Leading European football clubs have become superpowers with their increased income from TV rights and merchandising. For instance the annual revenue of both Real Madrid and Barcelona is in excess of £400 million.
Consequently the annual Fifa Club World Cup event is losing its competitive edge, as the European clubs are able to purchase the best talent in the world.

Sanjay Dutt may still have the Gandhian halo of his Munnabhai days around his head, but as he gets ready to play a baddie in Agneepath, he insists his most successful ventures have been the ones where he played a negative role. “I’ve been very lucky with negative roles; all of them have worked for me. Vaastav and Khalnayak have been such big hits,” recalls Dutt.

Los Angeles: After three tracks from Dam999 made it to the Academy Awards Best Song list, the controversial film is now up for a nomination in the Original Score category.

If Vikram Bhatt, anxious to avoid a clash with the Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor flick Talaash, indeed changes the release date of his own Dangerous Ishq, it might deny fans the chance of watching the two Kapoor sisters take on each other at the box office. For Dangerous Ishq is touted to be Karisma’s comeback vehicle, and those who’ve seen the film’s rushes say it’s nothing like anything she’s attempted before.

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday filled an avenue in Moscow to protest against the alleged rigging of parliamentary polls, in a new challenge to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's authority.

The baby bump is yet to disappear completely, but the big bucks have already started flowing in. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hasn’t yet put a time-frame on her comeback to films, or even begun deciding on future plans, but the endorsement deals are here.

Robert Pattinson has gone on a shopping spree for Kristen Stewart’s Christmas presents. The British actor visited retro shop TINI in Los Angeles recently, where he and a pal stocked up on a stack of gifts for his Twilight Saga co-star and girlfriend Kristen.

Charlize Theron is “desperate” for some sleep, because her life is so busy. The 38-year-old actress, who has three movies, Young Adult, Snow White and The Huntsman and Prometheus, set for release in the coming months, loves using her time off work to rest, as well as fitting in entertaining friends and seeing the world.

The Gujarat high court on Friday directed the Union of India to approach the International Court of Justice within two months for the release of 54 1971 prisoners of war (PoWs) languishing in Pakistani jails.

The National Investigation Agency, which is probing the September 7 Delhi high court blast, has now received help from unexpected quarters, it’s the cold weather conditions in Kashmir. Sources said the investigating agency has managed to get fresh leads revealing that the prime suspect in the case, Junaid Akram Malik, has been forced to move out of his hideout in the higher mountainous region of Kishtwar in wake of the heavy snowfall and harsh weather conditions in the region.