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Refs made right calls, says Fifa

World Cup referees have got 96.75 per cent of their decisions right in 62 matches, the Fifa Referees Committee has revealed. Fifa arrived at the figure after a video analysis of all the matches prior

Bald bomber called Iniesta

Johannesburg, July 12: Contrary to his boy-next-door charms Andres Iniesta has a penchant for the spectacular. The 26-year-old twinkle-toed Barcelona midfielder sent Chelsea out of the Champions Leagu

Romario looks forward to 2014

Johannesburg, July 11: Romario knows a thing or two about the World Cup trophy. He was the driving force behind Brazil’s triumphant run 16 years ago in the United States. But, now as he comes as a mem

World at spain’s feet

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Johannesburg, July 12: Football 1-cynicism 0. Glory to Spain, pain for the Netherlands. European champions Spain now have conquered the world for the first time in their history.

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Air India derosters 40 cabin crew

Aviation regulator DGCA is understood to have ordered Air India to deroster 40 cabin crew members on grounds of violating flight duty limitation norms by allegedly flying more hours than required. The

Marwijk justifies ‘ugly’ play

Johannesburg, July 12: Once the orchestrators of the most beautiful brand of football — Total Football — Holland’s hard tactics may not have gone down well with the neutrals or even expectant Dutch fa

Bankers to meet RBI bosses today

Top executives of public and private sector banks will meet RBI deputy governor, Mr Subir Gokarn, on Monday as part of the customary pre-credit policy deliberation to discuss various issues, including

Webb fails to weave his magic

Johannesburg, July 12: Howard Webb went into Sunday’s World Cup final saying it was the greatest moment of his career, a culmination of 17 years of toil, and yet by the end of it, when the public anno

Steel firms to see lower profit

Mumbai, July 11: India’s steel majors are expected to see lower volumes during first quarter of financial year 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of FY10. This is because domestic steelmakers were to

Tiki-taka, the latest buzzword

Johannesburg, July 12: The ugliest final in the history of the Fifa World Cup, was fittingly won by the team that played the most beautiful brand of football.

Decades ago Samba King Pele coined the

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Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.