A spellbinding display of brutal hitting and raw speed from Rafa Nadal secured the Spaniard his second Wimbledon title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over 12th seed Tomas Berdych.
Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez is set to join Olympique Lyon from Porto, the Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday. The two sides had agreed a fee of 24 million euros ($33.48 million), Lyon said on their website (www.olweb.fr).
The government may table the two key Bills on women's reservation and food security soon in Parliament to take the wind out of the Opposition sails.The Women's Reservation Bill, aimed at providing one-third reservation to women candidates in state Assemblies and Parliament, is bound to split the Opposition. The Food Security Bill, which will provide 25 kg of rice or wheat at Rs 3 per month to families below the poverty line, will be showcased as the government's effort.
Last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi were among the 30 players on the 2009 Ballon d'Or award shortlist released on Sunday but Italian and German players were conspicuous by their absence.
Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o threatened to stay away from the World Cup, while Diego Maradona, another man who has endured a turbulent relationship with his national side, got a lively send-off as Argentina left for South Africa.
Robert Kubica will replace Fernando Alonso at Renault in 2010, French daily Le Figaro reported on its website (www.lefigaro.fr) on Monday.
Defender William Gallas was declared fit to play the World Cup for France and midfielder Lassana Diarra, who has been ruled out by illness, will not be replaced, coach Raymond Domenech said on Monday.
Images from the fourth One-Day International between India and New Zealand at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Retail e-commerce spending for the holiday season from November 1 through Christmas eve was around $27 billion, which represents an increase of five per cent over the same period a year ago.
Eager to participate in the third Indian Premier League, at least a dozen Pakistani cricketers have made themselves available for the players' auction, on January 17.
The Russian government has allowed 46 Indian seafood companies to re-start their exports
After months of uncertainty, IIM Ahmedabad has finally declared the dates for CAT 2009 and other information students have been seeking.
The Bill suggests to the backward classes that 'the best from the West is not for you, the home-grown is good enough for you', says Rama Bijapurkar.
Brief video footage of the programme Sach Ka Samna beamed on 'Times Now' channel showed a pensive Kambli admitting that Tendulkar had not helped him enough.
More proof of the Pakistan establishment being involved in the terror framework is coming to light. The Mumbai 26/11 attacks brought out for the very first time how much the Pakistan establishment participated in terror based operations in other countries.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah has urged the European Union Commission to use its influence for withdrawing the adverse travel advisories issued against visiting Kashmir.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce has called a meeting on July 10 to discuss the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy in the cigarette industry.
France striker Karim Benzema has joined Real Madrid from Olympique Lyon.
With the Pakistan Cricket Board deducting a Rs 7 million fine from his annual salary, controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar was left with just $550 as match fees, bonus and contract fees in the year gone by.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
England striker Wayne Rooney said he hopes former Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal fail to qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa.
An RIL spokesperson said that the company has filed its reply to the government's petition on the gas dispute.
Major IT firms are expected to post up to four per cent growth in dollar term revenue in the second quarter of the fiscal on the back of favourable currency movements and improved business demand, analysts say.
While FICCI officials said that parting of ways with Price Waterhouse was not related to the Satyam episode, sources said all business chambers have become wary of associating with those getting infamy from the country's largest corporate fraud.
The government proposed to borrow about Rs 4.5 lakh crore (Rs 4.5 trillion) from the money market during the current fiscal against Rs 3.1 lakh crore (Rs 3.1 trillion) in the previous fiscal.
Police have launched an investigation after Paris St Germain's players were confronted by angry supporters upon their return to the French capital on Wednesday following their 6-1 Champions League defeat in Barcelona, the Ligue 1 club has said.
Indian women continue to suffer endometriosis while Padma Lakshmi is its celebrity face.
The Unique ID card project, headed by Nandan Nilekani, is drawing interest from across the world because of the sheer scale of the project.
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada, who led the roadshows in the US and Canada, said the roadshows for 70 blocks offered in NELP-VIII and 10 coal bed methane blocks received overwhelming response from investors.
President Pratibha Patil on Monday embarked on a ten-day visit to Vietnam and Indonesia to give a new thrust to India's 'Look East' policy and bolster its bilateral ties with these economically and strategically important neighbours in the ASEAN region.
France defender William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy after criticising his team mates, French media reported on Friday. France Football magazine's website (www.francefootball.fr) said Gallas had also been left out of the squad for Saturday's Premier League match at Manchester City. Arsenal declined to comment on whether Gallas had been removed as club captain.
'Markets are back in the 15000-16000 range, it's a barometer of confidence as much as it is of economic prospects.'
Orange and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs will award 10 scholarships to engineering students who wish to pursue a specialised Masters degree in France.
Student says that the computer-based CAT is great but a few small glitches might cost you an entire year.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was cleared Friday of attacking a businessman in a fight over music being played in a bar. The 29-year-old England midfielder was found not guilty of affray by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court over his role in the incident last December, the Press Association reported.
Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari will become the youngest driver to race in Formula One after Toro Rosso named him on Monday as replacement for sacked Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais. The Barcelona-born driver, born on March 23, 1990, will make his debut at Budapest's Hungaroring this weekend at the age of 19 years and 125 days.
Narendra Babu, on his Kannada film about Kabaddi players.
A credit card is a useful tool, when managed judiciously but a lurking danger if you mismanage it.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday announced a stimulus package for the economy, the third this financial year, cutting excise duty and service tax two percentage points each, effective midnight, and extending previous excise cuts beyond March 31, 2009.
The income tax department has recommended that TDS rates should be structured in three slabs of between one and five per cent for any stream of income. At present, there are multiple tax rates for TDS, starting from one per cent to over 30 per cent. Also, some rates are specified in individual sections that deal with the tax treatment of a particular income; others are included in separate schedules, making TDS payments difficult to monitor.
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