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My players leave with a black eye: Bayern coach Heynckes

Mar 14, 2013

Bayern are 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and are favourites to lift the German Cup after reaching the last four, but they showed little of their class on Wednesday. #Arsenal #KickingAround #Bayern Munich #UEFA Champions League #Jupp Heynckes
We were very, very close: Wenger

Mar 14, 2013

Arsenal stunned nervy Bayern with Olivier Giroud's early goal at their Allianz Arena fortress and after Laurent Koscielny headed a second with four minutes left, Bayern were forced to cling on to reach the last eight. # #Arsenal #KickingAround #Bayern Munich #UEFA Champions League
Messi, Barcelona and the great Champions League comebacks

Mar 13, 2013

Barcelona's 4-0 victory against AC Milan in the round of 16 saw them become only became the fifth side in UEFA Champions League history to win a knockout tie after losing the first leg by two goals or more. #Barcelona #KickingAround #AC Milan #UEFA Champions League

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Real Madrid raise hopes but ultimately fall short against Dortmund

May 02, 2013

The plan from the start was simple: take an early lead and press Dortmund in an attempt to turn the tables. Three goals were after all enough to take Real to the final (provided the German side didn�t score) and they had done time and time again in La Liga. #Sports #KickingAround #Real Madrid #Soccer #Borussia Dortmund #UEFA Champions League
For Real and Barca, the battle begins anew

Apr 23, 2012

Come Tuesday and Wednesday, the eyes of the world will be on four teams battling it out for the Europe's biggest footballing prize. #Barcelona #UEFA Champions League Final #KickingAround #Real Madrid #FC Bayern Munich
The big clash: Barcelona versus AC Milan

Mar 26, 2012

AC Milan will be hoping to do something no side has done this season: beat the Blaugrana in a UEFA Champions League game. #Lionel Messi #KickingAround #Josep Guardiola #AC Milan #FC Barcelona #UEFA Champions League

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Rizzoli to referee UEFA Champions League final

2013-05-20 09:34:00

Nicola Rizzoli will referee Saturday's UEFA Champions League final at Wembley between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München, assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani. Nicola Rizzoli will referee Saturday's UEFA Champions League final at Wembley b #UEFA Champions League #Wembley Stadium #Borussia Dortmund
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UEFA Champions League final week on UEFA.com

2013-05-20 12:37:00

UEFA.com has an exhaustive raft of exclusive content to whet your appetite ahead of Saturday's UEFA Champions League final between FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund and its women's counterpart two days earlier. A UEFA Champions League-winning coach #UEFA Champions League #Bayern Munich #Borussia Dortmund
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UEFA Grassroots Day to be celebrated

2013-05-21 13:02:00

This week the fourth UEFA Grassroots Day will celebrate the importance of grassroots football with activities planned throughout UEFA's member association countries as well as at the UEFA Champions Festival in London. An annual celebration, UEFA Grassroo #UEFA Champions League #London #Queen Elizabeth II

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Hamid Karzai's visit: Why supplying arms to Afghanistan is a hard choice

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.