AFP | May 27, 2012, 10.18AM IST | | | | | JACKSONVILLE: All-time US goal leader Landon Donovan scored a hat trick on Saturday and the Americans routed Scotland 5-1 in an international football friendly that served as a World Cup qualifying tuneup. Donovan, a striker for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, scored in the third minute and found the net again in the 60th and 65th minutes, boosting his US career goal total to 49 before 41,000 spectators.

PTI | May 27, 2012, 11.28AM IST | | | | | | | "Gautam Gambhir is the best captain of the IPL," said Sourav Ganguly. (AFP Photo) KOLKATA: Rating Gautam Gambhir ahead of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as far as captaincy is concerned, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Saturday put his money on Kolkata Knight Riders to win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. The Indian selectors might have lost faith in Gambhir who was removed from

The bespoke, hand-knotted rug bears the Queen's crest in the centre. A stunning bespoke knotted rug created by a Maltese company will hang in the sleek royal barge Gloriana, which will lead more than 1,000 ships down the River Thames during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Rug Company - owned by Suzanne and Christopher Sharp - was commissioned to create the floor covering designed by British interior designer Emily

Just for fun, I had mooted the idea of my own radio show; however, since there are current dealings by certain presenters with this, that and the other station, I was not specific about my choice of broadcaster. Though newscasters may change the scripts tend to remain the same - Tanja Cilia It would have been called L-Erbgha Fost il-Gimgha (Out of the Blue), and broadcast, of course, on Wednesdays.

European Union leaders at Wednesday's informal EU summit have reiterated their desire for Greece to remain in the eurozone but also to "respect its commitments", according to European Council President Herman Van Rompoy. However, leaders at the summit were divided over how hard a line to take with Greece and no agreement was reached over how to promote growth in the eurozone. We can't commit suicide because three per cent of the eurozone is not

From Web Edition KOLKATA: Rating Gautam Gambhir ahead of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as far as captaincy is concerned, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Saturday put his money on Kolkata Knight Riders to win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. The Indian selectors might have lost faith in Gambhir who was removed from vice-captaincy ahead of the Asia Cup, but Ganguly named the Delhi opener as the skipper to lead his best XI also featuring Dhoni.

Richard Drew The ARC Gloria, from Colombia, sails by the Statue of Liberty to participate in Fleet Week, which this year marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Anonymous This engraving shows the victory of the Constitution over the British frigate Guerriere near Halifax during the War of 1812, Aug.

China's top legislator has called off a visit to London in reaction to the so-called "private" meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama earlier this month. A source told AFP "The British government was told that Wu Bangguo wasn't coming because they were unhappy with the Dalai Lama meeting." Wu Bangguo, who heads China's parliament and is in effect the number two in

British Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his decision to give his pro Murdoch secretary the authority to rule on the BSkyB deal, saying there has been "no great conspiracy" between him and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Insisting that he has acted "impartially," Cameron claimed "I don't regret giving the job to Jeremy Hunt, it was the right thing to do in the circumstances, which were not of my making."

JACKSONVILLE, Florida: All-time US goal leader Landon Donovan scored a hat trick Saturday and the Americans routed Scotland 5-1 in an international football friendly that served as a World Cup qualifying tune-up. Donovan, a striker for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, scored in the third minute and found the net again in the 60th and 65th minutes, boosting his US career goal total to 49 before 41,000 spectators.