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Goal-line technology now ‘a necessity’ – FIFA boss

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FIFA boss Sepp Blatter (pictured) said on Wednesday that the introduction of goal-line technology is a must after Ukraine appeared to equalise against England in their final Euro 2012 group match but the referee waved play on. “After last night’s match #GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity,” Blatter wrote on his Twitter account. FIFA boss Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday that the introduction of goal-line technology is a must after Ukraine appeared to equalise against England in their final Euro 2012 group match but the referee waved play on. “After last night’s match #GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity,” the president of football’s world governing body Sepp Blatter wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Blatter has frequently stated his position in favour of technology to determine disputed decisions, setting him at odds with his counterpart at European football’s governing body UEFA, Michel Platini. Platini this week told reporters in Warsaw that the five off

Land Rover released refreshed versions of Range Rover Sport, Discovery

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Premium auto maker, Land Rover has released a new refreshed 2012 version of its Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Discovery model with a highly-efficient new eight-speed gearbox offering improved fuel economy. The company claims that the new gearbox will reduce Range Rover Sport’s CO2 emissions from 243g/km to 230g/km. The company ahs also increased the output of the engine from 245hp to 256hp. The eight-speed ZF gearbox is already available in the revised  Jaguar XF  model.

NASA prepares Atlantis for its final launch

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American space agency, NASA has prepared its space shuttle, Atlantis for its launch for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Even as the space shuttle is ready for launch at the Kennedy Space Centre, the weather could delay the launch. The cloud, rain and thunderstorms forecast for the areas means that there are 70 per cent chances of the launch being postponed. If the launch, set for around 1124 BST today is postponed, the agency will most likely reschedule for Saturday or Sunday. However, the launch might have to wait until July 16.

Sourav Ganguly to join Pune Warriors for IPL 4

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Ganguly to join Pune Warriors India for IPL 4 See photo  After going unsold in the players' auction, former  India  captain  Sourav Ganguly  on Tuesday made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up for struggling franchise Pune Warriors as replacement for injured pacer  Ashish Nehra .  "We were waiting for Ashish Nehra's fitness report and ultimately the report came yesterday. I was already in talks with Ganguly and we decided that the amount of experience that Sourav has in cricket will no doubt help the team. So we finalised Ganguly last night," Pune Warriors Team director Abhijit Sarkar said referring to the finger injury that Nehra has been nursing.  Ganguly, who played for  Kolkata Knight Riders  for three IPL seasons captaining them in two editions, went unsold in the January players' auction despite a rather modest base price of $400,000.  The 38-year-old refused a mentor's role with KKR after that and there had been speculation of

Bin Laden was found at luxurious Pak compound with youngest wife

WASHINGTON: US forces finally found  al-Qaida leader   Osama bin Laden  not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound in an upscale suburb of Pakistan's capital, with his youngest wife, US officials said early on Monday. They were led to the fortress-like three-story building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom U.S. officials said was identified by men captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al-Qaida couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with or protected by bin Laden," a senior administration official said in a briefing for reporters. Bin Laden was finally found -- more than 9-1/2 years after the 2001 attacks on the  United States  -- after authorities discovered in August 2010 that the courier lived with his brother and their families in an unusual and extremely high-security building, of

Osama bin Laden dead, Obama says justice is done

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Obama makes it official, Al-Qaida leader Osama is dead See photo WASHINGTON:  Osama bin Laden , the glowering mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama  said on Sunday. "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the  United States  has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaida, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children," Obama said in a surprise late night  White House  address. The world's most wanted man had been killed in a Pakistani compound in an operation on Sunday, which had been carried after cooperation from Islamabad , the US leader said. Obama said in the historic address from the White House that he had directed the US armed forces to launch an attack against a compound in  Pakistan  on Sunday acting on a lead t