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Balotelli doesn't need to show off muscles anymore, says Italy coach

Jun 17, 2013

The AC Milan forward was immediately benched by Prandelli and the pair exchanged heated words on the Maracana stadium touchline. #football #Italy #Mario Balotelli #KickingAround #FIFA Confederations Cup #Cesare Prandelli
Pirlo shows Brazil what they are missing

Jun 17, 2013

Pirlo's role as a deep-lying playmaker is an alien concept in Brazil, where any midfielder who sits just in front of the defence is expected to perform a purely destructive role. #Sports #Brazil #football #Italy #KickingAround #FIFA Confederations Cup #Andrea Pirlo
Confederations Cup: Pirlo stars as Italy beat Mexico

Jun 17, 2013

Pirlo brought the fickle and notoriously difficult-to-please Maracana crowd to its feet as he curled a free kick over the wall and into the top corner in the 27th minute from distance. #Sports #Italy #Mario Balotelli #KickingAround #Soccer #Mexico #Andrea Pirlo #Confederations Cup #Maracana Stadium

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Congress' Kandahar: India should tell Italy: BASTA! Enough.

Mar 13, 2013

Indian governments take legal undertakings, treaties and anything stamped so seriously they forget there is also a real world out there. #India #diplomacy #Supreme Court #InMyOpinion #European Union #Italy #Italian Marines
Worryingly for Spain, Balotelli might be coming of age

Jun 29, 2012

The greatest players in any sport have typically married exceptional talent with exceptional temperament. So far, it had been a lesson that the Italian had not learned. #Italy #Mario Balotelli #Euro 2012 #Andrea Pirlo #Cesare Prandelli
Syria: Why we can't afford the death of journalists

Feb 22, 2012

When it comes to war zones, the world needs to listen to the voices of the subjects and the storytellers. We can't afford the deaths of either. #Chelsea #Italy #Saif Ali Khan #Kingfisher #NewsWrap #2G court

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Spain tops Italy for Euro Under-21 championship

2013-06-18 21:25:00

Thiago Alcantara plays his club soccer for Spanish superpower Barcelona. JERUSALEM -- Thiago Alcantara scored a first-half hat trick as Spain turned on the style to beat Italy 4-2 on Tuesday and win the European Under-21 championship for a second consecu #FC Barcelona #Spain national football team #Real Madrid
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Italy boss eyeing Euro upset

2013-06-18 08:25:00

Italy coach Devis Mangia has described Tuesday night's European Under-21 Championship final against Spain as the "most important game of our lives" and insists he is not bothered about being considered underdogs for the clash in Jerusalem. Defending cham #Jerusalem #Sergio Canales #Israel
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Spain close on Italy in all-time Under-21 rankings

2013-06-18 18:46:00

Spain's 4-2 triumph in Israel, their fourth UEFA European Under-21 Championship title, took them within one of opponents Italy's record haul of five. Spain's 4-2 victory over Italy in Jerusalem was their fourth UEFA European Under-21 Championship triumph #Spain national football team #Israel #Union of European Football Associations

Editor's picks

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.