Fallen England soccer idol Paul Gascoigne has been given a nine-week breathing space to file his late tax returns and fend off a bankruptcy petition by Revenue and Customs.
Gascoigne has not filed any returns for the past two years. The taxman is petitioning on the basis of an estimated 200,000-pound liability, The Sun reported.
At the […]
The middleman who set up and taped O.J. Simpson’s meeting with two memorabilia dealers testified Monday he was paid $210,000 by media outlets before he gave police his recordings from the alleged armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room. In cross-examination of Thomas Riccio, Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, laid out Simpson’s defense that the […]
Former Bangladeshi cricket skipper Habibul Bashar and 12 other leading Bangladesh players will form a new team called the Dhaka Warriors in the unofficial Indian Cricket League this year, organisers said on Tuesday. They also said that they will play in the Twenty20 league’s second season starting on Oct.
Following is the scoreboard of the Mohammed Nissar Trophy on day two of the four day first class match between Delhi and Pakistan’s domestic champions Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday.
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (1st innings, overnight 143/6)
Mohammad Hafeez c sub (G Chabra) b Nehra 28
Yasir Arafat lbw […]
Jose Mourinho said he has not yet imposed his style on Inter Milan despite making a winning competitive debut on the Serie A champions’ bench on Sunday by beating AS Roma on penalties in the Italian Super Cup.
The Portuguese coach was not happy at the way Inter twice surrendered the lead at their San Siro […]
His Wimbledon reign and No. 1 ranking surrendered, Roger Federer has one trump card left in his competition with Rafael Nadal: four straight U.S. Open titles. He figures that counts for something heading into the start Monday of the year’s final Grand Slam.
“I still believe it’s an advantage if you know how to win a […]
Sanya Richards needed a furious comeback. Jeremy Wariner could have walked to the finish.
The results were the same, though.
No dropped batons.
And gold medals. Finally.
In a pair of results that helped salvage the U.S. track and field team’s Olympics, Wariner, Richards and Allyson Felix led an American sweep of the 1,600-meter relays Saturday, an event that […]
Test skipper Anil Kumble has come out strongly in defence of the starry Indian middle-order batsmen who came a cropper against the Sri Lankan spin duo of Ajantha Mendis and Muthiah Muralitharan in the recently concluded three-match series in the Emerald Isle which the visitors lost 2-1.
“I don’t know who gave this tag - Fab […]
Controversial forward Ron Artest officially joined the Houston Rockets in a multi-player trade with the Sacramento Kings, the team said on Thursday.
Artest, forward Patrick Ewing Jr and guard Sean Singletary moved to Houston in exchange for rookie forward Donte Greene, guard Bobby Jackson and Houston’s first-round draft pick in […]
The U.S. Olympic team stopped the pick-and-rolls — and just about everything else Greece tried.
These Americans, who looked so lost two years ago in the World Championship, appear to have found their Olympic defensive way.
Batting away balls or swatting shots on seemingly every possession late in the second quarter, the Americans broke open a close […]