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Abramovich never interfered in Chelsea team affairs: Mourinho

Jun 17, 2013

Mourinho said he was in complete control of all playing matters between 2004-07 and also gave an insight into the behind-the-scenes activity that led to the signing of AC Milan striker Shevchenko for 30 million pounds. #Chelsea #EPL #football #Roman Abramovich #Jos� Mourinho
Evolution, not revolution, is Mourinho's motto at Chelsea

Jun 11, 2013

Mourinho took an entirely different approach when he picked up the reins at Stamford Bridge for the first time in 2004, splashing out a fortune on ready-made talent such as Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira. #Chelsea #EPL #football #Jos� Mourinho #KickingAround #Happy One
No privilege for Chelsea's old guard: Mourinho

Jun 11, 2013

Since his Stamford Bridge comeback was rubber-stamped last week, there has been a barrage of media speculation on the future of John Terry, Fernando Torres, David Luiz and Juan Mata among others. #Sports #Chelsea #football #English Premier League #Jos� Mourinho #KickingAround #CFC

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It will take a changed Mourinho to succeed at Chelsea again

Jun 08, 2013

Like Mourinho did at Chelsea, he delivered trophies in his two seasons at Inter Milan. But like he did at Chelsea, he also left a vacuum which the Italians are still struggling to plug. #Sports #Chelsea #English Premier League #Jos� Mourinho #KickingAround #Soccer
Don't dare call the Europa League boring

Mar 14, 2013

Spurs beating Inter Milan, Chelsea losing to Bucharest and Liverpool going out to Rubin Kazan. How does that make the Europa League boring? #Champions League #Chelsea #KickingAround #Europa League #Tottenham Hotspur
EPL: World's most competitive league, but at what cost?

Nov 01, 2012

EPL's success with its vast influx of foreigners is ultimately detrimental to the national team, and comparing club and country is like drawing parallels between a mercenary organisation and a national army. #Chelsea #EPL #English Premier League #Manchester United #England #KickingAround

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Chelsea: Chelsea boss Mourinho welcomes home start

2013-06-19 16:01:00

Jose Mourinho has admitted his first match back at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea manager will be an emotional occasion - even though visitors Hull City have vowed to spoil his return party. Mourinho told the club's website: "Starting the season at home is a #Hull City A F C #Chelsea F.C. #José Mourinho
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Chelsea's bad boy: 'I'm a nice guy'

2013-06-20 00:32:00

Made in Chelsea duo Oliver Proudlock and Spencer Matthews loving life Down Under. Picture: Twitter / @SpencerGeorgeM Source: Twitter Spencer Mathews and Oliver Proudlock get the star treatment while out in Sydney. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied EVERY #Sydney #Spencer Pratt #Lauren Conrad
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Chelsea's bad boy: 'I'm a nice guy'

2013-06-20 00:32:00

Made in Chelsea duo Oliver Proudlock and Spencer Matthews loving life Down Under. Picture: Twitter / @SpencerGeorgeM Source: Twitter Spencer Mathews and Oliver Proudlock get the star treatment while out in Sydney. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied EVERY #Sydney #Spencer Pratt #Lauren Conrad

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Why India should have been prepared for Uttarakhand floods

But we aren’t helpless: we’ve failed because, though we’ve done our homework on how not to fail, we haven’t actually turned these lessons into practice.
Why the political isolation of Narendra Modi is temporary

If Modi stands in splendid isolation today, it would appear that he represents a break from the consensual leader. But once again the disagreement over Modi is all about optics.
Why is the Kedarnath pilgrimage so important? Five key points

According to reports, while the temple is safe, the outer compound has been damaged and the town around the temple has suffered massive losses as it felt the full force of the rising waters.
It's batting vs batting as India take on SL in Champions Trophy

The key player battles for the Champions Trophy semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Cardiff.

The 4 MLAs who helped Nitish Kumar keep calm and carry on

Nitish Kumar’s fate today might swing on six independents. Four of them have extended their support, and two are undecided. Here we give you the low-down on who the decision-makers might be today
Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end 'alternative' chic

HKV provides Delhi’s socialites and chatterati with what they need most: Obnoxious status display masked as anti-establishment virtue.
Why diversification is at the heart of a good financial future

Diversification is a risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will, on average, yield optimally desired returns while lowering a risk that is posed by any individual investment found within the portfolio.
India lose 1-5 to Australia, crash out of Hockey World League

An error-prone India needed a miracle to topple Australia in what was the 100th international fixture between the two sides.

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.