London, Mar. 13 : Coach Rafael Benitez will meet the owners of the Liverpool Football Club next week to discuss his future. A final decision is to be made within a fortnight, The Guardian reports.
Benitez''s position has been the subject of recent speculation linking him with a move to Real Madrid and he has been quick to take advantage of Liverpool''s win over the Spanish champions on Tuesday to defend his record.
Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 13: Australian captain Ricky Ponting is scared that the "glitz and glamour" of Twenty20 will overtake Test cricket in the popularity stakes.
New Delhi, Mar 13 : Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta held video conference with senior officials of the states where Indian Premier League (IPL) matches are scheduled to be played in April-May following their demand for central forces to host the cricketing tournament.
Gupta held consultations with seven states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
During the 90-minute video conference, the states have again told the Home Ministry that it was not possible to hold the matches without additional security personnel from the central grid.
Sunderland, England - West Ham United have agreed a 10 million pound (13.9million-dollar) compensation package with Sheffield United to settle the dispute over Carlos Tevez, according to reports in the British media on Friday.
United argued that the Argentinian forward's involvement in a number of games in 2007-07 while in breach of the Premier League's regulations on third-party ownership had been decisive in West Ham staying up while they were relegated.
Tehran, Mar. 13: Iran beat the United States in a wrestling competition in Tehran on Thursday, the same day President Obama announced that the U. S. is extending sanctions against that nation for one more year.
Six U. S. wrestlers participated in the two-day Takhti Cup at Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) sports complex, along with athletes from Cuba, Turkey and other nations.
The Iranians took ten of the competition's twelve medals.
"We made some pretty critical mistakes," U. S. head coach Zeke Jones.
"It is always a wonderful opportunity to compete with the Iranians. They are such a great wrestling country. It is one of the best tournaments in the world," he added.