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London, Mar 22 (ANI): Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has admitted that Premier League rivals Manchester United is now favourite to win the title after his club slipped up again.

Days after being knocked out of the Champions League, the Blues saw their Premier League hopes dented by Sam Allardyce’s Blackburn.
El-Hadji Diouf headed Rovers level in the [...]

London, Mar 22 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said that there will be no title let-up as his club moved four points clear of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League points tally.
Ji Sung Park’s header gave United a 2-1 win against Liverpool while the Blues were held 1-1 at Blackburn [...]

An exhausted Inter Milan outfit risked surrendering its long-held Serie A lead after drawing 1-1 at fourth-placed Palermo on Sunday (AEDT).
AC Milan, two points adrift, can overtake Inter with a win at home to Napoli on Monday morning while third-placed AS Roma is four points behind the leaders after Mirko Vucinic grabbed a hat-trick in [...]

James Hook scored two tries as Wales ended its disappointing Six Nations campaign on a high by outclassing an injury-ravaged Italy 33-10 in a one-sided encounter at the Millennium Stadium overnight.
Shane Williams added a third as Wales turned on the style in the second half, while fly half Stephen Jones scored 18 points with a [...]

The New South Wales Waratahs have surged into the Super 14 top four with a hard-fought 14-10 triumph over the Western Force in Perth.
The Waratahs trailed 10-8 at half-time but regained the lead courtesy of two penalties from fly half Daniel Halangahu, who took over the kicking duties from the wayward Berrick Barnes after the [...]

Darren Bent’s first Premier League hat-trick helped inspire Sunderland to a badly-needed 4-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers at the Stadium of Light this morning (AEDT).
This win was Sunderland’s first in 15 league matches and moved the north-east club six points clear of the relegation zone.
It was not such a happy story for crisis club Portsmouth, [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Bo Amusa scored 17 points and Maurice Kemp had his first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds as Alabama A&M rallied to beat Alcorn State 72-60 on Monday night.
Cornelius Hester added 15 points and Evan Hilton had 12 for the Bulldogs, who swept the season series.
Alabama A&M [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Jackson scored a career-high 28 points, 17 in the second half, and No. 4 Syracuse recovered from an eight-point deficit to beat feisty Providence 99-85 on Tuesday night.
Andy Rautins scored a season-high 28 points, Jackson added nine rebounds and Arinze Onuaku had 12 points and nine boards for the Orange [...]

DALLAS — Brendan Haywood tied a career high with 20 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks improved to 4-0 with him as their starting center in a 91-82 victory against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
Haywood, who came over from Washington in a Feb. 13 trade, scored 13 points and added three blocks to anchor [...]

London, June 28 (ANI): Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has appealed to his coach Rafael Benitez to sign one of his friends, in order to help Liverpool win back the Premier League title from Manchester United.

“We finished four points behind United but we are improving. We are getting more points every season. I know that [...]

London May 14 (ANI): A very public divorce and allegations of being an aspiring teenage model’s “Papi” have put a dent in Silvio Berlusconi’s popularity ratings, says a new poll.

Italian Prime Minister’s ratings have slipped by three points to 53 per cent nearly [...]

Washington, may 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama’s approval ratings stand at 63 percent, down 5 percentage points from last month, according to a CBS poll.

The percentage of Americans who say the country is heading in the right direction, though, continues to inch up.

Currently, 45 percent of Americans agree with that sentiment, which [...]

Madrid – The fans of Spanish giants Real Madrid are unsure about their team getting ahead of leaders Barcelona in the race for the Liga title. Real are just four points behind Barca after Sunday’s 4-2 win away to third-placed Sevilla, and Barca have to visit Real’s Estadio Bernabeu next Saturday.
Two years ago Real dramatically [...]

London – Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas scored both goals as his side moved closer to a place in next season’s Champions League with a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Middlesbrough on Sunday. The Spaniard finished off a superb move midway through the first half and made sure of the points by rounding the goalkeeper halfway through [...]

Islamabad, Apr.10 (ANI): The Pakistan Presidency has launched a new website of the President Asif Ali Zardari, The Daily Times reported.

The website, www. president.gov.pk has been launched on a trial basis, and more features would be included after ascertaining public response to it.

The website contains important email addresses, telephone and fax numbers, [...]

Cardiff, Wales – Germany stayed well on course for qualification for the World Cup next year with a 2-0 victory over Wales in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Michael Ballack blasted an opening goal for Germany in the 11th minute and Wales defender Ashley Williams diverted the ball into his net three minutes after the break.
It completed [...]

London, Mar 31 (ANI): For women who think being slim makes you look younger, a new study has found that people over 40 look younger if they have fatter face.

During the study, the researchers compared 186 pairs of identical twins, and found shedding pounds could age a woman by an average of four years.

Lead researcher [...]

London, Mar.25 (ANI): England football star Steven Gerrard is ready to commit himself to a new long-term contract at Liverpool, saying he has never been happier in his career.

Captain Gerrard believes Rafa Benitez can restore the Reds to the pinnacle of English football and wants to see out [...]

London – The English Premier League title race was thrown wide open on Saturday when leaders Manchester United suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Fulham, ending the match with just nine men.
Danny Murphy put them ahead from the penalty spot on 18 minutes after Paul Scholes was sent off for hand-ball, and Zoltan Gera scored [...]

Lahore, Mar. 21 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s official website has been rated better than that of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.

After comparing various South Asian leaders’ websites on the basis of layout, design and user friendliness, BBC News has [...]