DHAKA – England were on the back foot in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Sunday despite an unbeaten 64 from makeshift opener Jonathan Trott.Trott hit seven fours in his second Test half-century as England reached 171-3 in their first innings at stumps on the second day in reply to Bangladesh's third-highest Test total of 419.The tourists were 107-3 after losing skipper Alas
Milan 1-1 Napoli - Stats & LineupsSerie A Fixtures/ResultsMilan were unable to get all three points after drawing 1-1 with Napoli at the San Siro, meaning they remain second-place in Serie A.The hosts had a number of injury problems, including Alessandro Nesta at the back, so veteran Giuseppe Favalli filled in at centre-back alongside Thiago Silva.Meanwhile, Clarence Seedorf supported the tri
The Dubai Financial Services Authority on Sunday imposed its most draconian sanctions to date, when it fined the owners of the region’s largest jeweller business for withdrawing cash without authorisation and removed the company’s board.The DFSA also banned the owners of Damas, the jeweller, from acting as directors of any company in the Dubai International Financial Centre, an offshore zone in t
NEW DELHI Qatar plans to raise its supply of Liquefied Natural Gas to India to 11.5 million tonnes from 2014, against the current 7.5 million tonnes a year, its oil minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said in New Delhi on Sunday. He said Qatar currently produces 62 million tonnes of LNG and from October it will be raised to 77 million tonnes. The entire 77 million tonnes has been sold already under lo
Another key Nomura executive has quit the Japanese bank, in a move which highlights the challenges it faces to build a top-tier global investment bank.Colin Banfield, Nomura’s co-head of investment banking for Asia Pacific, is to join Citigroup, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Indian Premier League set a new record on Sunday, as it sold two new teams for $703m in a clear sign of the growing interest among companies to reach India’s burgeoning consumer classes via the country’s most lucrative sporting extravaganza.Indian conglomerate Sahara and Rendezvous Sport bought the Pune and Kochi teams for $370m and $333m, respectively, more than the total it fetched for the
PORT MORESBY A strong 6.2 magnitude quake struck off Papua New Guinea's coast on Saturday, US geologists said, but there was no tsunami warning and the epicentre's depth lessened the likelihood of damage.The quake struck at 1400 GMT with its epicentre located 95 kilometres (60 miles) north of the town of Rabaul on New Britain island and at a depth of 423 kilometres, the United States Geological
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again.Former U.S presidents Bill Clinton and George W.Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort is bringing politics back to the surface.The ex-presidents are spearheading U.S fundraising in
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