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. "

Daniel Radcliffe life after Harry Potter

In July last year, Daniel Radcliffe in a huge crowd in Trafalgar Square in central London, where he attended  the world premiere of the latest installment of the Harry Potter and his every word greeted with a standing ovation. The 22-year-old, but now
Concluded with the role that gave him a multimillionaire and decided to pursue his film career, he must find a way to reinvent itself.
This is exactly what he did with the woman in black, horror, now billboards to reach in South Florida, where he plays a young lawyer in a remote village to take over the management of a property in one house plans that can
or may not be prosecuted.
Radcliffe admits that the proposal, the movie star, he could go for paper that would change his image has been found. "I am the last day of filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and ended two hours later, I read the script on the level
goes to Los Angeles, "he said, adding that the experience was certainly a revelation to him.
"I feel  I  learned more from James Watkins, our director in this film, after 12 weeks of filming, with all directors of Harry Potter. Not because they are better or worse, but because in the Harry Potter franchise, has been so long and enormous machines, so the
Operation, it is very difficult for all the different aspects of history. Unlike the woman in black, I was more involved from the starting to the end and stayed there all day. "

The ninth warmest year (2011)

(WASHINGTON) The average temperature worldwide last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern climatological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on Thursday.

An other  report from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (said the average temperature for the United States in 2011 as the 23rd warmest year on record.

The global average surface temperature for 2011 was 0.92degrees F (0.51 degrees C) warmer than the mid-20thcentury starting point temperature, researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies said in a statement. The institute's temperature record began in 1880.

The first 11 years of the new century were especially hotter than the middle and late 20th century, according to institute director James Hansen. The only year from the 20th century that was among the top 10 warmest years was 1998.

These high global temperatures come even with the cooling effects of a strong La Nina ocean temperature pattern and low solar activity for the past several years, said Hansen, who has long stumped against human-spurred climate change.

The NASA statement said the current higher temperatures are largely sustained by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is emitted by various human activities, from coal-fired power plants to fossil-fueled vehicles to human breath.

Current levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceed 390 parts per million, compared with 285 ppm in 1880 and 315 by1960, NASA said.

Last year was also a year of record-breaking climate extremes in the United States, which contributed to 14 weather and climate disasters with economic impact of $1 billion or more each, according to NOAA. This number does not count apre-Halloween snowstorm in the Northeast, which is still being analyzed.

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center said the average 2011 temperature for 2011 for the connecting United States was 53.8degrees F, which is 1 degree above the 20th-century average. The agency said average precipitation across the country was near normal, but this masks record-breaking extremes of drought and precipitation,.

Men's fashion week in London

On Sunday, January 22 on the last day of the week,Paris men's week in the evening for an official reception in the galleries of men in London, the British Fashion Council called for pressure on the basis of the distributor in the UK, with dinner in the elegant restaurant terrible after Paris. Was a national meeting on foreign soil, and can only do the British (no wonder that many of the colonies and it was) and not a great event. The reason we were there in the fashion of the historic declaration of Harold Tillman, the Central Bank, Chairman of the witness BFC. Following the submission of Mr. Tillman, including a video featuring interviews with some of the men's fashion designer in London, editor of GQ British, and Dylan Jones in the statement. The collection of men the whole of London - including the press, buyers, designers and public relations - and stood silently as Mr. Jones told us the following: commencement of the season next week, and will be added to a self-International Programme on men week of the season. Men run the show week in London, 17 June 15, 2012, and includes initiatives that will be Sir Paul Smith.

Needless to say, after the official start of this beautiful evening, we receive all the champagne and partying until the early hours. You can use the British from the UK, but you can not England the British. Night was very special, especially because they did not get on British soil. We were there, of London about 150 stuck in a restaurant in Paris, all together in our commitment to the UK men's fashion - a concept that existed before the day of London Fashion Week men, not for several years almost exclusively on Saville Row. When I returned, James Long and his sister, Charlotte the label of the most famous, came to London. Then I saw Cozette McCreery Joe Pitts, brothers and sisters, who, with his male co designer specialized Mr. Bryan, as a half coherent fashion couture men in London. Through the will of the long and siblings of the city is now moving towards a new era of menswear.

But in the occurrence, even if the smaller less likely to like William Richard Green, Sam AGI, and Bartmann and Siegel, who played all still play an important role in maintaining the menswear London young, dynamic and diverse - and in so many ways. Think about what the launching of three days for men - with what we have now, and stay inside - it's the designers and their works do not believe it. And not only in the United Kingdom. In Milan and Paris empire men's fashion, which is rarely adding new labels on official time, and almost welcomes all new designers are fashion house large if they are in a platform such as fashion week said in London to encourage young artists and give them a bridge, the projection A and the chance to win a major change in the scene men, we can imagine. Suddenly, the possibilities are endless. This is exactly what is needed is the right man at the moment. Oh, and you may see Katie Eary now finally have a schedule!

pakistan defeat england by hard word

Left arm spinner Abdul-Rehman on Tuesday refuse to Pakistan to win the world No. 1 in England to accept it as a surprise, said the team reached the lead 2-0 thanks to hard work.

Rehman played 72 deadline to get his team in the second test in Abu Dhabi, claiming a career-best 6-25 in England for 72 beams in the second innings - the lowest in all tests against Pakistan.

This gave an unassailable 2-0 to Pakistan in the series of three tests with the final in Dubai on February 3. Pakistan has played its first test of ten wickets, also in Dubai.

Rehman, 31, said Britain was not a shock.

"No, it is not surprising. We won because we worked very hard for the show and in the two Test matches, "said Rehman, who has 12 doors in two trials during his spinning partner Saeed Ajmal 17th

Rehman was England capitulation was a bit surprising.

"We had no idea that three or four days done, but because the team did well and the field has helped us when we won," said Rehman both tests are completed in three to four days, respectively.

Rehman said he had a brilliant support from Ajmal, who received a dozen ports - including a career-best 7-55 - in the first test.

"We have nothing like the door and I will be omitted, we support each other as much as anything in our hearts we still believe that whoever the doors to help the team should have," said Rehman.

Brilliant show of spin, Ajmal Naqshbandi and Rehman in the International Cricket Council rankings are increased. Ajmal is in second place, while Rehman has jumped to the ninth - the first time in 23 years that two Pakistani spinners in the Top Ten.

Haddin dropped from One-dayer Squad

Sydney - Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said Tuesday that he was behind was not equipped, the team from one day to India and Sri Lanka face and admitted that it will be too heavy for him back in place.

Haddin selectors said they had been excluded from the team of 14 men for the first three games of the series Tri-nation, had to give him a break after the 4-0 Test limestone of India, but 34 years to year.

"I think every time you think of the Australian cricket team that I am, you fell," he told Sky Sports Radio said.

"You give another man a chance to take your place and you have to see if they do well, you may find it difficult to obtain in the team.

"But it is what it is and I have to deal with it and make sure I'm ready to play it."

Haddin was made by Matthew Wade, who 10 years younger and says he wants to make the best of it.

"I'm happy for my chance to venture and see what happens there," Wade told reporters.

"I hope my best, I do not know what the voters have in mind those three games, but I will do my best to remove it with a difficult decision for me."

Haddin busy in the summer, the performance test and Wade praised his likely replacement selectors must decide to make a change.

Australia and India one day series on 5 February at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.