
Future Options for Barcelona Star Lionel Messi
ould the unthinkable actually happen and Lionel Messi be allowed to walk out of the Camp Nou this summer? As Pete Jenson in the Daily Mail reports there has been mounting speculation that Messi and Barcelona’s 15-year relationship could be about to end. On the brink of the best years of his... read more »

Steven Smith blames ‘Spidercam’ after dropping KL Rahul
What is a bird’s-eye view worth? That’s the question television executives and cricket officials were confronted with after a camera suspended above the field distracted Australia captain Steve Smith as he attempted to take a catch during the fourth Test against India at the Sydney... read more »

Yuvraj or no Yuvraj, it’s time to back Team India’s World Cup d...
India’s World Cup squad announcement turned into ‘Campaign Yuvraj’ 48 hours before the selection meeting, with emotional fans shouting their lungs off for his return and the media hinging that unlikely comeback on Ravindra Jadeja’s injury and Yuvi’s hat-trick of... read more »

ING Vysya Bank hits new high; Kotak Mahindra Bank nears record high on shar...
Shares of ING Vysya Bank hit a new high, while Kotak Mahindra Bank trading nears to its record high on the bourses after Shareholders of Kotak Mahindra Bank gave their approval to merge Bengaluru-based ING Vysya Bank with itself. At 1135 hours, ING Vysya Bank was up 3.4% at Rs 908, also its record... read more »

Officials: 2 bombings kill 7 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Authorities in Iraq say two bombings targeting Shiites have killed seven people around the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say the first attack took place Saturday morning... read more »

Germany’s Left Party Secures First State Governorship
BERLIN—A quarter-of-a-century after the Berlin Wall fell, the successor to East Germany’s ruling party claimed its biggest political prize on Friday when it secured its first state... read more »

In Ashton Carter, Nominee for Defense Secretary, a Change in Direction
Ash is rightly regarded as one of our nation’s foremost national security leaders,” Mr. Obama said in announcing Mr. Carter’s nomination in the Roosevelt Room, which was filled with... read more »

China ex-security chief’s fall cements Xi’s grip on power
The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to arrest and expel former security chief Zhou Yongkang is a bold step that demonstrates President Xi Jinping’s determination to... read more »

LIVE: Army seizes Pak-made arms, food packets from slain terroris...
Taking a jibe at PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti over her statement blaming the media for yesterday’s terror attacks, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy today said the high voter turnout... read more »