New Delhi: Formula 1 team Red Bull's boss Christian Horner has been rewarded for his services to motorsport with the Order of British Empire (OBE).
"I'm naturally shocked. It's all a bit unexpected, incredible really," Horner said. "To be in the company of men and women who have achieved such great things for the country is something very, very special. This is right up there with what I have achieved in motorsport."
In the chief's chair at Red Bull Racing since 2005, Horner successfully managed the Arden team in Formula 3000 after bringing the curtains down on his own racing career.
Red Bull have won the last three constructors' championships, with their No. 1 driver Sebastian Vettel completing a hat-trick of drivers' titles....
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08:35 AM, May 30, 2013
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04:40 PM, May 21, 2013
Milan: Veteran AC Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has signed a one-year contract extension with the Serie A club. Abbiati's contract was set to expire next month but he agreed to a new deal tying him to the club until June 2014. Abbiati says "I've signed for a year and that's the club's policy, but I am happy to start another season with Milan which is my family." Abbiati, who turns...
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09:56 AM, May 13, 2013
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12:37 PM, May 01, 2013
Birmingham: Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday. The Belgian international scored in the 55th, 60th and 72nd minutes at Villa Park to tally 22 league goals and 27 in all competitions in his first season at the club. More importantly, Villa moved five points clear of Wigan in the...
08:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Madrid: Real Madrid's nightmare in Dortmund comes as a greater surprise than Barcelona's mauling in Munich, given coach Jose Mourinho has given up on La Liga to focus on the Champions League. The nine-time European Cup winners were overwhelmed 4-1 by a dynamic Borussia Dortmund in their semi-final first leg on Wednesday, though Cristiano Ronaldo's away goal gives them a glimmer of hope for the return at the Bernabeu next...
03:28 PM, Apr 25, 2013
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08:46 PM, Apr 14, 2013
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11:40 PM, Apr 12, 2013
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12:26 AM, Apr 12, 2013
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11:46 PM, Apr 11, 2013
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10:18 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Cairo: Clashes between Egyptian Muslims and Christians erupted early Saturday in a town near Cairo, leaving at least five people dead, security officials said. Investigators said they were waiting for autopsy reports to confirm how the men - four Christians and a Muslim - were killed in the small town of Khosoos, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital. President Mohammed Morsi's office released a statement condemning the...
07:20 AM, Apr 07, 2013
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12:07 PM, Mar 31, 2013
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09:59 PM, Mar 21, 2013
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11:20 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Pope Francis, speaking to an overflow crowd of more than 150,000 in St Peter's Square, urged the world on Sunday to be more forgiving and merciful and not so quick to condemn other people's failures. "A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just," he told the cheering crowd from the window of the papal apartments overlooking the square. ...
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