RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): In the battle between Louis and Luiz, an otherwise irrelevant football fixture has assumed a strange but different meaning for the teams involved. It is called the Losers Final, but for […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands were shortlisted for the “Golden Ball” award to the World Cup’s best player. The top ten list included […]
BRASiLIA (TIP): Netherlands winger Arjen Robben has been the standout performer of this year’s World Cup in the eyes of Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Brazil and the Netherlands meet in Saturday’s third-place play-off in […]
SAO PAULO (TIP): It might be hard to stand up in court but evidence is mounting that sex is good for footballers – at least in this World Cup. All eight of the teams through […]
It is speculated that a big portion of foreign funding goes to politicians and bureaucracy as a large number of institutes are owned, controlled and managed by politicians and business houses. India is a fascinating […]
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shook up his faltering military on July 3, appointing a new defense minister and top general while speaking angrily about the years of decay and corruption that left […]
PARIS (TIP): The United States warned Russia on june 26it had only “hours” to prove it was helping disarm Ukrainian insurgents whose separatist drive has reopened a Cold War-style chasm in East-West ties. US Secretary […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Andrea Pirlo and Xavi have left Brazil with their tails between their legs highlighting the hard times for Europe at the World Cup. Having provided seven of […]
BERLIN (TIP): German rescuers on June 19 brought to safety an injured caver, ending his 11-day ordeal and a massive recovery operation deep below the Bavarian Alps. “The victim has been brought to the surface […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive, is returning to the United States on June 13, but he will not receive the promotion that […]
New Delhi (TIP): Shaken by the untimely death of union rural development minister Gopinath Munde in a road accident on Tuesday, the Centre today said it will amend the Indian Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill to […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): World leaders urged Vladimir Putin on June 4 to stop destabilizing Ukraine or face further sanctions as they met without a Russian president for the first time since the 1990s. Putin reached out […]
PARIS (TIP): Maria Sharapova reached the final of the French Open for the third straight year at Roland Garros on June 5, digging deep to see off the youthful challenge of Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. The […]
PARIS (TIP): Seventh seed Andy Murray outclassed Australia’s Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the French Open third round on Thursday, conceding only seven games in a two-hour masterclass. The pattern was set in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on May 23 gave the Centre a week’s time to notify a Special Investigation Team to probe black money stashed in foreign banks by Indians. The SIT will be […]
DONETSK (UKRAINE) (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 1 that Ukraine should withdraw its military from the eastern and southern regions of the country, a statement that could bolster antigovernment insurgents who are […]
KIEV (TIP): US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the escalating Ukraine crisis on May 2 after Kiev brought back military conscription and a pro-Russian rebellion in the east threatened the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The global economic balance seems to be tilting towards the developing countries. India has overtaken Japan to emerge as the third largest economy in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, after the US […]
In the final part of our three-part interview with Roy Hodgson, the England manager speaks about his FIFA World Cup™ memories from 1958, when he was just ten years old, to 1994 as coach of […]
TOKYO (TIP): Toyota kept its position at the top in global vehicle sales for the first quarter of this year, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen. Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday that it sold […]
STUTTGART (Germany): Defending champion Maria Sharapova marched into the semifinals of Stuttgart’s WTA tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 win over topseed Agnieszka Radwanska in Friday’s quarterfinals. “That was a big win for me,” admitted Sharapova […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 10 that the United States and its allies should prepare new sanctions against Russia if it escalates the crisis over Ukraine. “The […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Top finance officials from the Group of Seven developed nations said they discussed Ukraine’s financing needs and the international response at an informal meeting on April 10. “The discussions covered the major and […]
CHENNAI (TIP): German luxury car maker Audi delivered more cars to customers than ever before in a single month in March — around 170,450 deliveries worldwide, a 15.4% year-on-year increase. This result also made March […]
KABUL (TIP): The Canadian journalist who was badly injured when her Associated Press colleague was shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan has been flown to Germany for further medical treatment, the news agency said […]
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