Man shot at, robbed by bikers

New Delhi, June 5 — Two bike-borne assailants shot at a 40-year-old businessman and robbed him in northwest Delhi on Friday night, the police said. “The incident was reported from Ranjit Singh Road, located in the Adarsh Nagar area, at 9.30 p.m.,” said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity, as he was not allowed to talk to the press. The police identified the victim as Rajinder Kumar Jain, a resident of Inderlok who is a shoe retailer. “Jain was returning from a friend’s wedding with his family, when the two bike-borne assailants overtook him and attempted to stall him,” the officer said. According to the police, they assailants then started threatening Jain with dire consequences and shot him in his right arm when he talked back. “The duo brandished a country-made pistol during a heated exchange with the businessman and shot at him when he refused to get intimidated and attempted to drive away,” said the officer.

“According to Jain, robbery was not the duo’s intent. We have registered a case and investigations into the matter are under way,” the officer added.

Khan goes from Hong Kong tears to PGA Championship cheers

Little-known Briton Simon Khan has gone from agony to ecstasy during an emotional six months of wildly fluctuating fortunes on the European Tour.

The 37-year-old broke down in tears after losing his tour card at the Hong Kong Open in November but now occupies a proud place among greats like Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros and Tony Jacklin after he became a PGA Championship winner on Sunday.

“To lose you’re tour card and to realise at that moment that it’s gone, that was the worst I’ve ever felt,” Khan told reporters after beating fellow Englishman Luke Donald and Swede Fredrik Andersson Hed by one stroke at Wentworth.

“I had a good run in the final round at Hong Kong, I was going really well and I suppose that when it didn’t happen in the end … the realisation of it all just hit me,” he said, referring to the tears that started to flow.

Khan started the long road back by winning the six-round Qualifying School event in Spain at the end of 2009 but still needed a sponsor’s invite to compete in the PGA Championship.

He has been coming to Wentworth since Ballesteros won consecutive World Match Play titles in 1984 and 1985 on the famous West Course on the outskirts of London.

“The Match Play was always a special event here,” he said. “Those are my first memories of going to a golf tournament.

“This whole place is a world away, the golf course is amazing and to win here is fantastic.”

SECOND VICTORY

Khan’s second tour victory not only catapulted him from 471st to 106th in the world rankings, it also lifted him to seventh in the European money list and earned a five-year tour exemption and a three-year British Open exemption.

He said the realisation he was in contention to win the tour’s flagship event suddenly dawned on him midway through the final round.

“I wasn’t sure I was going to win but I managed to sort of relax myself and remind myself that as a kid, I would have given my right arm to be in this position,” said Khan after picking up a first prize of 750,000 euros ($937,800).

“I enjoyed the back nine and coming in I felt in control of my game. It felt great.”

Khan partnered Colin Montgomerie in Saturday’s third round at Wentworth but admitted it would be something of a miracle if he managed to play his way into the Ryder Cup captain’s team for the biennial match against the U.S. in Wales in October.

“You can’t not think about it,” said the journeyman professional who is just outside the top-nine automatic qualifiers. “I think you can definitely draw yourself towards stuff by the way you think.

“I’m going to deal with what’s immediately in front of me … but the Ryder Cup would be a bit of a miracle.”

(Editing by Patrick Johnston To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

Wrestling accident leaves Rourke with permanent damage

London, May 5 (ANI): Mickey Rourke’s right arm has suffered permanent damage after a failed surgery on a torn muscle, which was ripped from the bone during an arm wrestling match with a rugby team player.

The 57-year-old wrestler star had been crowned International Man of the Year at last September”s (09) GQ Man of the Year awards in London when he met the members of a rugby team.

The incident occurred during a round of friendly arm wrestling matches between one of the players on the Huddersfield Giants team and Rourke.

“They treated me like their long-lost brother. We started arm wrestling. I did OK with two of them and they were very surprised. Another guy came walking through the door – he was the size of a house. I did him with my left hand and then he just killed me with the right. I didn”t go all the way down and it (the muscle) ripped in half. The next day it all turned black,” The Daily Express quoted Rourke as saying.

As the surgery happened too late, there is no hope of reattaching the arm properly again.

He explains, “I was in the hospital eight or nine days. Two weeks ago I found out it (the surgery) didn”t work. The tendon didn”t take because you”re supposed to do it a day or two afterwards, but I waited six months… It got atrophied. I have full use of the arm and I can do whatever I used to do, it just looks a little retarded.” (ANI)

Symonds hits Chargers home

Andrew Symonds recovered from a pasting off his own bowling to belt the Deccan Chargers to a seven-wicket IPL win over Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium overnight.

Symonds was hit for 23 runs in the 17th over by 21-year-old Virat Kohli (58 off 35 balls) as the Royal Challengers scored 69 runs off their final four overs to post 6 for 184.

But the big Queenslander responded in brutal fashion with the blade, finishing unbeaten on 53 from 24 balls and striking the winning runs with four balls to spare for the Chargers.

Their reply had looked a bit wobbly at 3 for 95 late in the 12th over when Symonds walked to the crease, the reigning IPL title holders still needing nine runs to win off the last over bowled by right arm seamer Vinay Kumar.

But Symonds quickly solved the equation with two big blows, the first hitting the second tier of the stand and the second just landing inside the rope.

Not that the big hitting was solely the domain of Symonds with Cameron White (13 not out off three ball) hitting the final two balls of Bangalore’s innings off compatriot Ryan Harris’s bowling over the ropes.

Symonds’s team-mate Tirumalasetti Suman (78 not out from 57 balls) was named man of the match as the Chargers kept their slim finals hopes alive.

“A 90 per cent improved performance, still 10 per cent left to do,” said Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist (32 runs off 19 balls).

“Suman was brilliant, Symo outstanding, our bowling needs to improve though.

“Team morale has been pretty good. Our next game is a must win game.

“When I got out, we thought we had paced the innings well, in this ground it is possible to push on towards the end.

“This will go a long way in putting us back on the path.”

Tougher laws ‘not going to fix’ dangerous dog woes

The Glenelg Shire says it is powerless to prevent people from owning dangerous dog breeds.

A Portland woman was mauled by a family member’s pitbull-staffordshire cross on Tuesday.

Her right arm was almost severed in the attack.

Glenelg Mayor Gilbert Wilson says the Victorian Government is responsible for banning dangerous dog breeds.

“The local laws that we have, they can make rules on the number of dogs and also restrict some areas for holding dogs and cats out of those areas, but there’s no control on breeds,” councillor Wilson said.

Premier John Brumby has hinted at the introduction of tougher laws. However, the Australian Kennel Council says that will do little.

The council’s Dr Peter Higgins says more rangers are needed to protect communities against dangerous dogs.

“The problem is, people are too thin on the ground, rangers are overworked, there’s not enough of them and that’s where the problem lies,” Dr Higgins said.

“Putting in new laws really isn’t going to fix the problem, it might make some politicians feel good but it’s not going to fix the problem.”

Dog attack victim in stable condition

A 67-year-old woman who was severely mauled by a dog in Portland yesterday is in a stable condition in the Alfred Hospital.

Her right arm was almost severed by a family member’s pit bull-staffordshire cross at her home in Pile Street.

The dog was destroyed by police at the scene.

The RSPCA’s Allie Jalbert says dog attacks are not specific to any particular breed.

“Any dog has the ability to bite and obviously the larger the dog, the more powerful the dog then the more damage that dog does,” she said.

“So I don’t know that it’s so much about the specific breed as much about the temperament and the capability of dogs, depending on their size and genetic make-up.”

Woman’s arm almost severed in dog attack

A woman is in serious condition after being attacked by her own dog at Portland in western Victoria.

Ambulance officers say both of the woman’s arms are badly injured and they described one of them as being “partially amputated”.

She also has horrific facial injuries.

Police believe a family member alerted neighbours to the attack at the woman’s flat in Pile Street.

When the neighbours arrived, they could see the woman being mauled by the pit bull-staffordshire cross.

They entered the house by smashing a glass panel in the front door.

The dog was in the hallway next to the 67-year-old owner, who was injured on the floor.

The neighbour threw a rubbish bin at the dog, sending it into a back room where it was contained.

The dog was destroyed at the scene.

Paramedic Justin Nunan says the woman was flown to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

“She sustained quite severe injuries to her arms and face and that was patched up at Portland Hospital,” he said.

“Then we moved her here reasonably quickly to try and save her right arm especially.”

Mr Nunan said the attack was unprovoked.

“The attack lasted for about one or two minutes before the neighbour was able beat the dog away with the bin,” he said.

“We have no understanding of why the dog attacked. It was completely unprovoked.

“In this case the lady has been saved by the neighbour’s actions in beating the dog away.”

The woman remained concious throughout the ordeal, Mr Nunan says.

“During and after the attacks she was fully conscious and aware of what was going on,” he said.

“And she was quite aware, which is really quite distressing. She’s quite aware of how severe her injuries are.”

Schonfelder finishes career with third gold

German great Gerd Schonfelder closed out his Paralympic career on a high on Saturday (AEDT), winning the men’s standing super-G title for his third gold medal of the Games to go with one silver.

Through six Paralympic appearances, the downhill specialist has won 21 medals, including a record 15 gold medals.

With his wife due to give birth to the couple’s second child any day, the 39-year-old electronic technician said he was looking forward to going home, adding he had no regrets about his final Paralympic appearance.

“I’m happy. Every race I win I’m happy. This last week has been a lot of mental pressure and it has been tough, but I have three gold medals and one silver, so I’m very happy,” he said.

A top racer since the age of 10, Schonfelder’s life changed at 19 when he lost his right arm above the elbow and some of his left hand.

He says his accident changed his life somewhat “in a good way”.

“My first Paralympics were in Albertville in 1992, which was totally different and it has gotten better and better since then,” he said.

“When they changed the rules in 2006 in Turin they changed it to a three-class system, so that meant there was more competition in my class. That was a big motivator for me.”

Insisting he is not a legend, as he has been called so many times by his fellow competitors and the media, Schonfelder says he will compete maybe one more season, perhaps at next year’s World Cup in Italy.

“I have so much fun with skiing and racing,” he said.

“Never say never, but I plan to retire next year. I will get my coaching license and give my knowledge to youngsters.”

- AFP

MJ’s new signature dance move, Penguin, set to sweep fans

London, September 19 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s completely new signature dance move in a new footage while rehearsing for his comeback concerts may soon become a rage amongst his fans.

The King of Pop, in the move, being called as the Penguin, was seen flapping his right arm up and down very quickly as his body shimmied while standing on the spot.

Jackson was spotted doing the hilarious Penguin in the video, thought to be from the This Is It movie rehearsal footage, as renowned choreographer Kenny Ortega coached and watched him over, reports the Sun.

The move was due to expand his signature repertoire of dance steps including the legendary Moonwalk, Anti-Gravity Lean, and Crotch Grab.

It would be no surprise if kids and adults tried to ape the Jackson Penguin, which West End star Ricko Baird said was not easy to imitate.

He said: “Michael was just so talented and he made it all look so easy. Some of his moves like the Moonwalk – and now the Penguin – are actually very difficult and need a lot of practice.”

Business analyst Christian Severina, 35, London, said: “I love Michael Jackson and I love his dancing. But this was really tricky to do it with the same grace and speed he does it. I ended up looking like I was having a fit.”

Hannah Turner, 16, of Essex, added: “Oh my god I look like such a wally. Only Michael Jackson can make that look cool.” (ANI)

Asif clears ‘tough’ fitness test enhancing chances for Champions Trophy

Lahore, Aug. 21 (ANI): Tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has cleared a ‘tough’ fitness test enhancing his chances of securing a place in the ICC Champions Trophy squad.

Former wicketkeeper captain Rashid Latif, who is supervising Asif’s rehabilitation, confirmed Asif clearing the multi-stage fitness test.

“The Bleep test is the toughest fitness test and Asif secured points which were more than the minimum required by any player to clear it,” Latif said.

Asif, 26 had joined the emerging players’ camp after chief selector Iqbal Qasim asked him to prove his fitness to earn a place in the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy.

The final decision regarding the right-arm speedster will be taken after the selectors review reports of the latest fitness test, The Nation reports.

Asif was banned from international cricket for one year after failing in the dope test. His ban expires on September 22, the day Champions Trophy is scheduled to begin in South Africa.

Asif’s career had plummeted after he failed a dope test during the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) inaugural season. He is hoping to find a place in the Pakistani team after serving a one-year ban imposed by the PCB.

The PCB has already included him in the preliminary list of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy. (ANI)

“Our slow bowlers can beat the Aussies”, says Swann

London, June 28(ANI): England’s right-arm offbreak bowler Graeme Swann has expressed confidence on England’s spinners abilities to tangle Australians in a web to regain the historic Ashes series, which begins on Thursday.

Swann highlighted the magic web that spin genius Shane Warne used to create around English batsmen, however, this time he is hopeful that the likes of left-armer Monty Panesar and Adil Rashid would turn the table on Australians.

“I’d love it if we go into each game with two spinners .I realise it’s fairly alien for England to have two spinners, and obviously we’ll have to wait to see what the pitches are like, but I’d relish the prospect of bowling in tandem with Monty,” News of the World quoted Swann, as saying.

“In Trinidad at the end of the winter tour of the West Indies we bowled together and it went pretty well – hopefully it was a sign of things to come. If we bowl together well in the right conditions we can turn the game,” he added.

The right-arm offie signified the partnership of spinners John Emburey and Phil Edmonds in the 1986-87 Ashes series, when both of them helped England win a test match.

According to Swann, the pair of Emburey and Edmonds had inspired him to become a spinner. I grew up watching Emburey and Edmonds. They got me into spin, but of course all of us have been in awe of Shane Warne over the last 15 years or so,” said Swann.

With the series scheduled to begin in Cardiff on Thursday, Swann has the chance to prove that English spinners can take centre stage.

“It can be one spell of bowling that changes things. It might be just five or six overs from Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad or hopefully me to pick up the two key wickets you are after,” Swann said.

“I’d love it if I can be that man. I’d love it even more if it was me and Monty,” he added. (ANI)

Clinton facing surgery, lengthy recuperation after breaking elbow

Washington, June 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State Clinton faces surgery and a lengthy recuperation after breaking her right elbow during a tumble.

Husband Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea rushed to Washington to tend to the former First Lady at their Embassy Row home. Her public appearances were canceled for Thursday.

“She is at home resting comfortably – or uncomfortably. She is working from home. She has already taken some calls, and I’m sure learning … how well you can text with one arm in a sling,” said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley.

Orthopedic surgeons say it’s routine for patients who sustain a fracture requiring surgery to be given pain medication, the Daily News reported.

Hillary Clinton will have an operation, likely involving screws and possibly a plate to realign the bones, within a few days. She is expected to return quickly to work.

“I don’t think it was a severe break, which is why I think, she will have the surgery in the coming days,” Crowley said.

He added it was too early to tell if she’ll be forced to postpone upcoming trips to Italy and Greece.

The full extent of the damage to Clinton’s elbow comprising the humerus, radius and ulna bones may not be known until she goes under the knife.

Dr. Bradford Parsons, an orthopedic surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said Clinton’s surgery could last up to four hours. He said she should expect her right arm to be out of commission for at least a month.

Clinton fell about 5 p.m. in the State Department basement while heading for her car and a White House meeting along with special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. (ANI)

Cabrera seals victory in Masters playoff

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Argentina’s Angel Cabrera won his second major title with a nerve-jangling playoff victory at the U.S. Masters on Sunday.

The 2007 U.S. Open champion edged out Americans Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell, clinching the Green Jacket with a par four at the second extra hole.

After hitting his approach to 12 feet, Cabrera calmly two-putted before raising his right arm in celebration.

Perry, 48, bidding to become golf’s oldest major champion, had overshot the green with his second stroke and was unable to save par after chipping back 18 feet past the hole.

Campbell, like Perry seeking his first major triumph, dropped out when he bogeyed the first extra hole, the par-four 18th, after hitting his approach into a bunker.

It was the third playoff at Augusta in the last seven years, and the first involving three men since American Larry Mize edged out Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman in 1987.

Cabrera (71), Perry (71) and Campbell (69) had finished the regulation 72 holes tied on 12-under 276.

Japan’s Shingo Katayama birdied two of the last three holes for a 68 to finish fourth on 10 under, a stroke in front of twice former champion Phil Mickelson who covered the front nine in a record-equaling six-under-par 30 en route to a 67.

World number one and four-times winner Tiger Woods had to settle for a share of sixth place at eight under after bogeying the last two holes for a 68.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez)

Indian origin doc in UK smacked bottoms and asked women about sex

London, Mar 19 (ANI): A British doctor of Indian origin has been charged for allegedly giving unnecessary intimate examinations, smacking patients on the bottom and questioning them about their favourite sexual positions.

Dr. Rajinder Aggarwal, 54, stands accused of four charges of sexual touching of women between December 2006 and January 2007. Four women, aged between 26 and 53, have lodged complaints against him, The Sun reports.

A female colleague also complained that Dr. Aggarwal boasted about visits to sex parties before asking how often she had had intercourse.

He was working as a locum at the Bluebell Surgery in South Ockchestendon, Essex, and Homerton Hospital, East London.

They complained that Dr. Aggarwal asked them out for dinner and had given out his phone number and even inquired what sexual positions they enjoyed.

Prosecutor Anthony Abell said one woman suffering from panic attacks was “prodded and pushed” around the groin area by the doctor when he was working on an out of hours service for Homerton Hospital in East London.

“He told her she was an attractive lady. He then asked her when she last had sex and with whom. He told her she looked like a million dollars and then gave her these words of advice – ‘Do you know what would do you good? You should go out and paint the town red and have a good s****’”

Abell told the Essex court the doctor then wrote down his phone number and asked the stunned woman out for dinner.

One patient who went to see the doctor with a chest problem claimed he had got sexually aroused while examining her.

“He pulled down her tights and knickers and began to tap her lower stomach and pubic area. As he did this he was pressing his genitals against her lower right arm. She could tell he had an erection,” Abell told the court.

“He told her to stand up and turn round. Once she had done so he smacked her on the bottom so hard that it hurt and caused her to stumble forwards.”

Abell said: “It is alleged he sexually touched three female patients during consultations with them. During those consultations he spoke inappropriately about their sex lives and the prosecution say, touched them in an unnecessary and inappropriate ways.”

“His touching of them was ‘sexual’ because of how and where he touched them. There are striking similarities in the way, which the defendant behaved with these three patients, none of whom know each other.”

The court heard the doctor was arrested on March 26, 2008, and in a police interview he admitted seeing the patients and giving one his phone number, claiming she had asked him for it.

Dr. Aggarwal, who sat in the court smartly dressed, denies all of the charges. The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues. (ANI)

Three Sri Lankan cricketers still under medical observation in hospital

Colombo, Mar.6 (ANI): Three Sri Lankan cricketers are still recuperating in hospital after they sustained serious injuries in the Lahore terror attack earlier this week.

According to the director general of the Sri Lankan Sports Ministry (medical unit), Geethanjana Mendis, three Lankan players namely Thilan Samaraveera, Ajantha Mendis and Tharanga Paranavitana are still under medical observation in Nawaloka hospital here.

Paranavitana, a left handed batsman, had a bullet lodged into his chest which has now been remove.He is expected to resume light training within six weeks, Mendis said.

Spinner Ajantha Mendis, who had shrapnel injury in his head and lower back, had them removed, and is out of danger.But he will miss the action for six weeks.

Thilan Samaraveera, who was in awesome knock during the Pakistan series scoring consecutive double centuries, was the worst wounded player.

He had a bullet injury in his left thigh which took the doctors three hours to remove. He will be hospitalized for the rest of the week and is expected to restart his training schedule only after two months, The News reports.

ssistant coach, Paul Farbrace is expected to remain in hospital for two to three days. He had a large piece of shrapnel in his right arm which is now removed.

Meanwhile, security in and around the hospital has been tightened. (ANI)

Paris Hilton’s text might have led Brown, Rihanna to fight

Washington, February 14 (ANI): Amid probe into Chris Brown’s domestic violence case, reports are now suggesting that it might have been a text message or call from hotel heiress Paris Hilton that prompted a fight between him and his girlfriend Rihanna.

Sources say that Brown and Paris met late Friday night in Hollywood at a party for hip-hop producer Timbaland, and that photographers at nightclub Boulevard 3 captured Paris chatting with Brown at least twice.

One of the pictures shows Paris holding a cell phone or Blackberry, which, according to reports, she might have used to send a message to Brown.

Another picture shows Paris with her right arm around Brown’s neck, and the two looked cosy.

According to sources, the pair had a lot of time to get to know each other, while Rihanna performed on stage for at least half an hour.

They say that it was Paris who called or text messaged Brown the next night, around midnight, for some kind of get together.

“It’s possible Hilton sends out dozens of messages late at night on a variety of subjects.

Whatever Paris’s message was, it didn’t sit well with Rihanna. What followed seems to be a fight that spilled out of the couple’s car as it headed through Hancock Park and ended with the pop songbird taking a beating,” Fox News quoted a source as saying. (ANI)

Yashwant, Munda injured in Ranchi police baton charge

Ranchi, Feb 12, (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party National Vice-President Yashwant Sinha and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda were injured on Thursday in a police baton charge on the activists trying to break open security ring around the Governor’s residence here.

Twenty men and women were injured.

BJP activists from across the state marched from different routes to demand the dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly.

Sinha, who suffered an ear injury, was protected by his profusely bleeding guards.

Sinha claimed they were beaten up mercilessly.

“In a barbaric action, police beat us up, injuring several of our leaders. I am also injured. We would raise the issue in the Parliament,” Sinha said.

Arjun Munda was injured in the right arm, while senior BJP leader Saryu Roy suffered head injuries.

A virtual shutdown prevailed in Ranchi for a few hours due to the BJP agitation. (ANI)

Oz pacer Clark to use weekend cricket to determine Proteas tour selection

Sydney, Jan.22 (ANI): Australian pace bowler Stuart Clark is one of three star players who will ramp up their South African tour credentials via park cricket this weekend.

According to Fox Sports, Clark will line up for Sydney University on Saturday and test his troublesome elbow, which sidelined him before the Perth Test last month.
The right-arm seamer will clash with Sutherland, who have Aussie opener Phil Jaques ready to test out his back.

North of the border, Andrew Symonds will play grade cricket on the Gold Coast as a specialist batsman and is likely to be used in the same capacity on his return to the Australian side.

The experienced trio all hope to pull through the weekend and play Sheffield Shield for their respective states before the Australian squad is decided on February 5.

Clark said it had been frustrating having to watch his teammates this summer from the sidelines, but could not fault his recovery.

“The elbow is coming along really well and with any luck I’ll be playing club cricket on the weekend,” he said.

“It’s going well, there hasn’t been any swelling and it’s just a matter of playing it by ear. I need to be bowling at a level that the selectors feel is acceptable and if I’m confident I can do that. Hopefully I’m selected (for South Africa),” he added. (ANI)