Manchester: Manchester City have added experience to their midfield for the Premier League title run-in by signing Chile international David Pizarro on loan from Roma for the rest of the season. The 32-year-old Pizarro played under City manager Roberto Mancini when both were at Inter Milan, before joining Roma in 2006. He won the Serie A title, the Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia with Inter. City manager Roberto Mancini...
09:16 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: Queens Park Rangers signed French striker Djibril Cisse from Lazio and Bobby Zamora from Premier League rivals Fulham on January transfer window deadline day on Tuesday. The 30-year-old former Liverpool and Marseille player, Cisse has joined the Premier League strugglers on a 2--year deal. QPR manager Mark Hughes said Cisse is "a huge threat to opposition's defences. He's got great pace, power and movement and that's something we will...
09:01 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: Tottenham signed striker Louis Saha from Premier League rivals Everton and reached a deal to offload Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow in the final hours of the transfer window on Tuesday. Manager Harry Redknapp signed Saha despite the 33-year-old Frenchman scoring just twice in 20 appearances for Everton this season and struggling with injuries in recent years. "He's got good movement, can score goals but probably needs a change,"...
08:41 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Amid signs of moderation in price rise situation in the country, the January inflation numbers are likely to drop below 7 per cent, said Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu. "Inflation figures are going down. The January figure, which you will get in middle of February, my expectation is that it is going to be below 7 per cent ," he said. Basu, who also heads a Prime Minister...
07:05 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Roger Donaldson directed 'Seeking Justice' is about a man who enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him exact revenge after his wife is brutally raped. Nicolas Cage, Guy Pearce and January Jones star in this New Orleans-based thriller. ...
05:52 PM, Jan 31, 2012
London: Kevin De Bruyne became the third Belgian youngster to join Chelsea in the space of six months after completing a move to the English Premier League giants from Racing Genk on Tuesday, the last day of the winter transfer window. The 20-year-old winger, who has been tracked by Chelsea for some time, signed a 5-year deal for a reported fee of 9 million Pounds, but will return to Belgian...
04:43 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Liverpool: Andy Carroll insists he has no desire to leave Liverpool despite persistent speculation surrounding his future at the club. Several national newspapers reported on Sunday that the Anfield side had approached Manchester City over a possible swap deal involving Carroll and troubled Argentine Carlos Tevez, only for the Premier League leaders to reject the idea. A return to Newcastle has also been mooted, but Carroll insists he is loving...
03:01 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Liverpool: Liverpool have offered Andy Carroll to Manchester City in a sensational straight swap deal for wantaway striker Carlos Tevez, but the Premier League leaders have rejected the offer, according to a report in the Guardian. The paper claims City's football administrator Brian Marwood rejected the approach from the Merseyside club, which was made on Thursday, outright. Carroll, who was a 35 million deadline day signing in January last year,...
02:55 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Paris: Paris Saint-Germain extended their spending spree by signing Brazilian defender Alex on Friday, taking the French club's outlay this season to nearly 100 million Euros and with another signing still possible before the transfer window shuts. Alex signed a 2-year deal to move from Chelsea, with the transfer fee widely reported to be worth 5 million Euros. "Everywhere I've played I've won trophies and titles and I want to...
02:45 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Manchester: Kia Joorabchian, the representative of Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, has stated that the Argentina international could join Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season if he does not leave his current club in the January transfer window. PSG director Leonardo revealed earlier this week that the Ligue 1 giants had ended their pursuit of Tevez as no agreement could be reached, but the transfer could be back...
06:32 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Milan: AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani has declared the club will decide whether to sign Manchester City's Carlos Tevez or Catania's Maxi Lopez on Friday. The Serie A champions have reached an agreement with Catania for Lopez, but they will only sign the former Barcelona striker if they fail in their efforts for Tevez. Despite Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak declaring he is unimpressed over the manner in which...
03:41 AM, Jan 27, 2012
London: Didier Drogba intends to stay at Chelsea at least until the end of the season, rejecting speculation of a money-spinning move to ambitious Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua in the January transfer window. Sections of the British media are reporting that the Chinese team is ready to buy the 33-year-old Drogba this month and pay him a stunning 270,000 Pounds a week, making him one of the highest-earning players in...
12:26 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Paris: Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to sign Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, although the clubs have yet to reach an agreement. After missing out on signing David Beckham from the Los Angeles Galaxy and striker Alexandre Pato from AC Milan, big-spending PSG are still in the market for a star player. "Everyone knows we want a striker. Carlos Tevez is a great opportunity for us to have a...
11:41 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Madrid: Kaka has denied a newspaper report claiming he has reached an agreement to sign with Paris Saint-German in January, saying he is committed to Real Madrid. Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Wednesday that the Brazil playmaker had agreed to personal terms with the French club after the two clubs had agreed a 25-million-Euros deal. Kaka wrote on his Twitter account: "It isn't true that I have made...
05:35 AM, Jan 19, 2012
Rome: Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti confirmed on Monday that the club has made a 25-million Euros bid for Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez. The Nerazzurri are back in the race to sign the exiled Argentine international after agreeing to personal terms with the player earlier before suddenly withdrawing their bid. "There are no secrets in football," the oil baron was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "The offer is 25...
12:18 AM, Jan 17, 2012
London: England defender Gary Cahill joined Chelsea from Premier League rivals Bolton on Monday. The 26-year-old Cahill, who passed a medical on Saturday before watching from the stands as the Blues beat Sunderland 1-0, began negotiations with the west London club 16 days ago and reportedly cost 7 million Pounds. The fee was lower than would normally be expected for an England international because Cahill would have been able to...
08:46 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Cold wave across north India: Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of guests, are night shelters in winter not a priority for the govt?
12:50 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Bangkok: Thailand's first woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade celebrations on January 26, Thai Trade Representative Nalinee Thaweesin said on Tuesday. Yingluck, who became Thailand's first woman prime minister last July, will arrive in India on January 24 on a three-day official visit. During her visit, Yingluck will hold talks on ways to increase trade and investment opportunities between the two...
03:08 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Bolton: Chelsea's defensive options are set to be bolstered by the signing of Bolton centerback Gary Cahill after the two clubs agreed on a fee for the England international. The 26-year-old Cahill, who is out of contract in the summer, has started negotiations with the London club over personal terms, although Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas said on Friday that the two parties were still "miles apart regarding an agreement." If...
09:38 PM, Dec 30, 2011
London: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has insisted his side are still in the Premier League title race after their 1-1 draw with Tottenham at White Hart Lane, and also praised the performance of under-fire captain John Terry. The Blues came from behind to grab a point against Harry Redknapp's high-flying Spurs as Daniel Sturridge's strike cancelled out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener. After the game, the 34-year-old boss expressed his belief that...
01:25 PM, Dec 23, 2011
