Monza: Force India Formula One driver Paul Di Resta has appointed Jenson Button's manager Richard Goddard to run his affairs after falling out with Lewis Hamilton's father. "They've been assisting me in a purely advisory capacity, whilst I've been making my decision," the Scot said in a statement issued at the Italian Grand Prix by Goddard's Sports Partnership. "Based on how that's gone and having seen what they've achieved with...
12:13 PM, Sep 09, 2012
London: Pressure from hockey officials eyeing the Olympic squad manager's position notwithstanding, physiologist David John is all set to be a part of the team bench during the Games here. John's initial nomination as team manager had caused controversy in India as several hockey officials criticised the appointment of a foreigner to that position, prompting Hockey India to amend his status to "stand-in manager." Hockey team officials Friday said placing...
12:16 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Mumbai: The rupee was marginally weaker on Monday, with the outlook negative as global sentiment, fuelled by weak US non-farm payrolls and Chinese non-manufacturing PMI, continued to hurt risk assets. At 9:04 am, the partially convertible rupee was at 55.58/60 per dollar, weaker than its 55.54/55 close on Friday. Europe's debt crisis has frayed nerves around the world for months. Now signs of weakness in the US jobs market and...
09:33 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Liverpool: Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has warned that the best that the team can hope for next year is to finish sixth, as they are losing ground on their rivals in the transfer market the longer they go without a manager. The long-time Reds servant also hit out at the club's hierarchy and accused them of taking the side backwards. The 54-year-old argued that the team risk falling further...
03:51 PM, May 29, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has been "made an offer" by Liverpool's American owners who are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Friday. Martinez flew to Miami after holidaying in Barbados to meet Liverpool's principle owner John Henry and, according to Whelan, is set for a second meeting on Tuesday. "He had a very constructive meeting. They made an offer and...
08:58 PM, May 25, 2012
London: Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opened talks with Aston Villa about becoming the English Premier League club's new manager. He is believed to have been flown over in club owner Randy Lerner's own private plane to meet him in Birmingham on Friday. The 39-year-old Norwegian, who has been managing Molde in his homeland since 2010, has been lined up to replace the fired Alex McLeish at...
05:58 PM, May 18, 2012
London: Roy Hodgson was unexpectedly approached about filling the England coaching vacancy on Sunday, with the well-travelled West Bromwich Albion manager opening talks about the job barely a month before Euro 2012 begins. The Football Association has overlooked Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, who had been considered the favourite by the bookmakers and fans for the job since Fabio Capello quit in February. Instead, a four-man FA committee has identified the...
04:25 AM, Apr 30, 2012
London: Arguably the hottest of hot seats in soccer is vacant yet again after Chelsea's ruthless Russian owner Roman Abramovich removed Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday. The callow Portuguese lasted just 256 days at Stamford Bridge before "the project", as he usually referred to the task of revitalising the west London club's ageing squad, was aborted. The 34-year-old became the sixth coach to be axed since the Russian oligarch bought the...
08:25 PM, Mar 05, 2012
London: Under-fire Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas declared he doesn't need the support of the entire squad as long as he is backed by owner Roman Abramovich. A 2-0 loss at Everton on Saturday left Chelsea fifth in the Premier League and out of the Champions League qualification places. Villas-Boas hauled his under-performing players into the training ground on their day off on Sunday to discuss the team's misfortunes. Questioned on...
01:24 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Toronto: Key employees of an organisation, such as managers and senior professionals, are more likely to experience high levels of work stress than their junior staff,a new study has suggested. The study of 2,737 workers by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada found that 18 per cent of them reported that their job was "highly stressful". The odds of having high stress were greater if workers...
06:08 PM, Jan 25, 2011
Few retire from their first job. CEO of TCS says what it feels like to do so. ...
05:54 PM, Sep 25, 2009
Andhra politician shouts and screams at MLAs, district officials. ...
04:49 PM, Jul 19, 2009
Manda Jagannatham will meet party leadership to clarify on the incident. ...
10:03 PM, Jul 02, 2009
He will be the manager until the end of the season for the London club. ...
04:01 PM, Feb 11, 2009
Markopolos, who was due to testify before a Congressional panel early this monthwanted to get out of the spotlight. ...
08:23 AM, Jan 11, 2009
Taj's flaming façade concealed a story of loss and heroism. ...
01:16 PM, Dec 22, 2008
Markopolos waged a remarkable battle to uncover fraud at Madoff's operation. ...
02:38 PM, Dec 19, 2008
Pranav Kumar Singh was shot dead while he was returning from Bata's factory. ...
11:46 PM, Nov 17, 2008
Chennai: New Zealand pipped India by one run in a thrilling Twenty20 international in Chennai on Tuesday to ruin cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh's return to big-time cricket. Brendon McCullum smashed 91 off 55 balls as the Kiwis posted 167 for 5 and then restricted the hosts to 166 for 4 despite Virat Kohli's 70 from 41 deliveries and a valiant 34 from Yuvraj. Yuvraj, who was treated for a rare...
02:18 PM, Jun 25, 2008
Bristol: A sloppy batting display saw Indian eves suffer a 25-run defeat against New Zealand in the NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series here on Saturday. Invited to bat, New Zealand posted a modest 125 in their stipulated 20 overs, courtesy Elizabeth Perry, who cracked an unbeaten 41-ball 48 to anchor the innings. Chasing 126 to win, Indian batting came a cropper and were restricted to 100 for seven in 20 ...
10:55 PM, Feb 06, 2008
