Stories written by PatrickFerrel
Cricket player Ajmal Shahzad was ruled out of the 12-man English squad for the first test against Pakistan, starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Ajmal place has been taken by fellow Yorkshire seam bowler Tim Bresnan.
“After twisting his left ankle with Yorkshire over a week ago Ajmal went on [...]
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
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After the Wimbledon failure, tennis player Andy Murray has decided to give his coach Miles Maclagan, 35, the sack.
Australian Darren Cahill, who shared success with Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi might be his replacement.
But Cahill is still under contract with adidas, who signed Murray to a five-year $15million contract at the start of this year.
Murray [...]
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
Tennis |
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Although Carlos Tevez is still trying to get Fernando Torres to join him at Manchester United, Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson said the Spain striker was looking forward to returning to training next week.
Tévez said that Torres would play a crucial role in helping them to win a Premier League trophy and that together they [...]
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
Soccer |
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Analyzing 30 mobile handsets showed that 7 had very high or warning levels of environmental bacteria, meaning that millions of mobile phones exceeds the normal level of bacteria.
The phones might contain a lethal bacteria, as tens of thousands of microbes live on each square inch, producing more bacteria than a toilet seat.
Scientists [...]
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
Mobile |
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Flying from Karachi to Islamabad, the passenger plane, an Airbus 321 operated by AirBlue, a private Pakistani airline, crashed with 152 people aboard.
The jet lost contact with the control room of the Islamabad International Airport shortly before 10am local time.
“I along with four other police and rescue officials reached [...]
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
Asia |
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India has immediately responded to the appearance of the new Apple iPad and unveiled their own prototype of a tablet PC.
This new Indian product is to do the same as Apple iPad for $35 or less.
If India can find a company to mass-produce their tablet and sell it anywhere near its price target, this might [...]
Jul 25 2010 | Posted in
Gadgets |
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Also known as Duch, the Khmer Rouge executioner is to face life sentence for killing thousand of people for Pol Pot. The verdict is expected to be taken on Monday.
Duch is the one responsible for the deaths of 14,000 victims of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime at the S-21 torture prison in the Cambodian capital [...]
Jul 25 2010 | Posted in
Asia |
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December 1989 is a unique moment in history, when Romania’s communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu was removed in a violent revolution and left the capital, Bucharest.
Three days later, Nicolae Ceausescu and wife Elena Ceausescu were dead, having been executed by the Romanians. The couple were shot by firing squad on Christmas Day 1989 after a summary [...]
Jul 25 2010 | Posted in
Europe |
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Australian cricket team is concerned that the tour of India in October won’t provide them with the perfect preparation for this winter’s Ashes series as the two-Test series is the only five-day cricket they will play before the Ashes to start in Brisbane on 25 November.
“If you were trying to set down and map your [...]
Jul 25 2010 | Posted in
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Latest update in Mel Gibson vs Oksana Grigorieva scandal: Mel is being ordered to surrender all the firearms he owns.
The actor reportedly held a handgun to ex-lover Oksana Grigorieva’s face when she tried to escape from his Malibu home. Now he’s been given 24 hours to turn in all of his weapons.
This comes after Oksana [...]
Jul 17 2010 | Posted in
Showbiz |
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