New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) The ban on him has been reduced by a match but Indian forward Shivendra Singh today said even the lighter penalty amounts to “injustice” on him as he has been punished for no fault. He would be sitting out of the matches against Australia and Spain
Tournament Director Ken Read, while handing out the initial three-match suspension to Shivendra, said the act was “deliberate”.
Mumbai/Panaji, Jan 5 : Churchill Brothers football club president Joaquim Alemao has threatened file a defamation suit against Spice Jet airlines after its 23-member team was offloaded at the Chhatrapati Shivaji airport in Mumbai, for alleged misbehaviour with an airhostess.
Alemao told IANS that skipper Odafe Onyeka Okolie, a Nigerian, accidentally touched an air hostess and apologised for the action. The team was travelling to Kolkata via Mumbai on aSpice Jet flight for their I-League match, due Thursday. The players were questioned at the Mumbai airport police station.
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Tiger Woods is set to confess all his affairs and liaisons in a tell-all with Oprah Winfrey on TV in a bid to save his marriage and half his 600 million-pounds fortune, according to reports.
The troubled golfer is considering an “enticing” offer to appear on Winfrey’s top-rated chat show.
In a damage-repair move for his “Mr. Clean” image, he wants wife Elin Nordegren, 29, to join him on the famous sofa.
According to American TV insiders, 33-year-old Tiger will have to tell all if he is to save his crumbling reputation.
“Tiger absolutely hates talking about his private life but these are desperate times,” the Daily Star quoted US sources as saying.
source: TOI
Mumbai: Paying tribute to Sachin Tendulkar on his reaching the milestone of 20 years in international cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly described the Mumbai maestro as the greatest batsman of his generation on Saturday.
“Probably Sachin is the best batsman I have seen. He just amazes me. He just keeps going on and on. We hope he carries on some more years,” Ganguly, who was Tendulkar’s one-time opening ODI partner, said.
“It’s not just about talent but it’s how you use talent that makes you special. There have been a lot of players who had talents but they have not continued for a long time and that’s what makes Sachin special. He uses his talent to the most,” said Ganguly.
Congratulating Tendulkar, who will complete 20 years of international cricket tomorrow, Ganguly said, “First I want to congratulate him on completing 20 years in international cricket which is phenomenal. Starting at the age of 16 and going on to play for 20 years with this intensity is unbelievable.”
source:financialexpress
Shimla: In a bid to boost sports in the state, as many as 3,243 gram panchayats and 77 development blocks would be provided sports stadium at a cost of over Rs72 crore by 2016-17, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said.
Rural sports infrastructure is being created with a view to represent state at national and international level, Dhumal said while speaking at the four-day long second state level rural sports tournament under panchayat yuva krida aur khel abhiyan (PYKKA) at Indira Gandhi stadium, Una.
Dhumal said that the state government has enhanced sports grant to various sports association to motivate youth.
source: dnaindia
Check out all the facts and stats ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Birmingham from Anfield.
Liverpool have won only one of their five Premier League home games against Birmingham City.
The Blues are unbeaten in their last six top-flight games against the Reds.
The last four league clashes between them have ended level.
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