‘conditional’ retirement from international games, as a protest against the ‘humiliation’ meted out to him by the Pakistani Cricket Board, NDTVreported on Tuesday. The people have given me lot of respect and love and I don’t want to waste that working with this board who don’t [...]
Will it be Mumbai Indians’ Knight?
Posted by admin on May 25th, 2011
MUMBAI: Mumbai versus Kolkata, Nita Ambani versus Shah Rukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar versus Gautam Gambhir, Lasith Malinga versus Brett Lee, Kieron Pollard versus Yusuf Pathan and the cricketing madness of both cities pitted against each other. How do Mumbai and Kolkata teams measure up? That’s how you could bill the Eliminator clash of Indian Premier League 2011 between Mumbai Indians [...]
McDowell leads Players despite late lapse
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2011
Graeme McDowell took a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the $9.5 million Players Championship despite a late mistake at Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida. The U.S. Open champion had to return in the morning to complete the last 13 holes of his third round, resuming at 11 under par alongside American Nick Watney. [...]
Tags: McDowell accustomed to competing at business end
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2011
GOLF: WIN OR lose, Graeme McDowell – with last year’s US Open win as the high point of his career Curriculum Vitae and a wish list for more of the same in the big tournaments that really matter to players on tour – headed into the final round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass [...]
Clarke claims first win in three years
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2011
GOLF: Without A win on tour in almost three years, Darren Clarke yesterday proved the old adage about form being temporary and class being permanent. When he got a sniff of a win in the Iberdrola Open in Mallorca, the Northern Irishman – some 66 tournaments since his last victory in the Dutch Open of [...]
Ferguson seeks more honours
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2011
SOCCER: ALEX FERGUSON has challenged Manchester United to silence their detractors with victory over Barcelona in the Champions League final and believes he has a squad with the youth and desire to increase its haul of 19 league titles. United moved ahead of Liverpool with a record 19th championship on Saturday, courtesy of a controversial, [...]