Manchester: Rio Ferdinand has revealed that he has "lost respect" for Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan refused to shake hands with Patrice Evra prior to Manchester United's 2-1 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford. Saturday's encounter between the two sides saw Suarez start for the first time since returning from an eight-match suspension after being found guilty of racially abusing Evra last October. Ferdinand told MUTV: "After seeing what I...
06:44 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Manchester: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish claimed he was unaware that Luis Suarez had refused to shake Manchester United defender Patrice Evra's hand before their defeat at Old Trafford, and insisted the Uruguayan was not to blame for a tense match on Saturday. Suarez, who was given an eight-match ban earlier in the season for racially abusing the Frenchman, rejected the leftbacks attempts to shake his hand just before kick-off. The...
06:31 PM, Feb 12, 2012
London: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has slammed Luis Suarez, saying he should never play for Liverpool again after refusing to shake the hand of Patrice Evra before Saturday's Premier League match between the fierce rivals. Wayne Rooney scored twice, before a late consolation from Suarez, as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in an ill-tempered match that was overshadowed by the tension between Suarez and Evra. Ferguson said after the...
09:02 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Manchester: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez refused to shake Manchester United defender Patrice Evra's hand, when the two were involved in an angry confrontation on Saturday during a pre-match handshake in the players' first meeting since the Liverpool forward was banned for racially abusing the France international. Evra extended his hand to the Uruguayan striker but Suarez appeared to ignore the defender and refused to shake hands with Evra when the...
07:05 PM, Feb 11, 2012
London: Just like before the 2010 World Cup, a dispute revolving around John Terry is unsettling England's preparations for a major tournament. But this time, rather than acting as a unifier, Fabio Capello has been accused of exacerbating tensions ahead of the European Championships. And the coach may have breached his lucrative contract as a result. Capello's authority appears to have been undermined by his employers when Terry was fired...
11:28 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Indian Student Anuj Bidve's murder in Manchester has brought the focus back on racially motivated crimes in the UK. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 10, 2012
London: Controversial TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has once again been accused of racism after mocking Indian culture in a 'Top Gear' Christmas Special on BBC. Viewers were furious after Clarkson staged a series of 'Carry On' style digs at India's trains, toilets, clothing, food and history, The Daily Mail reported. At one point, the controversial presenter ridiculed the unhygienic conditions and lack of sanitation among the poor by driving around...
10:41 AM, Dec 31, 2011
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It's a clichéd storyline - The 'hero,' in the face of extreme adversity, displays courage and determination to overcome the odds in a thrilling climax. ...
02:51 AM, Dec 25, 2011
Brussels: A Belgian judicial adviser has recommended the country's courts reject a legal bid to have a book featuring fictional boy hero Tintin banned for racism, court documents showed. Valery de Theux de Meylandt, a Belgian Procureur du Roi whose opinion is requested and typically followed by the court, advised judges in a written statement to rule against campaigner Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo's application to have "Tintin in the Congo" banned...
11:56 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Chennai: US Vice Consul Maureen Chao, who was caught in a row for her remarks of "dirty and dark" Tamilians, has decided to leave her posting in Chennai. "Ms Chao decided herself to leave her posting in Chennai in the near future", a US Consulate spokesperson said in Chennai on Friday without elaborating. In a speech at the SRM University here on August 12, Chao had recalled her train journey...
01:08 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government on Saturday condemned the remarks of 'dark and dirty' Tamilians by a US diplomat with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa alleging it smacked of racism and an affront to all Tamilians. Demanding an apology from US Vice-Consul Maureen Chao who had remarked that her "skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians" after a 72-hour train trip, Jayalalithaa said the remark was 'highly condemnable' "This remark which...
11:07 PM, Aug 13, 2011
I don't think people think about my race, they think of me as an entertainer, as a musician, said Beyonce. ...
02:48 AM, Jun 30, 2011
Melbourne: A Gurdwara in the Australian state of Victoria has been vandalised in what is believed to be a "racial" attack, sparking fears among the minority community which has appealed for greater security for the Sikhs. Sikhs in Shepparton in northern Victoria have appealed to those who vandalised their Gurdwara to leave them alone. "Why they're doing it we don't know and we think there's a bit of racism -...
07:54 PM, Jun 02, 2011
New York: Joseph Lelyveld whose new book on Mahatma Gandhi had created a controversy in India recently has spoken of efforts made by the freedom fighter to keep peace between Hindus and Muslims during the riots leading up to the partition. "It's almost Shakespearean in its nobility the example it set and its ultimate failure," Lelyveld, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, told an audience at the Asia Society in New York. "He...
07:01 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Melbourne: An Indian-origin model has accused an Australian modelling agency of racial discrimination as she is not a Caucasian, media in Melbourne reported. According to a report in the local daily 'WA Today', 25-year-old model Kema Rajandran was told by a Parth-based modelling agency that her work chances were "limited" in the country because she was not Caucasian. After living and working as a model in the UK for two...
08:21 AM, Mar 16, 2011
Washington: Black people who identify more strongly with their racial identity are generally happier. "This is the first empirical study we know of that shows a relationship between racial identity and happiness," said Stevie C.Y. Yap, doctoral candidate in psychology at the Michigan State University, who led the project. The study is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology reports. Previous...
01:10 PM, Mar 07, 2011
Melbourne: A fun search for the ultimate cute baby in Australia turned nasty after some mothers, furious over a voting glitch, began making cruel and racist attacks on other people's children. The taunts transformed the Bonds Baby Search - all chubby cheeks and cuteness overloaded - into sheer ugliness, as some agitated mothers took to the company's Facebook site, Perth Now quoted The Daily Telegraph as saying. Bonds, Wednesday, posted...
11:35 AM, Mar 04, 2011
Australian government is keen to reverse the negative effects of these attacks on its global image. ...
07:13 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Melbourne: It's been over a year since the attacks against Indians in Australia made headlines. Since then, the Australian government changed immigration laws, increased the police force, and started international student support groups. They have been successful in decreasing the number of attacks, but let's find out what happened to the earlier victims. Kanan was one of the first victims of violence against Indians in Australia way in March 2008....
02:11 PM, Dec 26, 2010
