Hamburg - Dinara Safina continues to lead the women's tennis rankings, while fellow Russian Elena Dementieva moved back to fourth in the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.Jelena Jankovic of Serbia slipped back to fifth, while Victoria Azarenka of Belarus improved to eighth.WTA top 10 as of August 24 (previous ranking in parenthesis): ark, 4,400 10. (10) Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 34...

London - British government plans to curb alcohol-fuelled violence by introducing plastic beer glasses in pubs are unlikely to be popular, the pub industry warned Monday.The Home Office (Interior Ministry) has commissioned a new design for plastic containers in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons, reports said.The plan is in response to official figures showing that 5,500 people are a...

Prague - Czech tennis player Ivo Minar has tested positive for a banned substance, Czech Tennis Association president Ivo Kaderka told the CTK news agency on Monday.Minar, ranked 66th in the world, was tested positive for pseudoephedrine after last month's Davis Cup quarter-final against Argentina, it was reported.The Czech Republic won the tie 3-2 to reach the semi-finals but Minar lost his singl...

Rajnath Singh is “Humpty Dumpty”, RSS should takeover BJP: ShourieNew Delhi, Aug. 24 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie on Monday asked the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to takeover BJP’s control and described the party’s President Rajnath Singh as an “Humpty Dumpty”.“You want to be the Humpty Dumpty and also want everyone to believe what you write. Rajnath Singh is Alice in B...

New Delhi, Aug 24 : Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday expressed India''s concern over terrorism and said that it was high time Pakistan dismantled terror from its soil.“India is willing to cooperate with Pakistan, including addressing each other''s security concerns. But, the biggest impediment is and continues to be that Pakistan side is being used by terrorists who have attac...

New Delhi, Aug 24 : Two of the most popular Bollywood actors of their time, Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore, are all set to fascinate hearts with their forthcoming film.''Samaantar'' a Marathi film, will see veterans Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore teaming up after a gap of 30 years in an intense story, which is a tale of two parallel lives crossing each other in the twilight of life.Palekar bel...

Munich - Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm called Monday for patience as Germany's record champions attempt to take on board new coach Louis van Gaal's tactical ideas.Bayern have got off to their worst Bundesliga start for 43 years, and after sliding to a 2-1 defeat to promoted Mainz on Saturday now face champions Wolfsburg in the Allianz Arena on Saturday."We knew it could be a bumpy start - an...

Stockholm - A Swedish art student who feigned a psychosis and acted as if she was about to commit suicide went on trial Monday, charged with raising a false alarm.Anna Odell, 35, risks a fine but could also be sentenced to two years in prison for the incident she staged in January as part of her final exam project at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design.Some people have defended her a...

Hong Kong  - The glamour of a television career lost some of its sparkle for around 60 actors and actresses after a Hong Kong station cut salaries, a media report said Sunday.Broadcaster ATV cut the minimum rate to 1,000 Hong Kong dollars (128 US dollars) and reduced the number of shows per actor to six per month, down from eight to 10, the Sunday Morning Post said."Many have trouble surviving on ...

London, Aug. 9 : England needs a hero in the form of Ian Botham to make something of the fourth Ashes Test, which they are sight of losing inside three days, said injured batsman Kevin Pietersen.“This match may have slipped away - although while we''re still fighting I''ll be praying for a miracle - but there''s still the Fifth Test to play and that''s when we''ll need somebody to stand up and be ...