Former England football ace Gary Linekar has lent his support for the installation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in his home city of Leicester which has a large Asian population. A section of people in the city, located about 100 km from London, has opposed the move to install a statue of Gandhi and has instead favoured Linekar or any other local hero.
They went to meet British troops in Afghanistan, but star England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and footballer Gary Linekar ended up getting a feel of the war as they scurried for cover during a Taliban attack in Kandahar, a tabloid reported.
England's sporting global ambitions have never been fully realised since Sir Alf Ramsey's team won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Whether it is Gary Linekar or Hary Kane, the 'Cup' that they desperately want never came home during the last five and half decades.
As Leicester City celebrates its Premier League triumph, Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com salutes the man behind it.
Carlos Tevez is getting paid 615,000 a week at Shanghai Shenhua, making him the world's best-paid player. His salary is now more than Cristiano Ronaldo's and Lionel Messi's!
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