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New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Around 550 athletes and officials are expected to arrive in Delhi today to participate in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. The largest contingent is from South Africa with 113 athletes and officials followed by Scotland with 77 athletes and officials those who arrive today. Among the other large contingents arriving [...]

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Australia”s first Commonwealth Games athletes, who arrived in Delhi this morning, have said that they have come with an open mind despite security concerns, and added that they were “looking forward” to compete in the event and clarify all doubts regarding the gloomy accommodation reports themselves. The Sydney Morning Herald [...]

Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) Recession may have ebbed, but artisans of the potters’ colony Kumartuli here say export orders for idols for next month’s Durga Puja festival have picked up only marginally compared to last year. ‘We in Kumartuli have received a slightly higher number of orders compared to last year,’ Babu Pal, who is [...]

United Nations, Sep 21 (IANS) The India, Brazil and South Africa Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation (IBSA Fund) has received the 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award for South-South Cooperation. The award recognises the work of the three countries in using innovative approaches to share, replicate and scale up successful development experiences for [...]

Durban, Sep 20(ANI): The Cricket South Africa (CSA) has said that next month’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would go ahead as scheduled. CSA Chief Executive Gerald Majola said that no player has expressed any reservation against taking part in the series in the midst of the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal surrounding the [...]

Sydney, Sep 20 (ANI): Not expecting miracles from the Australian team in the coming two-Test series against world No.1 India, skipper Ricky Ponting says he wants a high level of performance from his players. The bulk of the squad left Sydney on Sunday for a tour of India that includes one practice match and two [...]

London, Sep 18 (ANI): A Brit man’s heart-thumping stunt of spending 121 days with few of the most venomous snakes in a locked room has been rejected by Guinness World Records, as he didn’t share a bathtub with them. David Jones, 45, spent approximately four months with 27 puff adders, two black mambas, two green [...]

Wellington, Sep 18 (ANI): Halle Berry got so sea sick while shooting for her new movie ‘Dark Tides’, that she ended up vomiting on co-star Oliver Martinez”s shoes on the first day itself. The actress plays Kate in the film, with Oliver portraying Kate”s estranged husband Jeff. Jeff convinces his ex-partner to start working with [...]

Melbourne, Sep 17 (IANS) Defending champions Australia Friday announced a 16-member women’s hockey squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The Australian woman’s team have an enviable Commonwealth Games record, having lost just one match and won two of the three gold medals on offer since 1998. Eleven of the 16 players selected [...]

London, Sep 14(ANI): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has said that his club would rip the Premier League title from Chelsea’s grasp this year. Ferdinand, who is line to return to action after a knee injury, also reckons that Chelsea should not get carried away with the four-point lead they currently have over United. “We [...]

Cairns (Australia), Sept 13 (ANI): An Australian gay couple are reportedly paying two Indian women 300 dollars a day for giving birth to their surrogate babies. According to Cairns.com.au, they are believed to be the first gay dads in Queensland to pay Indian women to carry their children, with the total bill costing up to [...]

London, Sep 13 (ANI): An unknown singer, who invited girls on Facebook to feature on the video and artwork for his debut single, ‘Miss Pretty’, was taken aback by the overwhelming response. Jonathan Haselden was expecting “only around a dozen” girls to respond, but 10,000 young women all wanting a share in the limelight suddenly [...]

Sydney, Sept.6 (ANI): Australian opener and New South Wales captain Simon Katich believes that playing conditions in South Africa will help his first class team to lift the Twenty20 Champions League trophy for a second consecutive time. Katich reckons both Victoria and South Australia will also get equal help from the South African veld. Both [...]

Sydney, Sept 6 (ANI): World record swimmer Stephanie Rice has apologized following her homophobic tweet over the Wallabies’ victory over South Africa. After the Wallabies” last-gasp win over South Africa on Saturday night, Rice tweeted: ””Suck on that faggots!”” The comment attracted criticism from gay actor and former Australian rugby league star Ian Roberts, who [...]

London, Sep 4 (ANI): A South African pastor has angered Christians by preaching a sermon entitled ‘Jesus was HIV positive’ in a bid to combat the stigma surrounding HIV and Aids. “My responsibility as a pastor is to paint a picture of a God who cares for people and wants the best for them, not [...]

London, Sep 3(ANI): England manager Fabio Capello has admitted that before the World Cup in South Africa, he was seen as a God, but following his team’s disastrous performance in the tournament, he is now being regarded a monster. “You create the God and you create the monster, no? This is my team. We lost [...]

London, Sep.3 (ANI): England fast bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out of the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia after being told that he will have to undergo surgery to fix a back problem. The 27-year-old Durham bowler, who was one of Wisden”s cricketers of the year in 2009, has been plagued by a stress [...]

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Here is a factfile on Commonwealth countries ahead of the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi Oct 3-14. These nations were once part of the British empire. No. of Commonwealth Countries: 53 No. of Commonwealth Games Associations participating as separate teams: 71 Continent and region-wise break-up of [...]

London, Sep 2 (IANS) Supermodel Naomi Campbell says she wants to have children but only when she feels she is ready. The 40-year-old, who is currently dating Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin, insists she no longer tries to plan too far ahead as battling alcoholism has taught her to take things one day at a time. [...]

London, Sep.2 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has hit out at criticism being leveled against its anti-corruption unit, and expressed its determination to clean up the game. The cricket governing body is clearly enraged by the suggestion that it was standing by while corruption among players continues to go unchecked. The latest criticism of [...]