Mohammad Shahzad. — Photo thequint.comViet Nam News Cricket DUBAI — Stockily built Mohammad Shahzad knocked a brilliant hundred as spirited Afghanistan pulled off a last over tie against India in the Super Four match in Dubai on Tuesday. Shahzad’s 124 laid the foundation of Afghanistan’s fighting total of 252-8 in 50 overs before bowling out India in 49.5 overs for the same total at Dubai stadium. Needing seven to win off the final Rashid Khan over, Ravindra Jadeja hit a boundary off the second ball before taking a single off the next. Last man Khaleel Ahmed then took a single but Jadeja holed out off the fifth to give Afghanistan a morale-boosting tie with the defending champions. India rested five top players -- skipper Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar -- as they had already qualified for Friday’s final. The winner of Wednesday’s match between Pakistan and Bangladesh will meet India in … [Read more...] about Shahzad ton helps Afghanistan tie against India
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Indian pop legend Usha Uthup comes to town for Diwali fest
Indian pop legend Usha Uthup comes to town for Diwali fest (09-11-2007) HCMCITY — Usha Uthup, one of India's most popular divas of the last three decades, will sing in HCM City this weekend during celebrations to mark Diwali, the largest Hindu festival. She will belt out many of her hits in Indian, English and other foreign languages, including Spanish, Italian, Swahili, Russian, and Chinese. For her performance in the city, Usha is undergoing a crash course in Vietnamese in Kolkata, hoping to sing Vietnamese songs with passion. She says learning the language will help her understand the song's meaning and the emotions involved. Usha has to her credit over 200 albums besides soundtracks for 150 Hindi and regional films. With her trademark passion and speed of delivery, she has just completed a brand new studio album and is set to release it during the course of the year. Accolades have come from all over the world and she has sung for prime ministers and presidents. Indira Gandhi … [Read more...] about Indian pop legend Usha Uthup comes to town for Diwali fest
Sports in Brief on July 6, 2007
*Viet Nam's badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh crashed out of the SCG World Grand Prix Thailand Open Badminton Championships 2007 in Bangkok yesterday. After astonishingly defeating Denmark's world 28th seed Joachim Persson, Tien Minh was beaten by India's Anup Sridhar, who is ranked 48th, in straight games (21 - 14, 21 - 14). The Vietnamese player will next participate in a badminton competition in the Philippines from July 17 to 22. *Romania's Irina Gloaba will be the new coach for Ho Chi Minh City's canoeing team. The 29-year-old expert graduated from her Canoe Coaching course in Romania and everyone expects that her efforts will improve the city teams' performance. Irina Gloaba will also train Ho Chi Minh City's young talents to take part in a national competition in Ha Noi in October. The Romanian coach visited Viet Nam on June 19 to watch the 2007 National Canoeing Championship in Da Nang, in which Ho Chi Minh City won five gold, five silver and four bronze medals. *The … [Read more...] about Sports in Brief on July 6, 2007
Rotting corpses spark fears of epidemic amid Uttarakhand floods
Rotting corpses contaminating water sources and poor sanitation amid devastating floods in northern India could lead to a serious outbreak of diseases such as cholera and dysentery, aid groups warned on Wednesday. Authorities have so far been focusing on rescuing thousands of pilgrims who visit the region for its sacred Hindu temples and shrines, but aid agencies, struggling to get past roads choked by landslides to local villagers, warned of another disaster unfolding in form of an outbreak of diseases. Aid workers said they were concerned that a combination of heavy rains and corpses lying out in the open would contaminate streams and rivers. "We are getting reports from the field that there are rotting bodies lying around, many of them semi-buried in soil and rubble that came down from the mountains," said Zubin Zaman, Humanitarian Manager for Oxfam India, which is working in Rudraprayag, one of the worst affected districts. "There are also carcasses of livestock in rivers … [Read more...] about Rotting corpses spark fears of epidemic amid Uttarakhand floods