Madrid: Nine-man Atletico Madrid sputtered to a 0-0 draw at Getafe Sunday in the Spanish league, as Diego Simeone's team fell further adrift of Real Madrid in their fight for a second-place finish.
Atletico have only one win in their last five games and failed to match Madrid's victory from Saturday to fall four points behind the defending champions. Barcelona are cruising to the title 13 points clear.
"The league is long and our rivals are starting the find the way to neutralize us," said Simeone. "Perhaps we had more clarity to our play in other moments."
After a rough first half plagued by fouls and void of scoring chances, Getafe forward Abdelaziz Barrada went closest three minutes after the break when he managed to draw a diving save from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois....
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09:47 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Auckland: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum shrugged his shoulders and tutted slightly as he sat down to face the media after the final day of the Test series against England on Tuesday. McCullum's under-rated side had come within one wicket of upsetting the world's second-ranked Test team to claim the series 1-0 after the first two matches in Dunedin and Wellington ended in rain-affected draws. New Zealand had England on...
02:49 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Auckland: Matt Prior, Stuart Broad and the unlikely figure of Monty Panesar stood doggedly between New Zealand and history on Tuesday, earning England a gripping draw in the third cricket Test that left the three-match series stalemated at 0-0. Prior scored an unbeaten century and, together with perennial No. 11 Panesar, survived the last 3.3 overs on the final day with England nine down to save the match, leaving the...
11:08 AM, Mar 26, 2013
World football governing body FIFA has announced that the draw for the 2014 World Cup finals will be made on December 6 in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil. ...
02:45 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan. ...
03:59 AM, Feb 12, 2013
London: Britain will withdraw 3,800 troops, almost half of the current force serving in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province, by the end of 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today. Cameron told the Parliament that 3,800 British troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan next year. Troop numbers are already being reduced from 9,500 to 9,000 before Christmas. And numbers would fall to about 5,200 by the end of 2013, Cameron...
09:25 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: While the issue of a memorial for late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at Mumbai's Shivaji Park is yet to be decided, party activists in Chandrapur district have announced that they will build a temple in the memory of their departed leader in Bhadrawati. The temple will be built on five acres of land and at an estimated cost of Rs 15 crore. Shiv Sena has been ruling...
01:55 PM, Nov 27, 2012
"No faffing about from Du Plessis," said a popular daily. Debutant Du Plessis scored an unbeaten ton to fetch his team a draw against all odds. ...
10:12 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Chandrapur: Even as bickering is on in Mumbai over the venue for Bal Thackeray's memorial, the Bhadravati municipal corporation in distant Chandrapur district in East Maharashtra is mulling construction of 'temple' dedicated to the Shiv Sena patriarch. "A temple of late Balasaheb Thackeray shall be built in the temple town of Bhadrawati in the district with the cooperation of municipal corporation," district unit Shiv Sena president Balu Dhanorkar announced in...
11:50 PM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: 3.44 pm TMC ministers plan to stage dharna at Jantar Mantar on September 30. 3.43 pm: TMC leaders leave to meet PM at 7 RCR. 3: 10 pm: Future is ours: Sudeep Bandopadhyay. 3: 09 pm: There is no credibility left in the UPA government: TMC MP Sudeep Bandopadhyay. 2: 42 pm: Congress ministers in West Bengal to resign from the state Cabinet at 5 pm on Saturday....
03:34 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Kolkata: Sticking to her decision to pull out from the UPA government, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said a section of channels were spreading "misinformation" and "trying to create confusion". "If I have something new to say, then I will let you know directly. I will reiterate that we have taken a decision, which is of the people, for the people and by the people and also...
02:44 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has said that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government (UPA) will not last its full term till 2014. Demanding a special session of Parliament, Advani said, "After Trinamool Congress's (TMC) decision, the government has been destabilised. It is only a matter of time before it collapses." He continued, "The BJP will demand special session on FDI. FDI in retail should...
12:53 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Congress holds a Core Group meet on Wednesday to decide on its future course of action, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has reportedly made it clear that its support to the UPA stands. BSP sources told mediapersons on Wednesday that party chief Mayawati was clearly opposed to early elections. "What will Mayawati gain by withdrawing support to the UPA?" they asked. "She will continue providing...
10:17 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The international media may be calling Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, a mercurial but powerful leader. Back home, the Opposition have hailed her as a brave woman after her decision to withdraw her ministers from the UPA government after it refused to give in to her demands to roll back the recent economic reforms, that included 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, announced by Prime...
08:01 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee finally walked the talk on Tuesday, withdrawing her support from the UPA-II government. She said her ministers will resign on Friday. Sources now say that Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to speak to her, albeit it could be too little, too late. Mamata announced her decision to withdraw from the government after a three-hour long marathon meeting and it was a decision which was in...
07:18 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has constituted special squads to check the illegal drawing of water. It has come to the notice of board that some residents are drawing water illegally by removing the water meters. If such cases comes to the notice of special squads, stringent legal action will be initiated against the guilty, it said in a press release. According to the BWSSB Act 108A,...
02:57 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Monte Carlo: Defending champion Chelsea will take on Juventus, while Real Madrid will face Manchester City in this season's Champions League group stage. Thursday's draw pitched the holders against a Juventus side that stormed to the Serie A title and was unbeaten in all competitions last season apart from the Italian Cup final. Group E also includes Shakhtar Donetsk and Champions League debutants Nordsjaelland. Real have been handed the toughest...
10:19 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: A 43-year-old woman professor at a city college has become the latest victim of the Nigerian fraud, losing around Rs 11.50 lakh to cheats who sent her an email stating she had won $8,50,000 under an ICC World Cup Mobile Lucky Draw. The city cyber cell said that they had been sensitising people about the email trick popularly called Nigerian fraud, but the greed was making people fall prey...
05:12 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Alappuzha: The SNDP Yogam has decided to withdraw the petition filed before the Supreme Court against the decision of the state government to implement 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward belonging to the upward communities in the state. SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has said that the Yogam has also decided to withdraw the impleading petition filed before the Supreme Court. The Jamaat Council had filed petitions...
01:30 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Dubai: An Indian cab driver scooped a USD 245,028 prized Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. Soupi Abdulla's prized car was plucked out from nearly a quarter of a million entries in a local mall's shop-and-win draw in Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, The National newspaper reported. To be eligible for the draw, shoppers had to spend more than USD 68 at...
06:03 PM, Aug 23, 2012
