Rafael Nadal out of Olympic Games due to injury

 Defending Olympic champion Rafael Nadal drew out of the London Games with an unidentified fitness problem on Thursday, by winding up his chances to charming a second straight gold medal.  
“I am not in condition to compete in the London Olympics and therefore will not travel as planned with the Spanish delegation to take part in the games,” said by Nadal

He did not mention any definite injury, but he cancelled a charity match in Madrid on July 4 because of muscle problem in his left knee. He has had periodic knee problems in the past. He has not played any match    since he was eradicated in the second round of Wimbledon to then 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol, one of the most astounding results in the tournament’s history.

“I have to think about my companions, I can’t be selfish and I have to think of what’s best for Spanish sport, especially tennis and Spanish players and give fellow sportsmen with better preparation the chance to compete,” he said.

“I tried to hurry my preparations and training to the very last minute, but it was not to be,”

Nadal, who won the singles tournament at the 2008 Beijing Games, was fixed to be the flag holder for Spain during the opening ceremony.

He further added that this decision “is one of the saddest days of my career as one of my biggest desires, that of being Spain’s flag bearer in the opening ceremony of the games in London, cannot be. You can imagine how difficult it was to take this decision.”

German state collects Swiss data to trace tax frauds

The authorities of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia bought a CD from Switzerland with the bank details of wealthy Germans as pa
rt of a drive to identify fraudsters, the Financial Times Germany in its online edition on Saturday.

The CD contains the names and bank details of around 1,000 Germans rich, who are the customers of the Zurich branch of Coutts, the private banking arm of Royal Bank of Scotland better as banker to the Queen Elizabeth is known, said newspaper said, citing insiders Information.

Presumably, these customers have avoided paying a tax amount, the newspaper said.

"We are aware of the speculation continues to the media about a possible breach of the confidentiality of customer data in Coutts," a spokesman for Coutts said.

"After careful consideration, we have no evidence as a violation to have occurred," she added.

The Ministry of Finance State has neither confirmed nor denied that it had bought the CD. "We have no indication that this is correct," said Mario Tuor, spokesman for the unit of the Swiss government to negotiate the tax dispute.

The origin of the CD was not clear, but in 2010 several German states, including North Rhine-Westphalia said they bought CDs containing data of Swiss banking whistleblower to identify tax evaders in Germany. This has led thousands of Germans to declare their financial assets or risk imprisonment.

North Rhine-Westphalia has paid $ 3.5 million for the CD, according to the FTD, in a step to heat up even further, threatening the already tense relations between the two countries on tax matters.

Germany reached an agreement with Switzerland to rise in September last year to taxes on German assets in Swiss bank accounts, which entered into force next year, subject to the approval of the German Bundestag. Under the agreement, Germany will no longer be allowed to buy CDs with control data.

"We can not accept the contract from the tax on the company with Switzerland, as it is, without the consent of the governed states of Social Democrats and Greens can not he come into force," said Norbert Walter Borjans, finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, which is led by the Social Democrats.

"It makes sense that we do not act as if the agreement does already applied," he told Reuters.

German tax authorities raided Credit Suisse clients and the French authorities searched the homes of employees of UBS this week, deepening the crackdown on foreigners who hide money in offshore accounts, Swiss tax evasion.

Borjans Walter said that the raids have shown that it was necessary to obtain information,

Lamont peterson sure to defeat Amir khan in rematch

The current unified WBA (super) and IBF light welterweight, Lamont Peterson, is all set to Amir Khan in a rematch is scheduled for 19 May at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and the United States has the confidence to guarantee another victory over the Brit.
Announced on 28 years, better known as Havoc, Mr. Khan told the media that always fights the same way, and it can not easily change.
The boxer has a record of winning has added 30 of his 32 professional fights (1 draw), with 15 from his victories by KO would like to, there is no strategy to be changes for the second leg if he believes Khan is not on anything else cause the ring.

"He will do what he always does, always has the same fight," said Peterson.
"It is either linear or straight back. This is how he fights, he did not intend to change it.
"I'll be relaxed, because I'm still in the ring, but a lot of pressure on him because he won the last fight, he said, and that change for the next fight."
Peterson and Khan fight last December 10 was at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, unfortunately, ended up in a storm of controversy.
The Bolton man, commonly known as King Khan called, has always maintained that he was the winner of the night, but Peterson plans to say such things is not good to do for him.
"He's always saying he is the champion, but it is not. It is everywhere. Really, I do not know what to do with him.
"If he loses, after he fights with me, he loses the fight, on average, not only a world champion. People need to see what you can hear not only what you can do."
Well, all is said and done, there is barely a month off for Khan and Peterson takes from each other and it is fair to say that their struggle is certainly controversial.

Bangladesh cricket team will visit Pakistan this year

The rejection of the idea of ​​compulsion, the chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Mustafa Kamal said his team visit to Pakistan this year.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was looking for Bangladesh on the occasion of an invitation to a series of 50 per game, later this month. However, the BCB was looking reluctant to come to Pakistan.
Could be warned, however, Mustafa Kamal statement after the Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Tuesday released sporting relations with Bangladesh under threat, if Bangladesh refuses to go to Pakistan to qualify for a bilateral series.
He said: "I think we need to rethink our relations with Bangladesh, as they are not touring, we are, but I hope this situation will not come." It is against the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting, Pakistan and Bangladesh on tour or not, to be decided, he added.
He does not mention that other countries, Pakistan has been invited to visit the country and said there were people who did not want to see international cricket in the country and others have tried to quit.
In response to a question about the Indian team, said Ashraf, the tower was still pending, and if India wants Pakistan to their homeland, then the first tour, they plan to announce.
Earlier this year, a delegation from Bangladesh visited Pakistan to assess the security situation after the government and law enforcement authorities have the guarantee of security.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has proposed to appoint the arbitrator instead of neutral leaders, the promotion of bilateral series to continue. International officials are reluctant to officiate at competitions in difficulty to land because of the security situation.
Mustafa Kemal, who led the delegation, promised to the case in the council meeting of the ICC in Dubai from April 14 to 16 planned to discuss.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasnia Wajid gives final approval by the invitation of the Board for a limited overs series.

Australia beat SriLanka

Australia beat Sri Lanka by five points in a thrilling One Day (ODI) International Commonwealth Bank Series at WACA, Perth, Australia, Friday, February 10, 2012.
Batting first, the home team was unable to make a big impression and was just 231 points for 49.1 overs. Skipper Michael Clarke was the only batsman scoring a half century in the innings, as he top scored with 57 tracks.
However, the veteran drummer was not able to bat through the innings, which upset his side with five balls to spare saws. There were also a few starts of some of the few Australian batsmen other, but nobody was able to capitalize on this.
Sri Lanka's bowlers were disciplined and almost all chipped in, picking up wickets. Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Anglo Mathews has managed to collect some few wickets in each innings.
In response, the tourists took a good start, with a long stroke of 40 by opener Tillakaratne Dilshan. However, wickets began to tumble after class 20, which has almost the feel of the game.

Mathews was not ready to give up, as he continued to score points, not to worry about the fall of wickets at the end. He scored above the competition with a 64-track tape firm, but was sacked in the last over when his side need to win six in a few
beads.
Australia Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers, as he fired a few drummers, including Mathews in the final course.
Clarke was happy with his bowlers, but said the store had to shoot. He said: ... "Our bowlers won the praise We were probably 25-30 runs short on this wicket learn much Starc The wicket was a bit slow, no one has gone on
receive one hundred today. I felt a little bogged down with the bat, but he tried to hang with the other boys. "
On the other hand, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene adds. "A great use of Angelo, but we gave too wickets in the overs way to lose our way, we work hard with the ball, we do not have some large stands with a bat" .

Amir khan will again fight with lamont peterson

After nearly two months of frequently talks that included allegations of in-decorum from one camp following their championship fight, Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson will fight a rematch on May 19 in Las Vegas.
The Briton boxer was granted his desire for a rematch after his provocative loss to the American last December.
Lamont Peterson of the United States won the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welterweight titles after beating Khan in controversial fashion, back in 2011.

Amir Khan trailed an appeal against the results, citing concerns about points’ deductions by the referee, but ultimately dropped his claim.
The Pakistani-origin Briton boxer publicized the fight on Twitter. He observed, “At last I got the fight I deserve.”
The pair will fight for a second time at Las Vegas’s Mandalay Bay Hotel after their first match took place in Peterson’s hometown of Washington, DC (District Columbia).
Richard Schaefer, chief executive of Khan’s promoter Golden Boy, told media, “We have a deal, we are all set. This is going to be a big, and I mean a very big fight. The first fight was a tremendous fight, an all-action fight, a lot of debate, a lot of questions surrounding it so this one here is hopefully going to clear up all these question marks.”
The WBA ordered a rematch earlier this month, claiming there were multiple irregularities in the first fight, and giving Peterson 180 days to agree terms with Khan for a new fight.
Amir Khan was initially unhappy with referee Joseph Cooper for abstracting two points for pushing, and the way he judged the competition.
In the days after the bout, Khan also used his Twitter account to ask a series of questions about a anonymous man, who was seen at ringside talking to Michael Welsh, the WBA scoring supervisor, during the match.
The mysterious man was subsequently named as Mustafa Amin who joined the fight as a guest of the IBF but had no official role that evening.
Amin while speaking to a British TV channel rejected the charges, saying he was only correcting mistakes and that Welsh was complaining of feeling poorly.

US Army Colonel shindigs US titles of success in Afghanistan

An officer of the U.S. military must cover the U.S. military paint a misleading picture of progress in the war in Afghanistan, while the Kabul government accused of many failures.
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis intentionally beaten in line with the official record of the war, after a year in the country, issuing a gloomy assessment, and his bosses accused of hiding the harsh realities that undermine the mission.
"What I saw did not have a contract with the pink official statements of U.S. military on local conditions," Davis wrote in an article in Armed Forces Journal, a newspaper published private not affiliated with the Pentagon.
"Instead, I have a lack of success experienced by nearly all levels," he wrote, entitled "Truth, Lies and Afghanistan. As military leaders have failed us'

Afghan local officials who do not respect the Afghan people and their security forces are reluctant to fight insurgents or conspired with the Taliban, he said.
"How many people you have a mission that is not successful in support, and supports a family of more than seven years of optimistic statements by U.S. leaders die in Afghanistan?" He said in his article.
Davis would have pessimistic view of some members of Congress and a secret version of his article written for the Ministry of Defence, an unusual step divided, he expects that will be the wrath of his commanders and his short career
Career.
The Pentagon politely strike down with Davis's image of war, but he stopped short of suggesting disciplinary action.
Lieutenant-Colonel Davis is clear about his opinion on the narrator George Little told reporters, adding that the Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, has "very high confidence in his commanders in Afghanistan, because that 'they provide estimates of the event
on the ground in the war. "