Sevilla emerge champs Sevilla crowned an outstanding season with victory in the King's Cup final when a first-half strike from leading scorer Frederic Kanoute earned them a 1-0 win over Bernd Schuster's Getafe on Saturday.
ICL: BCCI acts tough Board of Control for Cricket in India has instructed that no player registered with any of its affiliated units should participate in any tournament or match which does not have BCCI approval.
CHESS / Dortmund International
Solid Anand holds Kramnik Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand came up with a rock-solid performance with the black pieces to hold World champion Vladimir Kramnik in the opening round of the Dortmund International Chess Meeting here on Saturday.
Trotter ends Saanyas reign DeeDee Trotter ran the fastest women's 400 metres in the world this year and ended the 18-race winning streak of world silver medallist Sanya Richards at the US championships on Saturday.
The nations conscience is divided between whether to retain incumbent President Abdul Kalam or anoint a woman president in the form of Pratibha Patil. Will the UPA candidate Ms Patil make a better constitutional head than Mr Kalam? Certainly not, feel a majority of Deccan Herald readers. Since Ms Patil will become a pawn in the hands of her political boss, they want someone with a firm hand to be in the post.
