'Twenty-five years ago, love, in a French court, she tried to blackmail me for 1million pound. I said no, because in England if you pay any money at all, we think: 'Hang on, there must be something there'. I said: 'I'm not paying anything' ... I'm not sure I'd actually got a million at the time'
The United States does not stand alone in reassessing how government interacts with manufacturing. Across the developed world, only Westminster's Conservatives, the last lovers of finance, continue to be without an industrial policy.
Times without count we have bought more complex procedures in the name of simplification, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Former Australia fast bowler and current Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie is expected to hold talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board's Director for Cricket Andrew Strauss in the next 24 hours on the possibility of him accepting or not accepting the vacant position of the national head coach.
The United States women's basketball team thumped Spain 101-72 to claim a sixth straight gold medal on Saturday to rubber-stamp their credentials as one of the greatest Olympic sporting dynasties of all time.
Golden Globes that could go wrong.
The Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan upstaged the 15th-seeded Austrian-Croat combo of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic to enter the men's doubles pre- quarterfinals of the French Open.
United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon has called on Afghanistan's neighbours, Iran and Pakistan to help the country tackle threats of terrorism and drug trafficking in its transition to stability, saying their cooperation is "indispensable" to the country's peace.
Maleficent ends up disappointing after a decent start, says Paloma Sharma.
Minor league Lincoln City produced a huge FA Cup shock to beat top-flight Burnley 1-0 and reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history on Saturday.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect package in the Monaco Grand Prix paddock on Thursday evening.
The hottest arrivals at the NBCUniversal Upfront red carpet.
A round-up of Thursday night's matches from the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Indian men's hockey team suffered a second straight defeat, losing 2-4 to hosts Great Britain in the test event for the London Olympic Qualifiers in London on Thursday.
The Prime Minister and his wife attended a special screening of Akshay Kumar's film, Breakaway.
Craig Ervine hit an unbeaten 151 for his highest score as Zimbabwe recovered from a shaky start to reach 344 for eight at stumps against hosts Sri Lanka on the opening day of the one-off Test at R. Premadasa Stadium.
It took Graham Kentsley, originally from St Albans in Hertfordshire, just over five weeks to make the around 2,000 kilometre (1,243 miles) journey, which he timed so that he would arrive in good time for England's first World Cup match against Tunisia in the southern Russia city of Volgograd.
The Indian football team suffered their second successive defeat of the Caribbean tour when they went down 1-2 to Guyana in an international friendly at the National Stadium in Goergetown, on Thursday.
Tributes flow for 'fine actor' who passed away at age 85.
Indian men's hockey team ended its London tour without a win as they lost the bronze medal match 1-2 to Great Britain in the four-nation test event ahead of the upcoming London Olympics.
Gaganjeet Bhullar survived an early back nine slump to bring home a solid three-under 68 on the final day and clinch the Venetian Macau Open title, his second title in less than a month, in Macau on Sunday.
Collectors can now buy works by some of the best-known Western modern artists and at prices less than what they've paid for some works by the Indian modern masters.
There are very few people in the world who qualify to be called a living legend. Astad Deboo is one of them.
Former English cricketer Tony Shillinglaw claims he has demystified Don Bradman's technique which helped him achieve the unmatched average of 99.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
A day after human chains were formed, some activists on Thursday set up mock kitchens in an apparent effort to send a message of cultural moorings.
The regulator will audit an airport's ground facilities, its turnaround and general safety procedures, and the movement of vehicles. Underground facilities, ground servicing equipment, passenger boarding bridges, condition of the apron, marking and lighting, and availability of foreign object dustbin bins will be checked.
Fifty years on from the greatest day in the history of English football, pessimists fear that the prospect of becoming world champions again is as remote as it has ever been.
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Raja Sen makes his predictions for Hollywood's first awards show of the year.
Sikandar Raza closed in on his maiden hundred and put Zimbabwe in sight of a first Test victory against Sri Lanka on the third day of their only match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest players in basketball, a transcendent star who went straight from high school to the game's biggest stage and brought "Showtime" back to the Los Angeles Lakers for two glittering decades. Acquiring Bryant from the Hornets was one of the best pieces of business the Lakers ever did, as he led the team to five NBA championship rings and was the face of the franchise during his 20-year career that ended in 2016.
Rafael Nadal is in contention for the 'World Sportsman of the Year' award alongside six-time Formula 1 World champion Lewis Hamilton, six-time World MotoGP champion Marc Mrquez and six-time FIFA World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi.
The committee, comprising Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu
The hits and misses of the week.
English cricket officials secured the continuing presence of national coach Andy Flower after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday they had agreed a new contract with the Zimbabwean.
Factbox World Cup match between Australia and England at the MCG.
In a bid to galvanise the Congress in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections early next year, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked the youth to revive the party and in the process rid the state of Mayawati's "misrule".
Filmmaker Michael Moore's unpopularity with the Bush administration was never a secret but a Wikileaks cable has revealed that panicky US officials had tried to stop a screening of his documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' in New Zealand, terming it a "potential fiasco"
