Doc Rivers - 'I'm Coming Back'

DOC RIVERS said on Wednesday to return to the bench as the Boston Celtics head coach for next season. Doc Rivers said in a text message, "I'm coming back. I want another crack at it with this group." Rivers, guided the Boston Celtics to the 2010 NBA Finals and led the franchise to its 17th NBA championship in 2008.

It had been rumored that Rivers would leave the last year of his contract (and $5 million) on the table, in order to spend more time with his family.

Cedric Benson Cincinnati Bengals RB arrested for hitting bar employee

CEDRIC BENSON, 28, of Cincinnati Bengals was arrested in Texas on Tuesday for allegedly punching a bar employee in the face nearly a month ago. He was charged with misdemeanor assault.

Authorities said that Benson was booked into the Travis County jail and later released after he posted bail.

On May 30 Benson punched the bar employee of Annie's West bar in the Sixth Street entertainment district where he got into a quarrel with another fan and injured his lip. After staff intervened Benson pushed a bar worker and abused the bar employee. 

Benson came out

Wimbledon 2010 Fourth Round results: Yen-hsnu Lu knocks Andy Roddick out

FOURTH ROUND Asian shock for three time finalist Andy Roddick at Wimbledon 2010. An 82nd ranked player from Taiwan, Yen-hsnu Lu defeated Roddick 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 9-7 on Monday.

Strangely Lu had not won a single match at All England Club in past four years, defeated Roddick in four and half hour match. The victory came to Lu in the 16th game of the fifth set.
Lu is first Asian since Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan to reach the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam.

In other match on day seven of Wimbledon Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 7-6(9),

Argentina vs Mexico World Cup 2010: result 3-1, Argentinean team

ARGENTINA FOOTBALL fans now get ready to see again your stars in action against Germany in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup football on Saturday July 3 at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. Time of cheers of Argentinean fans, Argentina defeated Mexico by 3-1  in the round of 16 in World Cup football 2010 at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday June 27.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Carlos Tevez scored his second goal and the third goal for Argentina in the match between Argentina and Mexico in the round of 16 in FIFA World Cup

26th June 2010 - World Drugs Day

"A drug is neither moral or immoral - it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being treats it as if consumption bestowed a temporary licence to act like an a------" - By Frank Zappa (The Real Frank Zappa, 1989)

 

The above statement by Frank Zappa stands true for today's LSD generation. 26th June is celebrated as World's Drugs Day across the globe and this year's theme is "Think Health, Not Drugs". With globalization and world becoming a global village, the problem of drug abuse and trafficking has crossed national boundaries to become a global problem. Hence, it becomes important for the young country like India to stand up and against such abuse which is limping the country slowly. 

 

Society especially children and youngsters are vulnerable to the abuse as reasons are varied ranging

Brazil vs Portugal World Cup 2010: Match result 0-0, analysis

ONE OF the most anticipated matches in FIFA World Cup 2010, Brazil vs Portugal at Moses Mabhida Stadium of Durban, ended in a draw. Both Group G team, Brazil and Portugal, two of the favorites to win the FIFA 2010 trophy secured their berth into the second round.

In the previous group stage match, Brazil won their match against North Korea and an equally competitive team, Ivory Coast winning 2-1 and 3-1 respectively. Whereas, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portuguese team in their group stage match at World Cup football 2010, ended goalless draw against Ivory Coast and impressive 7-0 victory against

Italy misses round 2 in World Cup 2010: Slovakia won by 3-1

IN A Group F match between Italy vs Slovakia in FIFA World Cup 2010 at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on today June 24, defending champion Italy lost to Slovakia by 3-1. After France, who was the runner-up team in World Cup football 2006, now Italy, defending champion eliminated from the FIFA World Cup 2010.

Slovakia's first goal was done in the 25th minute of the match, as Robert Vittek split two defenders on a run and took the ball in stride before kicking it past Italian keeper Federico Marchetti for the goal. During the half time Marcello Lippi's

Listen World Cup online on ESPN Radio, FIFA 2010 Radio and TV schedule

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 will be ESPN’s seventh FIFA World Cup and as claimed and believed, its going to be the most comprehensive coverage in the history of ESPN radio. ESPN Radio is giving free online coverage and commentary of the matches.

 

ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will air all 64 matches live and in high definition, and more than 50 matches will be televised live in Portuguese on ESPN Deportes.

ESPN Radio will broadcast all 64 matches in English and provide additional multi-language match coverage; and ESPN’s mobile platforms will provide coverage of all 64 matches.

 

ESPN will present 2010 FIFA World Cup television studio programming from site in South Africa, offering U.S. sports fans the most comprehensive news and information coverage throughout the month-long soccer showcase. 

 

Studio coverage will include SportsCenter segments, a nightly World Cup Live program, and pre, halftime and post-match shows, with additional studio programming and World Cup-branded segments, totaling more than 65 hours of coverage, originating from two sets in and around Johannesburg.

Mexico vs Uruguay, South Africa vs France match analysis, result, Round of 16 schedules

MEXICO VS URUGUAY, the first game of the day in Group A at FIFA World Cup 2010, held at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenberg, both Mexico and Uruguay moved in next round. However, in the match between Mexico vs Uruguay, latter emerged as the winner with a final score of 1-0 and in an another Group A match between South Africa vs France, Bafana Bafana won by 2-1 but that was not enough for SA to make their place in the round of 16.

Mexico tied with South Africa at 1-1 in the inauguration match held on June 11 at

FIFA 2010 - Spain wins against Honduras, match analysis

SPAIN, ONE of the strongest contenders of FIFA World Cup 2010 is playing a do or dies match against Honduras in Group H at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. According to the latest updates, Spain is leading against Honduras by 2-0.

Spain has lost to Switzerland in the first game and now Spain has to win both matches to make his place for Round of 16. Chili who defeated Switzerland is top on the group followed by Swiss team.

Spain's David Villa, who considered as best strikers in world football, scored first goal for his country in the 17th minutes

Brazil Vs Ivory Coast: Latest fifa points table, match updates etc

AFTER BEATING Slovakia, Paraguay registered their first World Cup win in FIFA World Cup 2010. The match played at Mangaung/ Bloemfontein, Paraguay won the match 2-0 with one goal in each half. Paraguay was in control of the game from the very beginning. Enrique Vera, the midfielder was picked as the man of the match.

 

In the game played between New Zealand and Italy, played at Nelspruit’s Mbombela Stadium, the game ended in a draw. Both the team scored one goal each. Daniele De Rossi of Italy was declared man of the match.

 

In the 29th match of the

Samsung Galaxy S - features, specification, price, release date

SAMSUNG GALAXY S, the AT&T-tattooed smart phone will run a TouchWiz-ed Android OS v2.1 (a.k.a. Eclair) and will come with a spectacular 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen of WVGA resolution. Samsung Galaxy S, an Android super phone has a 1GHz application processor that enables playback of high-definition video (including DivX and Xvid files), Bluetooth 3.0 support, and up to 16GB of internal memory.

In Samsung Galaxy S phone the built-in book reader, Microsoft Office document read/edit program and a GPS location/direction are among many out-of-the-box features. It has also a feature of Swype keyboard.

Public Distribution System needs major revamp, improvement

ALWAYS ON short rations Ram Das is sad. Babu at the fair price shop has asked him to collect his rations only next month when fresh supply is expected.

Das was able to get a Red Card (a kind of below poverty line card) only after he sold his ‘Kali’ (goat) and stumped up Rs 200 to a local ‘netaji’. His Red Card contained few human errors and he was entitled to rations less than sufficient for his household. He tried to get them rectified but babus at SDO office wanted monetary oiling and as he could do none he had to helplessly put up with the perennial loss.

Though he lives 25 km far from his office Ram Das has tried to get an audience with SDO saheb thrice. But on all occasions he was told SDO saheb was busy holding impromptu meetings.

The ambitious Public Distribution System, later renamed Targeted Public Distribution System, has been marred by such carelessness, lack of vigilance, involvement of middlemen and the insensitiveness of concerned officials. Different sources claim that over 5000 Indians die of hunger every year. Despite considerable improvement in health post independence lack of substantial access to food has left almost 50 per cent children underweight and more than 70 per cent women with serious nutritional deficiencies.

That, starvation deaths have become a national phenomenon and is a collective shame on the face of a civilised society the Supreme Court

Wimbledon 2010 ranking, schedule, TV channel details, live streaming

YEAR'S BIGGEST tennis event, Wimbledon 2010 championship is going to start from Monday 21 June at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London. Wimbledon 2010 is the 124th edition of grass court tennis tournament and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

The grass court superstar and six-times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer and stylish and powerful Serena Williams are the defending men's and women's champions at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

 

Roger Federer received the No. 1 seed for Wimbledon ahead of world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in a reverse

MHRIL regional head bags Kallikkad Ramachandran Award

DR ANIL Kumar, regional head – Kerala Resort Operations, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited, has bagged the prestigious Kallikkad Ramachandran Award for his contribution to the tourism industry in Kerala. The award is instituted by Kallikkad Ramachandran Trust in the memory of Late Kallikkad Ramachandran, noted journalist and script writer. Dr Kumar has been presented this award as an acknowledgement for his efforts to raise the tourism graph in the state.

The award consists of a cash prize, a memento and citation. The award was presented by Shri Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, honourable Minister of Tourism Development in the Kerala state

Toyota conducts free health check up for chauffeurs across all its dealerships

 Toyota today launched its first nationwide free health check up for chauffeurs. The activity will be carried out in all Toyota dealerships across the nation throughoutthe month of June 2010. The chauffeurs will also be trained on traffic safety to reinforce adherence to traffic rules and sensitizing them towards safe driving. The chauffeurs, who come for vehicle service, will be given a free health check up followed by a brief training session on traffic safety. A complimentary school kit with basic stationary will also be distributed to the participants.

 

Sandeep Singh, DMD - Marketing, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said “Toyota’s

RPMT result 2010 declared

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur has announced the RPMT 2010 Pre-Medical Entry Tests results. Students, who had taken the exam conducted by Rajasthan University should visit the official site. The results are available online and the students can check the same using their registration number.

 

Rajasthan Health University RPMT 2010 Result were eagerly awaited by thousands of students across the state. To check their RPMT 2010 result, the students are rushing to internet cafes causing huge traffic on sites.

FIFA World Cup 2010: points table, schedules, fixtures, dates and all details

WITH ALL the three matches for June 13 being over in FIFA World Cup 2010, other teams seem to be gearing up to play their respective matches on June 14. The Germany Vs Australia match was won by Germany 4-0 yesterday. However, Ghana Vs Siberia favored Ghana with 1-0 and Algeria lost to Slovania in their encounter by 0-1.

 

Tomorrow, in FIFA 2010, two teams from Group E will play their first matches in the tournament, i.e, Netherlands Vs Denmark and Japan Vs Cameroon. The first match will start at 13:30 in Johannesburg - JSC and the second one at 16:00 in

USA vs. England World Cup 2010 Result: USA 1-1 England

IT SEEMS FIFA World Cup 2010 is all about equality, at least that is reflected in the numbers of goals scored and resulting match draws. Out of Five matches played three are draw, the latest to fall in this line of draw is England who scored goal in 4th minute but failed to kiss net in later part. But USA, performing much better than the expectation, scored in 41st minute to level the goal tally.

 

Sunday, is going to be the day of attack form media in England, reason obvious. Goal keeper Robert Green will not be able to

World Cup 2010 craze on Google - changes doodle

FIFA WORLD Cup 2010 fever can be seen not only the millions of soccer fans worldwide but search engine giant Google is also having the World Cup football 2010 craze. Google has changed their doodle to dedicate their home page for Football World Cup 2010. The first Google doodle was of the Burning Man Festival of 1998.

FIFA World Cup 2010 started from today, June 11 in South Africa. Google is getting in the sporting spirit to show their interest in the world's most famous game and most watching event, World Cup 2010.

Google's World Cup 2010 doodle is matching

Chicago Blackhawks wins Stanley Cup, Blackhawks Parade details

THE CHICAGO Blackhawks captured their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime in game six of the National Hockey League (NHL) champion series.

Blackhawks won its first Stanley Cup since 1961 on Wednesday with the goal of Patrick Kane into overtime. Chicago had the longest drought of any Original Six teams.

The Chicago Blachhawks Parade 2010 will be held at 10:30 am Friday, June 11.
The celebratory ticker-tape parade and rally to celebrate the Championship will start at intersection of Wacker Drive and Washington Street. As per plan the Parade

Eldora Speedway tonight - teams, drivers and other details

ON WEDNESDAY June 9, top motorsports drivers are gathering together for one night of racing to raise money for charity at the Eldora Speedway near Cincinnati, Ohio. NASCAR, Indy Car, drag racing, and motorcycle drivers among others will be participating in the Gillette Prelude to the Dream. This year’s charity benefits four of the nation’s leading charity hospitals, including Cincinnati Children’s.

Eldora Speedway was bought by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart in late 2004 from Earl Baltes, who built the speedway from the ground up in 1954.

This year twenty-five drivers will compete in four teams, each racing for a different

FIFA World Cup 2010: USA, England predictions, odds, schedule

FIFA WORLD Cup 2010 countdown has started. The FIFA 2010 Football World Cup starts from June 11, 2010. Thirty two best football playing nations from across the globe have reached South Africa with a dream to clinch the FIFA 2010 trophy. United States with England, Algeria and Slovenia are in Group C.

USA will start their campaign for 2010 World Cup football against one of the strongest team of 19th edition of World Cup on Saturday June 12 at Rustenburg. England won their last World Cup title back in 1966. However, United States is making their sixth straight trip to

MLB Draft 2010: Bryce Harper No.1 pick, live streaming details

MLB Draft 2010, coverage begins tonight, June 7, on the MLB network. The MLB mock draft will take place over three days with first round and supplemental first round selections.

 

The first pick in the 2010 MLB Draft will be from worst performer of 2010 MLB season Washington Nationals. Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles will follow.

 

Bryce Harper is the No. 1 pick for the 2010 MLB mock draft. Harper is a power hitting left handed catcher out of Las Vegas that could command as much money as they had to pay for Stephen Strasburg this

Adopting girl child: A great deed towards humanity

INDIA IS a country where we find that girl child is still considered as a major problem in our society. It is a matter of international and national drawback for us that India with a massive growth in each and every field has been killing their girl child as they think that girl child is a liability for them. Our nation still follows a culture where people idolises son and mourns daughter.

At least one in three girls and women worldwide has been beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime especially in India. Abortion rates are increasing in Indian states

'The Real Housewives of New York City', one of the hit reality shows in U.S

TODAY'S GENERATION has become used to reality shows because people are more keen on witnessing the spontaneity and reflexes. Its interesting to watch how people like you react in day to day situations and circumstances.

 

One such reality show that has become a huge hit these days in States is "The Real Housewives of New York City".

 

The reality show's season 3 finale earned a viewer-ship of nearly 2.64 million. Bravo announced, a 30% improvement over season 2's last episode.

 

Bravo’s

Memorial Golf Tournament 2010: Rose leading Mickelson lurking Tiger gasping

IT WAS a day written for Justin Rose at Muirfield village in Memorial Golf Tournament 2010. Rose made six birdies over his final 10 holes foe 7-under 65 to build a two-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and other early starters on Thursday.

Rose has done well at Muirfield with two finishes in the top five, including a runner-ip two year ago to Kerry Perry. It would be his first victory in America if he continues his today’s performance for next four days.

Rose said, “It is a tournament that I feel like I should have won, for sure.

Absurdity of Jharkhand and pain of being a Jharkhandi

MM JOSHI called it a ‘theatre of the absurd’ after attempts failed to rein-in Shibu Shoren- the flip-flop Chief Minister of Jharkhand. An array of seven chief ministers and two president’s rule in a history of 10 years is the fate of a state which is called Jharkhand. The drama which it has witnessed in the past ten years of its inception there is no apt expression then that of Joshi.

A state which is the richest in minerals and natural resources is going nowhere. Making Ranchi look beautiful is not something which people are living for. Yellow flowers along with long eucalyptus are also not what people dreamt when the movement to make it a separate state ended! It had its political ambitions which the people

Former CJI K G Balakrishnan is the new NHRC chairman

AFTER A gap of one year, the former Chief Justice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan has been appointed as chairman of National Human Rights Commission.

K G Balakrishnan retired as the Chief Justice of India on May 12, 2010.

In 1968, K G Balakrishnan was enrolled as advocate in Kerala Bar Council and practiced both in civil and criminal at Eranakulam (Cochin) in Kerala and was appointed as Munsif in the Kerala Judicial Services in 1973. Balakrishnan was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on June 8, 2000, and on January 14, 2007, he was sworn in as the Chief

Neglected Innocence: Dreaming of a CHHOTU-free India

EVEN AFTER  hectic planning, numerous welfare programmes, a series of legislative and administrative actions in the past five and a half decades, a huge chunk of Indian children continue to remain in distress and severe chaos. The ‘Indian childhood’ can be said to be one of the worst. This neglected chunk of ‘innocence’ is an epitome of malnourishment, illiteracy, trafficking, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. The problem of child abuse and indifference is an increasing phenomenon but the sorry state of affairs is that even now the public and the government are not taking it seriously.

 

About 59 million out of 200 million children (6-14 years) in India are still out of school. 40% of the