'Every time he plays for us he is improving. He's a great athlete, wins his challenges and is quick on his feet. He started settling us to be fair'
Yet even without a transfer fee, Messi's colossal salary, reported to be the highest in world football, means very few clubs would be able to afford him.
Steady performance of Mahindra Satyam and increasing traction in non-BT revenues are key positives for Tech Mahindra.
Manchester United were forced to dig deep to reach the Europa League semi-finals as Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes converted a 95th-minute penalty to secure a 1-0 win over a stubborn FC Copenhagen side after extra time on Monday.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
'Every player needs that moment, that turning point ... to settle and hopefully now Arsenal can see what they paid for... 72 million pounds was seeming expensive until tonight'
Will your home loan rates drop now that the RBI has signalled the onset of lower interest rates after 0.25 per cent cut in repo rate and CRR?
Activists have expressed dismay at the manner in which the Prime Minister discounted the democratic process that led to the Bt Brinjal moratorium.
A survey conducted by Business Standard reveals that a majority of the country's states are still firmly against the move, while a few are open to considering only conditionally.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
IMAGES from EPL matches played on Wednesday
Follow the Netherlands-Brazil and Ghana-Uruguay quarter-finals at the football Wrodl Cup live.
Live updates from Friday's matches at the football World Cup in South Africa.
The Turkish Football Federation has summoned Ivorian internationals Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue for paying homage to Nelson Mandela after a league game.
IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Inspirational manager Juergen Klopp has rekindled the Anfield flame though and delivered the club's 19th top-flight title, one behind arch-rivals United's record of 20, after finishing runners-up to City in a thrilling race last season.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Lu Shanglei of China defeated Aleksander Indjic of Serbia and was crowned World junior chess champion at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Sunday. In the girls' section, 16-year-old Alexandra Goryachkina successfully defended her title with a round to spare on Saturday.
It is unfortunate that a section of politicians holding policy-making positions are disregarding peer-reviewed scientific opinion on GM crops and are, instead, falling for disputable dissenting viewpoints.
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All the banks mentioned here have balance sheet size greater than Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion).
Indian hoopsters lost their fifth place classification match against Japan 66-77 in the FIBA Asia Challenge Basketball Championship in Tehran on Saturday. India will now take on Taipei in the 7th place classification match. Japan led in first quarter by 22-14 but India had the better performance in the second quarter 18-19. The winners did well to consolidate in the next two quarters with break up scores of 20-18 and 17-15 respectively.
The Congress has conceded the plum Finance portfolio to its junior partner, resolving a thorny issue, after its president Rahul Gandhi intervened and spoke to Kumaraswamy.
JBL Endurance Sprint is a sound workout, says Dhruv Munjal.
If things go as proposed, Bangaloreans will be able to pay their utility bills and avail several citizen services with the help of their cell phones.
The actress will be seen in Kannada film, School Days.
A flash of attacking brilliance from Olivier Giroud and an emphatic header from substitute Alvaro Morata earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over struggling Southampton
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
The annual results of Business Today's best b-schools of India for 2011-12 are out. IIM-Bangalore outpaced IIM-Ahmedabad's number one ranking after a record 10 years. Read on to know the top 10 business schools of India.
Vande Mataram of Sanskrit origin, but written in Bengali, Tamil Nadu AG told the court.
Alexander-Arnold, seeing the Spanish club's defenders still getting organised, feigned to walk away from the corner before racing back to whip the ball to the unmarked Divock Origi, who clipped it past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
In an online chat with readers January 24, Rajeev Mahajan of Antworks answered queries on personal loans and peer to peer lending.
It is the second British company to bring back its call centre work from India this month.
Many British companies outsourced work to India where costs were low.
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