Mercedes team director and co-owner Toto Wolff has claimed that Lewis Hamilton has been 'surprised' by the pace of his team-mate Nico Rosberg early this season. Rosberg has grabbed a hat-trick of poles and also won the Monaco GP and Hamilton insisted that he expected Rosberg to be even stronger than he has been in 2013. Wolff, however, was quoted by Brazil's Totalrace as saying that Hamilton "probably was surprised...
05:28 PM, Jun 14, 2013
The Ghana Football Association has confirmed that Kevin-Prince Boateng has made himself available to play for Ghana again. The AC Milan midfielder, 24, had announced his retirement from international football in November 2011 after 18 months playing for Ghana, citing frequent injuries. "Before Ghana played Sudan he had confirmed to the coach he was coming back to play", GFA president Kwesi Nyantekyi said on South African TV. "Unfortunately he got...
04:45 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Kiran Rao, busy promoting 'Ship of Theseus', says her husband Aamir Khan and his ex-wife Reena's son Junaid is a bright boy and she will support the youngster in his decision to join filmdom. "Junaid is now assisting Rajkumar Hirani in 'PK'. I don't know what are his plans, but my complete support is with him. He is a bright boy. I would be the happiest person if...
04:44 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Jakarta: Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram suffered a straight game defeat to German Marc Zwiebler to crash out of the men's singles competition at the Indonesian Super Series Premier here on Friday. World number 25 Jayaram failed to negotiate the brilliant net play of his opponent and lost 16-21, 15-21 in a 34 minute duel. Marc had beaten Jayaram in the Thailand Grand Prix Gold in 2008 but the Indian had...
04:35 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Even before the tournament started, cricket fans had highlighted June 15 on their printouts of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy fixtures. On the pin-up board, in fluorescent, it said - India v Pakistan at Birmingham. Just one thing matters in an Indo-Pak face-off - a win. Nothing else satisfies fans from either side of the border. Pakistan may be out of the tournament and India may have already qualified for...
03:43 PM, Jun 14, 2013
India v Pakistan has long been seen as the mother of all cricket contests. Both teams have engaged in some epic duels - who can forget Javed Miandad's last-ball six? Or Sreesanth's catch at fine leg? - but when it comes to the ICC Champions Trophy, its Pakistan who have the upper hand. In two head-to-heads in the tournament termed as the mini World Cup, they have beaten India both...
03:13 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mitchell McClenaghan, the New Zealand left-arm quick, has been signed up by Lancashire for the Friends Life t20. The 27-year-old is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy with eight from two matches and will joined former Australia batsman Simon Katich as the club's overseas option for their T20 campaign that starts later this month. "I am delighted to be joining Lancashire for the Friends Life t20," said...
03:09 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily spoke against those opposing the government's move to put in place a new pricing regime for natural gas produced from domestic fields. Moily hit out at oil import lobbies saying they threaten all oil ministers. "Every minister who occupies this position is threatened by the import lobby. The decision making power, the decision making process is obstructed and aborted. But, I cannot be threatened,"...
02:50 PM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry, DNA analysis has revealed. The DNA analyses of saliva samples taken from the Duke of Cambridge's relatives have established a direct lineage between the 30-year-old prince and an Indian housekeeper on his mother Princess Diana's side. It is his only non-European DNA and means he will become the first Head of the Commonwealth with...
02:04 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The anticipatory bail hearing of former Rajasthan minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gulab Chand Kataria in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case has been adjourned till June 21. The minister's period of protection against custody which was to be expired on Friday has been extended. Kataria is accused of eliminating Sohrabuddin at the behest of the marble lobby in Rajasthan. Kataria is the second high-profile politician to be...
12:40 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai: The bail hearing of actor Suraj Pancholi, the prime accused in Jiah Khan suicide case, is adjourned till June 24. The plea will come up in a Sessions court as the aspiring actor is in judicial custody till June 27 on charges of abetting her suicide. The investigating officer had informed the court that Suraj had deleted messages from his mobile phone and the police needs more time to...
12:14 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Los Angeles: Vince Zampella is back at E3. After spending the past three years engaged in both legal battles and work on a new game, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare co-creator has returned to the Electronic Entertainment Expo to debut Titanfall, the first title from Respawn Entertainment, the studio he launched with partner Jason West after they were fired by Activision-Blizzard Inc. in 2010. "This development for Titanfall has...
11:53 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Although much is known about Mahatma Gandhi, there is always a new story waiting to be uncovered. In the book 'In The Shadow Of Freedom', Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul narrates her parents' (Ayi Tendulkar and Indumati) love story, a story that features Mahatma Gandhi and a who's who of Indian freedom struggle. Even though Laxmi disapproved of her father's "much-married" status, her parents married on the condition that they...
11:42 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Ardmore, Pennsylvania: Phil Mickelson, typically bold and unconventional in his tournament build-up, thrilled his fans by moving into an early one-shot lead in the weather-hit first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. Despite having arrived at Merion Golf Club in the early hours of the morning on an overnight flight from his native California, Mickelson soared into contention at the year's second major with a three-under-par 67. The American...
09:20 AM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Australia captain Michael Clarke has insisted the side will put their off-field troubles behind them and be "100 per cent ready for the Ashes" come next month's first Test against England. The latest in a recent line of high-profile disciplinary problems saw opener David Warner suspended Thursday by Cricket Australia until the start of the first Test in Nottingham on July 10 after punching England batsman Joe Root in...
09:16 AM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Family holiday of an Indian family in UK turned into a nightmare after their 17-year-old daughter Emaan Shah went missing in London. Emaan was due to leave the country with her family on the evening of June 10 but in the afternoon she went missing while she along with her family was shopping at the Oxford Street, one of London's busiest shopping districts. She has not been seen since...
09:13 AM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The period of protection against custody of former Rajasthan minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gulab Chand Kataria in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case ends on Friday. A special CBI court had granted Kataria interim protection from arrest till June 14. Kataria is the second high-profile politician to be named in the case after former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah. Kataria, presently leader of the Opposition in...
08:19 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Geismar: An explosion and fire killed one person and injured 73 at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, on Thursday, unsettling an industrial town where authorities ordered people to remain indoors for hours to avoid the billowing smoke. The blast at 8:37 am (1337 GMT) sent a huge fireball and column of smoke into the air. The plant along the Mississippi River, about 60 miles (100 km) from...
07:19 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Jerusalem/Kolkata: Israel has denied having sold military equipment to Pakistan and said it could do nothing to compromise its excellent strategic relations with India. "The State of Israel categorically denies having sold military equipment of any kind to Pakistan," Israel's defence ministry said in a statement released to the media. "Israel would not do anything that could undermine India's security." It said Israel has a strategic relationship with India, the...
05:20 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday claimed the "aggressive" and "stubborn" policy of the Centre on Kashmir was forcing the youth of the Valley to take up arms. "India's aggressive and stubborn policy will bear more terrible results in future and it is because of this youth (have) opted to take (to) arms," Geelani said in a statement in Srinagar. The Hurriyat leader was commenting on...
03:50 AM, Jun 14, 2013
