Tebow returns to front of Heisman race,So Heisman Hopefuls Tracking the Candidates

So Heisman Hopefuls Tracking the Candidates

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas quarterback Colt McCoy has a key factor going for him in the chase for the Heisman Trophy: He's injury-free through four games.
One month into the season and the early list of Heisman contenders reads like an emergency room admissions log.
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, last season's Heisman winner, hasn't played since injuring his shoulder in the first game. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the 2007 trophy winner, spent Saturday night in a hospital after a third-quarter concussion in the top-ranked Gators' win over Kentucky.
Other contenders such as California tailback Jahvid Best have been knocked down by a poor game. He had just 55 yards in a 42-3 loss to Oregon.
This strange Heisman season took another twist last week when Florida quarterback Tim Tebow took the hit seen 'round the world and suffered a concussion on the play. The Watch would like to wish Tebow a speedy recovery, but what does this mean for Gator's Heisman hopes? Well, we'd rather not worry about until, and if, he actually misses a game.
Lots of newcomers have crashed the list since the beginning of the season, including Houston quarterback Case Keenum and Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike.
Tennessee safety Eric Berry is the lone defensive player on the list and is looking to become the first defensive player to win the Heisman since Charles Woodson won the award in 1997. USC's Rey Maualuga finished ninth in the voting last year.
Three sophomores are on the watch list -- Miami's Jacory Harris, Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers and Boise State's Kellen Moore. Virginia Tech's Ryan Williams, who is off to a hot start, is the lone freshman on the Watch list.
With all the rumors swirling around Oklahoma's Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, Sooner fans must have taken comfort today in the first solid bit of news they've heard about the star quarterback's bum shoulder in weeks.
"He's progressing and all of his rehab has been positive," OU coach Bob Stoops said during the Big 12's weekly teleconference when asked about the chances of Bradford playing against Miami on Saturday. "We just have to feel he's comfortable and healthy enough that he can make the throws he needs to make."
OK, fine: the reality is that observers know little more today about Bradford's prospects to start this weekend at Miami than we knew last week. When it comes to injuries, though, that's about as "solid" as you'll get from the Sooners' head coach.
Having followed Oklahoma football under Stoops for 11 years now, I've given up on trying to read the tea leaves in these situations. Idle speculation is worthless; Bradford will either be out on the field at Landshark Stadium on Saturday night or he won't.

2009 India v Pakistan ODI 2009 highlights-25 sep

India v Pakistan ODI 2009

If this was a game of chess, Pakistan's openers looked to play the blitz version, but it was the more orthodox game from Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik that carried Pakistan to a formidable total in their first international against India in close to a year and a half. The old formula of doubling the 30-over score still applied to Pakistan, as they accelerated from 139 for 3 after 31 overs to score 163 in the last 19. In the process they made a mockery of the view that middle overs in ODIs have become formulaic and boring. I'll take that as a "no" then. For what it's worth, I'm going for a Jenson Button-Rubens Barrichello-Lewis Hamilton 1-2-3. So don't put your money on that. Chris "Who, What" Whyatt is in the text commentary chair on Saturday, and I'll be back to bring you the race on Sunday - I look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, check out Ben Dirs's England-Sri Lanka cricket commentary why don't you? We're actually not doing all that badly (no, seriously).

Last Match Win Pakistan ICC Trophy-2009

Last Match Win Pakistan ICC Trophy-200

Pakistan 302 for 9 (Malik 128, Yousuf 87, Nehra 4-55) beat India 248 (Dravid 76, Gambhir 57, Ajmal 2-31, Afridi 2-39) by 54 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsHow they were out.
It was a vintage Pakistan show. The near relic formula of doubling the 30-over score worked for them, as Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf accelerated from 139 for 3 after 31 overs to score 163 in the last 19. Then the ugly side of Pakistan showed up: their pace bowlers gave away 33 runs in no-balls and free hits to let India in the run-chase. Yet they opportunistically pounced on two run-outs to end up comfortable winners in a chase that stayed tense for at least 40 overs.
Malik and Mohammad Yousuf (87), who put on 206 together, built up their score gradually before cutting loose in the last 15 overs to rack up 302-9.
Rahul Dravid took 103 balls to reach 76 and when he was seventh out in the 42nd over, India quickly lost their way.
They were all out for 248 with five overs and one ball remaining.
With such a strong net run-rate, it would take a heavy loss to Australia, and two other results going against them, to prevent Pakistan, the World Twenty20 champions, making the semi-finals.
India's key match could be against Australia, with the winner of that likely to take the other semi-final berth from Group A.
A critical difference between the two sides was the effectiveness of each set of spinners.
Pakistan call heads and Younis Khan wins the toss, and decides to bat. The Pakistan fans over to my right, go bonkers. Nothing like the smell of a toss early in the early afternoon to get a crowd going.

Women's Champions 2009 tournament After making your selection:Paula Creamer

After making your selection:Paula Creamer

Creamer lost about 12 pounds in two weeks, though doctors think the flu was unrelated to her earlier health issues. At any rate, she arrives at Blackhawk Country Club's Lakeside Course trying to regain her strength and rediscover her winning ways.
Here's the curious thing about Creamer's season: Even though she hasn't won, she keeps planting herself in contention. She has posted nine top-10s - including one runner-up, three third-place finishes and a tie for fourth Sunday at the Samsung World Championship in San Diego - and ranks seventh on the money list with more than $1 million in earnings.
She also extended her strong history in the Solheim Cup, going 3-1 to help the U.S. defeat Europe outside Chicago. Creamer is 8-2-4 in her Solheim career. One of her partners in the event, Hall of Famer Juli Inkster, traced the numbers - and Creamer's strong season - to her tenacity.
Two years ago in the then-Longs Drugs Challenge, Creamer was 10 shots off the lead after she shot a 5-over 77 in the first round. She made the cut by three strokes and eventually finished tied for 11th.
Creamer would relish breaking through at Blackhawk and winning for the first time this season. She has struggled this year with a mysterious stomach ailment, a thumb injury and a back injury. A victory at home would be soothing.

LPGA Protile Tenacity on Coursse Advantage For Paula Creamer

Coursse Advantage For Paula Creamer

Visiting with family, signing autographs, doing interviews, catching up with old friends.
There’s no question Paula Creamer has a lot of demands on her time whenever she returns to her native East Bay for the newly renamed CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge, which begins Thursday at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, Calif.
But the challenge for Creamer, who lived in Pleasanton until she was 14, has always been balancing her off-course commitments with her focus on the tournament. Creamer has finished in the top 20 in all three years the event has been held at Blackhawk but has never been in contention during the final round.
There’s no home-field advantage in golf.
In fact, you can make the argument that it’s one of the few sports where playing at home is a disadvantage.
Ask Tiger Woods. Yeah, he does pretty well in Orlando and San Diego, but he’s 0 for Riviera Country Club, the Los Angeles PGA Tour stop closest to the Cypress, Calif., home where he grew up. He has failed to win in 11 tries at Riviera.
That brings us to Paula Creamer, who’s back at home this week for the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, Calif., near her hometown in Pleasanton. She once said trying to win this event is like trying to win a major championship. She wants to win it that badly.
The program worked: She added more than 10 pounds of muscle before the season-opening event in February. She stretched her tee shots by about 25 yards, addressing the most glaring shortcoming in her game.
Fast forward to late September, as Creamer returns to the Bay Area for this week's LPGA event in Danville. She's still searching for her first victory, conspicuously absent from the wide-open race for Player of the Year - and strangely satisfied with how she has played.
Creamer posted a 76 in the third round at Blackhawk Country Club last year and ended up tying for 19th.
She opened with a 77 there two years ago and tied for 11th.
She tied for 16th in her first start there three years ago.
Tour pros are creatures of routine. There are more distractions at home, more folks players want to see and please. There are more obligations. That messes up routine and makes for more pressure at home. Of course, there's typically greater joy in playing well at home.
“It’s always great to come back to a place where you can see your friends and your family, and, just, where you grew up,” Creamer said in her pre-tournament meeting with media this week. “I have a lot of memories here. I don’t get to come back here as much as I would like, so this is always a treat.”

Paula Creamer Hard Practice in the Field

Paula Creamer Hard Practice in the Field

Paula Creamer tees off on the 9th hole during the second round of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club on September 25, 2009 in Danville, California.
Casie Cathrea, a 13-year-old freshman at Livermore High, was one of two players to qualify for the tournament Monday. Cathrea won a playoff with tour pro Nicole Jeray (after both players shot 71) to earn the final spot in the field. Sophia Sheridan, who played at Cal, shot 69 to land the other spot.
"The biggest thing is the amount of pressure I put on myself. I want to win in front of friends and family so badly, it consumes me. I almost want to win too much."

A Friendshif Man Loves Kiss of Nadal Courtside

A Friendshif Man Loves Kiss of Nadal Courtside

Posted on September 10, 2009
Rafael Nadal Interview
U.S. OPEN - September 8, 2009
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
R. NADAL/G. Monfils
6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. It was a very difficult opening set. He really was challenging you in that opening set. Suddenly you just seemed to take control of the match. Can you explain the transition, what happened to you in the match tonight?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, first two sets was really tough, really hard physically and I think the tennis was very good level.
I was playing really well the first set, too, no? I lost my serve in the 2-1, 3-1 I think was, 2-1, 3-1, but with unbelievable points, very long points. I thought I finish the points a few times, but the ball was coming back.
No, no, I think I came back well in the 5-4 playing very good game to break back. And in the tiebreak he didn't had any mistake with his serve. He play all first serves, so he beat me the first set, was tough.
But I still there, and physically it was tough for both. But I think for him a little bit more.
Saying he has "zero tolerance for spectators who fail to conduct themselves responsibly," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown charged Noam U. Aorta, 23, with criminal trespass and interfering with a professional sporting event.
Nadal, who is refusing to comment on the state of his suspect knees, is wary of the challenge presented by the 11th seed.
"Very good tennis, unbelievable forehands, I know him very well. He knows me very well. I have to play aggressive," he said.
"If he gets control of the point with his forehand, it's almost impossible to beat him. So I have to play inside, play aggressive, and make him feel not comfortable in every shot."
"For me it wasn't a problem," Nadal, who appeared unruffled, told reporters about the encounter. "The guy was really nice. He was a great fan, he said 'I love you' and he kiss me."
District Attorney Richard Brown, however, called it "particularly disturbing" because Aorta made physical contact with Nadal. Brown noted that Monica Seles was stabbed in the back in 1993 by a spectator on a tennis court in Hamburg, Germany
Aorta, 23, of Queens, will be charged with third-degree criminal trespass and interfering with a professional sporting event, prosecutors said. If convicted, he faces a maximum one year in jail and $5,000 in fines.
Attorney information for Aorta wasn't immediately available.

Top-seeded Dinara Safina Won’t Be Winning a Major

Top-ranked Dinara Safina has lost

NEW YORK -- Top-ranked Dinara Safina has lost at the U.S. Open, a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) defeat at the hands of 72nd-ranked Petra Kvitova.
Safina will keep the No. 1 ranking despite Saturday night's third-round loss but will also remain without a major title.
Among all the surprising results from a day of surprises, the loss of a first seed, and the world No. 1 at that, should have been the biggest. But when that top seed is the enigmatic and fragile Dinara Safina, then it is hardly as surprising.
In a match that will further buttress criticism of the WTA ranking system, Safina lost to the 72nd-ranked woman in the world, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5).
Safina's defeat marked the first time this year she failed to reach at least the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.
She will retain the world No. 1 ranking despite Saturday night's loss but will also remain without a major title.
Safina struggled mightily in a pair of three-set victories to start the tournament, averaging 43 unforced errors and 13 double faults in the first two rounds.

Australia V England Cricket 1st ODI Coming Soon a Time Laft

Australia V England Cricket 1st ODI

Friday, 4 September 2009 11:46 UK

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy following a finger operation and will be replaced by Tim Paine.

"England appear to persist with football in training more through stubbornness than anything else"

When Vick's Post Goodell Clears He Will Ill

NEW YORK – Michael Vick got the green light

NEW YORK – Michael Vick got the green light for full reinstatement in the NFL on Thursday when commissioner Roger Goodell said the disgraced quarterback could play later this month instead of waiting until October.
Vick, recently signed by the Philadelphia Eagles, will now be able to play in the Sept. 27 game at home against the Kansas City Chiefs. It would be his first regular-season game since he was sent to prison for his role in operating a dogfighting ring. The former Atlanta Falcons star was released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is eligible to play beginning in the third game of the regular season. Goodell met with Vick for 45 minutes Thursday before announcing his decision. Vick, recently signed by the Eagles, played in last week's exhibition game and was expected to play against the New York Jets on Thursday night.
Previously, Goodell said he would consider Vick for full reinstatement by no later than Week 6.
Vick will be eligible to play in the Sept. 27 game at home against the Kansas City Chiefs, the team's third game. It would be his first regular-season game since he was sent to prison for his role in operating a dogfighting ring. The former Atlanta Falcons star was released from federal custody July 20 after serving 18 months of a 23-month sentence.
Originally, Goodell said he would consider Vick for reinstatement no later than the sixth week of the season — Oct. 18.
We saw Vick stumble on one first-quarter run, tripping himself without being touched for a one-yard loss on an option play. There was a false start, a key delay of game on third-and-goal, a poorly underthrown interception to Jets cornerback Dwight Lowery in the end zone, and a wild, out-of-control scramble that resulted in a 22-yard loss, a sack and a fumble.Afterward, he talked to Sporting News' Bill Eichenberger and other reporters about his most eventful day.

Maria Sharapova Vs Venus Williams Start Match in The Last Afternoon 2009

Start Match in The Last Afternoon 2009

"The level was really high, there was great intensity but it's good to be back and it's great to win again."
Williams breached the top ten on the WTA world rankings for the first time in 1998 when she won Lipton Championships in Miami. Between 2002 and 2001, Williams won four of six Grand Slam she entered. Her 35-match winning streak remains longest of the millennium. She became the World No. 1 for the first time in February 2002.

Venus William Wines The Last Match and Up to 3rd Round

Venus William Wines The Last Match

Third seed Rafael Nadal made light work of his opening-round match, easing past Richard Gasquet of France in straight sets.
The third seed showed no signs of his recent fitness problems as he claimed a 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory to set up a meeting with Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
Both players were returning from spells on the sidelines. Nadal has been out of action with knee troubles, while Gasquet recently served a two-and-a-half month ban after testing positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
Nadal is seeded to meet number two Andy Murray in the semi-finals but the Scot may have to first get past sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro, who eased past Juan Monaco 6-3 6-3 6-1 in an all-Argentine clash late on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Marat Safin's famously emotional temperament was kept in check as he reflected on his elimination from his last ever grand slam tournament at Flushing Meadows.
The former world number one has announced he will retire at the end of this season but his final US Open outing came to an end at the first hurdle as he lost 1-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 to Austria's Jurgen Melzer at Armstrong.
The two-time grand slam winner - who announced his arrival as a major force in the men's game with a shock win over Pete Sampras in the final at Flushing Meadows in 2000 - also crashed out in the first round at Wimbledon earlier this year and his current world ranking of 58 underlines the extent to which his star has waned at 29.
Frenchman Gael Monfils, the 13th seed, looked in fine fettle as he dispatched unseeded compatriot Jeremy Chardy in straight sets, 6-1 6-4 6-3.
Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero is also through after the 24th seed ousted Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, also playing his last US Open, 6-4 6-3 6-3, while Germany's Kiefer was also a winner in straight sets, sending Michael Llodra of France crashing out, 6-3 6-4 6-4.

NEW YORK – Even with her left leg all taped up, Venus Williams has advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open in straight sets.
The 2000-01 Open champion beat 124th-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-4, 6-2 Wednesday.
It was a far easier match than Williams had in the first round, when she stopped after three games to have a trainer place a wrap below her left knee, then needed three sets to get through.

Williams suffered an abdominal injury in mid-2003 which prevented her from playing. Upon her return in 2004, she experienced inconsistent results. In 2005, she won her first Grand Slam title in four years at Wimbledon, but since then she suffered from wrist injury and only played six events in 2006. Her world rankings suffered as a result, the nadir being World No. 54 in February 2006. However, Williams eventually won another Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon in 2007, becoming the lowest-seeded and lowest-ranked Wimbledon champion in history. Williams returned to the top ten later that year and has since competed in every Grand Slam event. She returned to the top three for the first time in six years in May 2009

Where does happen Transfer deadline a few Time Ago

Transfer deadline a few Time Ago

Follow all the breaking news as it happens on the final day of the summer transfer window as the clock ticks down to the 5pm deadline.
And there it is. Live to Big Ben... Is it 2010? No, just the close of Deadline Day 2009.
From Mark Ogden: All quiet at Burnley on the Daniel Cousin front. If the fax doesn't get sent to the FA before 5pm, then it's a case of no deal. So they are cutting it fine at Turf Moor and the KC Stadium.
Pre-preamble Britney Spears. Online poker. Lindsay Lohan sex tape. David Beckham. Pornography. Get rich quick schemes. eBay bargains. Michael Jackson. Free money. Manchester United. Tom Cruise. Gay, Tyson. Tyson, Mike. Viagra. Milfs. The X Factor. The war in Iraq. Barack Obama. Cynics might think we're trying to pull an SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) fast one to boost our hit-count, but nothing could be further from the truth. That first paragraph is chock full of just some of the many, many subjects that may come up for discussion in today's Transfer Deadline Day Live, guardian.co.uk/football's rolling report on the frantic last-minute horse-trading set to take place in football clubs around the UK, Europe and beyond between now and 5pm, when the transfer window will slam shut. Although you could be forgiven for thinking that the guy who operates the Sky Sports yellow breaking news ticker will be the hardest working man in sports journalism on a day like today, you'd be mistaken.

And from Jason Burt: Richard Dunne’s move to Aston Villa going down to the wire. Central defender, who would have been due a testimonial next year at Manchester City, is holding out for €1.1 million pay-off. But City are resisting. He’s been offered €85,000-a-week at Villa and the captaincy…
Already bored looking news reporters are stood outside empty football stadiums from Fratton Park to Eastlands and a clock is ticking down in the corner of our screens with Brian Swanson cast in the Jack Bauer role, ready to do whatever it takes to bring us the up to the minute news in excitable and wide-eyed fashion – even if all he’s telling us is that Niko Kranjkar may or may not have been seen on the North Circular somewhere near Golders Green.
With the top clubs appearing to have done all their business early – or in Liverpool’s case decided that they aren’t really in the market for new players anyway – there are few stand out deals waiting to be done.

We'll be here, shackled to our desk with a chain barely long enough to allow access to the bathroom, typing our fingers to the bone as we bring you all the latest news and gossip on a day Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp once described as "my favourite day of the year, my raison d'etre, my first, my last and my everything." Obviously we want to hear from you, so please email your thoughts on the day that's in it, or anything else for that matter. We'd particularly like to hear from you if you've any transfer gossip of your own, or happen to have seen Sergio Aguero and/or David Villa looking in the window of an estate agent's office near you.

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Today live soprt short list now cricket

short list now cricket

Wednesday, 02 September 2009
LV County Championship: Division One
Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford, 10:30
Warwickshire v Worcestershire, Edgbaston, 10:30
LV County Championship: Division Two
Derbyshire v Kent, Derby, 10:30
Gloucestershire v Surrey, Bristol, 10:30
Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Grace Road, 10:30
Northamptonshire v Middlesex, Northampton, 10:30
NatWest Pro40: Division One
Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, 16:10
International Twenty20 Match

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Colombo, 14:30

Today Live Sport Cricket News England v Australia T20

England v Australia T20

Old Trafford's damaged reputation as an international venue suffered a further setback on Tuesday evening, when the second Twenty20 international between England and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to waterlogged bowlers' run-ups at the Brian Statham End of the ground - leading to an ECB investigation into an untimely embarrassment for the sport, as well as recriminations among Lancashire's beleaguered executive.

Heavy afternoon rain in Manchester meant that the match was always likely to be under threat, just like Sunday's first Twenty20, which was abandoned after seven balls of England's reply. Umpires Nigel Llong and Peter Hartley conducted their first inspection at the scheduled start time of 7pm, and though the weather cleared sufficiently for all the covers to be removed from the pitch, they announced the abandonment one hour later, after a second inspection, much to the frustration of a capacity Lancashire crowd.

"This is a disaster that could have been avoided, and I'm angry and bitterly disappointed," Lancashire's chief executive, Jim Cumbes, said. "Angry because, to my mind, we were told when we started playing Twenty20 cricket that you should be expected to play in conditions that you wouldn't normally be expected to in first-class cricket, which I understand and accept.

"If that had been Lancashire against Yorkshire with 16,000 people, we would have been playing. That's my honest opinion," he added. "If we can't do that at international level - and I accept, if that's the case, fine, then let's not play it at international level - you are going to meet those conditions more often than not, especially in this country."

The problems arose due to a torrential afternoon thunderstorm, which was followed by steady showers until around 6pm. When the covers were finally removed there was a soft area just behind the stumps, right in the take-off zone for the likes of Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Broad, at the area where the pitch cover and the sheeting met.

"Why should a two-metre square area stop a game of cricket?" asked Cumbes. "That's my point exactly, I don't think it should have. I don't think it was unsafe, I don't think there's any explaining to do, and the ground did not tread water."

The umpires inspected on two occasions and told the captains, Paul Collingwood and Michael Clarke, that they thought conditions weren't fit before play was abandoned to the sound of booing at 8pm. The ground authorities hadn't even bothered turning the floodlights on, a sure sign that there were serious doubts about the contest all along. It completed a depressing double whammy for Lancashire following Sunday's match which was called off with England limping at 4 for 2 after 1.1 overs of their run-chase.

"I spoke to Michael and we agreed that if it's an area where you are asking your boys to run in 100%, it's going to be pretty dangerous," Collingwood said. "I sympathise with everyone who has turned up, there was another full house. We were desperate to play the game but if conditions aren't fit, they aren't fit."

Clarke said: "We are all disappointed with the result, but I think the decision that has been made was the right decision. We asked the groundsmen to do everything they could to get the ground fit, unfortunately the ground wasn't fit. The reason we tried so hard was because there was a full house and we gave it every shot possible, but the fact is the umpires made the decision the ground wasn't fit and I believe it was the right decision."

Neither captain supported the theory that, because Twenty20 was essentially created as a tool to draw the crowds, the players should have come out regardless of the conditions. "It is entertainment but you've got to have the right conditions to play the game," Collingwood said. "There are international cricketers who would be putting injuries at risk on that kind of surface."

Clarke added: "Any time you put on your country's colours you want to play your best cricket whatever the form of the game. No doubt Twenty20 has become a huge part [of cricket], but you are still representing your country and what to do as well as you can."

The public will get their money back, but that doesn't help Old Trafford's tattered reputation as an international arena. They are currently in the first stage of a massive redevelopment plan with the hope of bringing Test cricket back to the North West, but sadly for Lancashire a roof is not part of the project.

Old Trafford, as with all international grounds in the country, has installed state-of-the-art new drainage beneath a relaid outfield. However, because the club is turning the square to face north-south at the end of the 2010 season, the drainage doesn't run right up to the square itself. Earlier this season the one-day international between England and West Indies at Headingley was abandoned without a ball bowled because their drainage system hadn't bedded in and couldn't cope with a morning deluge.

Eduardo Decision Arsenal Striker Two Games Response

Arsenal Striker Two Games Response

Arsenal striker Eduardo has been slapped with a two-match ban by European football's governing body UEFA for diving to win a penalty against Celtic last week. The Croatia international went down when there appeared to be minimal -- if any -- contact with visiting goalkeeper Artur Boruc in the Champions League qualifier.
Before today's decision, Arsenal had submitted a 19-page response to Uefa's charges, arguing that having also studied the video evidence, they felt that there was some element of contact from Boruc. They believed the footage Uefa sent them showed this and, therefore, the governing body's analysis was flawed.
Moreover, Arsenal contended it was impossible for Uefa or anybody to read any intention to deceive into Eduardo's tumble. They pointed out that he did not appeal for a foul and stressed Eduardo's blemish-free disciplinary record and the fact that, following his horrific leg break at Birmingham City in February 2008, he is generally mindful of the need to pull out of potential collisions.
Arsenal must decide whether to appeal within the next three days. The player himself is currently on international duty with Croatia.
He got up to score the opening goal from the penalty spot as the English club went on to beat their Scottish rivals 3-1 and progress into the group stages of Europe's premier club competition.

Shahrukh Khan New Add IPL T20

Khan New Add IPL T20

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What IPL anger as indian cricket management company img

IPL anger as indian cricket management

High-profile owners of team franchises in the Indian Premier League have reacted furiously to the Indian cricket board's decision to snap ties with event management company IMG, reports said Monday.
BCCI vice-president and chairman of Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi Successful bidders will get to keep 80% of revenues in the first two years of operations.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday terminated its contract with the International Management Group which helped it launch the lucrative Twenty20 league in 2008.
Their share gradually goes down to 50% in year 11. Revenues are expected to be generated through television rights, sponsorships, tickets, food and other sales as well as premium and box seats.
The 75-page document, which comes with interspersed pictures of cricketers, notes that the league’s format of just 20 overs per team is one that is now most preferred by fans of the game. It claims that 76% of Indian cricket fans favour it over one-day matches and five-day Test matches and notes how it will get high television ad rates