Bangladesh can be a very awkward team to come across: Collingwood

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Chittagong, Mar 14(ANI): England all-rounder Paul Collingwood insists Bangladesh is not an easy opposition despite destroying them in the ongoing first Test being played in Chittagong. “Bangladesh are improving all the time and they can be a very awkward team to come across,” The News of The World quoted Collingwood, as ...

Aussies are world’s worst sinners

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Melbourne, January 29 (ANI): Australians are the most likely to commit one of the biblical seven deadly sins, a new study claims. According to an article in the February edition of Focus, a UK magazine produced by the BBC, people Down Under rank first for envy and third for lust ...

Gazza saves himself from bankruptcy by selling two houses

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

London, Jan 9 (ANI): Troubled football star Paul Gascoigne has saved himself from bankruptcy by selling two holiday homes. Gascoigne was due to be declared bankrupt at a hearing in London over an unpaid 200,000 pounds tax bill, but managed to pay off the debt by selling two properties he owned ...

Ticket holder may have won world’s biggest lottery with £110m jackpot

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

London, May 9 (ANI): One ticket holder may have bagged the world's biggest lottery with 110 million pounds in the EuroMillions jackpot. According to Camelot Group, the operators of the UK National Lottery, the ticket was bought in Spain and if it is owned by a single person, then it will ...

Spanish disco comes under fire for ‘auctioning’ teenage girls

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

London, May 9 (ANI): A Spanish disco has come under fire for inviting single teenage girls to put themselves up for auction while young boys bid for their favourite girl with monopoly money. Granada 10, in a bid to boost business during off-peak hours, offered the highest bidder a free soft ...

Giant trilobites mated in groups and used their numbers for protection

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Washington, May 9 (ANI): The discovery of giant trilobites in northern Portugal reveals the once ubiquitous marine creature mated in groups and used its numbers for protection. Trilobites once roamed the sea floor, but were wiped out in the Permian-Triassic extinction, 250 million years ago. These marine arthropods, typically less than ...

PETA activists ask people to turn vegetarian to avoid swine flu

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Mumbai, May 8 (ANI): Activists of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) staged a roadside campaign in Mumbai on Thursday to propagate vegetarianism following threats of swine flu. The highlights of this campaign were activists dressed like a pig and nurses holding placards, which read 'Prescription For Swine Flu, ...

Ballesteros says his brain tumor made him suffer like a dog

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Madrid (Spain), May 7 (ANI): Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros says his brain tumor left him suffering like a dog. The legendary golfer will start his fifth session of chemotherapy this week, but after fighting through four operations, a bout of depression and fears of going blind, Ballesteros says he is ...

Barca’s Messi warns Chelsea: You’re next

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Madrid (Spain), May 4 (ANI): Argentina and Barcelona star striker Leo Messi has warned Chelsea that they are next in his firing line after Barcelona's 6-2 demolition of Real Madrid. Messi scored twice as the Catalan giants humiliated bitter La Liga rivals Real in their own Bernabeu backyard. Chelsea battled ...

Ballesteros seen in public for first time since brain surgery

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Madrid (Spain), May 4 (ANI): Spanish golfing great Seve Ballesteros made his first public appearance on Sunday since undergoing four separate surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor. Ballesteros, a five-time major winner, was on hand for a Spanish league match at Racing Santander's El Sardinero stadium, where he received ...