Chelsea's Roman Abramovich Builds £200 Million Armour-Plated "Mega-Yacht"

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich is building the largest private yacht ever constructed at a cost of £200 Million. The 550 ft. long boat, named the Eclipse, is being built in the same German shipyard where the...

Global Credit Crisis Could Affect English Soccer Teams

Football Association chairman Lord Triesman has warned that the global credit crisis could pose a "terrible danger" to English Premiership teams. Triesman claims that English clubs owe an estimated £3 billion; up to...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter Wants Rules to Curb Foreign Ownership

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called for more stringent rules on foreign ownership of soccer clubs in England and elsewhere in Europe. Many of England's top teams are owned by overseas billionaires who, Blatter...

Paes- Dlouhy lose Japan open final

"Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG...

Man City signs Robinho for record fee

Some big money's been changing hands today, with Manchester City signing Brazilian player Robinho for almost $60m, and Manchester United buying the Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov for $55m (£30.75m). "Manchester...

Iran, Portugal revive historic fort ar Hormuz

" Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:15:47 GMT Iranian and Portuguese experts mull over restoration of fortress built by Portuguese navigators on south Iranian Persian Gulf island of Hormoz.  Portugal's Ambassador to...

Hasselbaink retires from football

Spent a lot of time on his knees trying to persuade refs not to book him, and never really rose to the top in international football except for a brief spell in 98. Never the less a great footballer at his peak in...

Manchester united Share the spoils with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Things were tied at 1-1 at Stamford bridge, Man united started brilliantly to gain the lead in First half through Ji-Sung Park. Red devils kept their nerves tll the 80th minute when kalou scored the equaliser for...

Iran seeks a UN Security Council seat

" Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:46:13 GMT President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran seeks a non-permanent UN Security Council membership to make sure of the body's legitimacy. In a Thursday press conference, President...

Myth of Iran wiping Israel off the map dispelled

" Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:04:01 GMT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to address the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23. The following is an exclusive Press TV interview with the president on his...

UNICEF awards Iranian radio channel

" Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:14:16 GMT The United Nation's Children's Fund has crowned an Iranian radio channel to win the regional award for broadcasting a program on children.  The United Nations Children's Fund...

TV chef Antonio Carluccio 'stabs himself in the chest with kitchen knife'

" Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, is now recovering after the incident Italian TV chef Antonio Carluccio was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife.Doctors feared the blade may have penetrated a lung and took him into intensive care on...

John McCain's daughter defends Bristol Palin on blog

John McCain's daughter, who has been keeping a blog while she accompanies her father on the campaign trail, has written an entry defending Bristol palin, the pregnant 17 year old daughter of McCain's VP selection,...

Gordon Ramsay's reign as top chef could be over, says Harden's guide

Food and fine dining are now a key part of London culture with the UK and the capital in particular laying claim to host some of the best restaurants in the world. At the top of the heap has been Gordon Ramsay who...

Fat Map of Britain shows obesity spreading south

The UK north south divide in economy and health still exists but this new 'fat map' of Britain seems to indicate that the south is now succumbing the obesity problem that has seen some areas of the UK having up to...

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