London: Everton midfielder Kevin Mirallas's future at the club was thrown into doubt when manager David Moyes questioned whether he could cope with the physical demands of the English Premier League. Moyes is not sure the flamboyant Belgian international, who has scored in three of the last four league games, can combine the necessary level of toughness to his natural pace and ability.
The 25-year-old has suffered a series of minor injuries which have occasionally prompted him to ask to be substituted during matches. "He's had a lot of niggles. He's not quite adapted to what the Premier League means and how the games go," Moyes was quoted as saying by British media on Thursday.
"I look at him and he's signalling to me with 15 minutes to go - so maybe he's not quite got what's required at Everton or the Premier League. "We're finding we're getting 60 or 70 minutes into games and thinking - Will he keep going? Will he pick up an injury? Will he lose concentration?," Moyes added.
"His ability is not in question but there are a lot of players who can take time to get used to the Premier League. What he has got in abundance though is pace, ability, he can score goals, he can take you on and he can play in two or three different positions."...
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06:37 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Seoul: South Korea has raised its surveillance of North Korea after the reclusive state moved one or more long-range missiles in readiness for a possible launch, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. Admiral Samuel Locklear, the commander of US forces in the Pacific region, said the US military believed North Korea had moved an unspecified number of Musudan missiles to its east coast. An Obama administration official, speaking on condition...
06:32 AM, Apr 10, 2013
The US is looking for a long-term strategic partnerships with India as it has a tremendous capability to be a security guarantor in South Asia, but America's ties with Pakistan poses challenge to the bilateral relations, a top American military leader said on Tuesday. ...
12:26 AM, Mar 06, 2013
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08:44 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Russia will hand over the much-delayed INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier to India in November, giving the country's navy a strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean region. The Vikramaditya aircraft carrier is to be handed over to the Indian Navy in November, 2013, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin, said on Thursday. ...
05:10 PM, Feb 22, 2013
With less than a month to go for Russia's President Vladimir Putin's visit to Delhi, the two sides appear to have "stabilised" the military relationship ...
12:56 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: Russia delayed delivery of a trouble-plagued aircraft carrier for at least a year on Friday, a blow to India's efforts to quickly build up naval strength as increasingly assertive Asian rival China expands its maritime reach. Originally built as the Admiral Gorshkov in the Soviet Union, the $2.3 billion aircraft carrier is being reconditioned and was due to be ready this year, but problems with the ship's boilers...
10:11 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be handed over towards the end of next year, Russia said on Wednesday as India conveyed its "serious concern" over the prolonged delay and asked it to adopt a "wartime approach" for ensuring its early delivery. The issue came up at a meeting in New Delhi between Defence Minister AK Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov during which Moscow said the 45,000-tonne...
04:34 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, an anti-submarine warfare specialist, on Friday took over as the new Navy Chief. 58-year-old Joshi succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma who retires on Friday. Joshi, who was the Western Naval Commander, has taken over the force at a time when it is set to operate two aircraft carriers and induct a large number of warships, long-range surveillance aircraft and submarines. He will have a three-year...
11:54 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: Indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant will be soon launched for sea trials as part of efforts towards completing India's nuclear triad and achieve a credible and invulnerable retaliatory strike capability, the Navy said on Tuesday. However, the conventional submarine force levels of the Navy were on decline for which the maritime service was looking at the option of manufacturing submarines in foreign shipyards. "Arihant is steadily progressing towards...
10:35 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Rear Admiral Bimal Kumar Verma, the younger brother of Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, has been appointed as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Information Warfare and Operations) at the Defence Ministry headquarters. The officer recently assumed the charge of his new office on the first floor of South Block, just a few rooms next to the Navy Chief's office, Navy officials said. They said it is for...
07:49 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Navy is planning a major expansion of its strategic Karwar naval base in Karnataka where it will berth its Russian-origin aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and carry out military aircraft operations. The Navy plans to deploy the Admiral Gorshkov, Scorpene submarines and a number of surface ships at the base after the completion of the over Rs 10,000 crore project there. A proposal in this regard is expected...
09:59 AM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Indian actress Freida Pinto will be seen romancing Batman star Christian Bale in director Terrence Malick's next - Knight of Cups. The film is a beautiful tale of a man is in search of love and truth, shooting has just started and Bale and Pinto were seen shooting beautiful romantic sequences at the Santa Monica Beach, said a statement. Also starring Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett, Knight of...
07:00 PM, Jun 29, 2012
London: The problems of terrorism and lack of movement in punishing the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks were hindering progress in Indo-Pak ties, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said. Assessing the Indian neighbourhood at a conference in London, he said India and China have various similarities but between this exists "a historic, unresolved territorial dispute accentuated by concerns over each other's strategic partnerships." "The problems of terrorism and the...
11:48 AM, Jun 26, 2012
London: With the Navy poised to attain a retaliatory nuclear strike capability, India will soon have a "credible and invulnerable" deterrent nuclear triad in place, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said. Verma said such a nuclear triad was required in view of India's 'no first-use' policy. Setting out his analysis of India's maritime security, Admiral Verma, who is in London on a three-day visit as part of a bilateral Indian...
11:33 AM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: Vice Admiral DK Joshi will take over as the next Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Joshi is the senior most serving officer after the current Navy Chief Nirmal Verma, who will retire on August 31. Vice Admiral Joshi is currently heading Western Naval Command. The announcement about his appointment has been made two months in advance as was done in the case of General Bikram Singh, who...
03:39 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: India will get aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and nuclear submarine INS Arihant next year providing a much needed boost to country's naval capabilities. Wrapping up a discussion on the performance of his Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said from 2013, the Navy will get five new warships every year which will help in modernising country's naval fleet. "In the early half of...
08:09 PM, May 08, 2012
Nagpur: Former Army Chief General VP Malik has observed that India must step up the vigil along the Chinese border in Arunachal Pradesh as its eastern neighbour might try to "forcefully occupy" Indian territories. "India should remain vigilant from evil designs of China which may forcibly occupy some of the territories in north west and in Arunachal Pradesh," he said. Malik was speaking at a function here last night. "India...
03:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Terming the proposed induction of two nuclear submarines into the Indian Navy as a "cause of great concern", Pakistan has said it is taking "necessary measures" to restore the strategic balance in the emerging situation. Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila said Islamabad can neither afford nor plans to match the Indian Navy in terms of numerical strength. "The strategic dimension of India's naval buildup is a...
03:49 PM, Feb 25, 2012
