Manchester United set to break 300-million markLONDON - English and European champions Manchester United is all set to become the first Premier League club to cross the annual turnover of 300 million pounds. $330 million may make Messi world’s most expensive playerMADRID/BARCELONA - Some 254 million euros, close to $330 million: that is what it would cost to get the talented football forward Lionel Messi away from Barcelona in accordance with Spanish law. Pakistanis detained on charges of financing terrorismMADRID/BARCELONA - Spanish police Tuesday detained six Pakistanis on suspicion of tax evasion and of financing Islamist terrorism, judicial sources said. Messi is the best in the world, says MaradonaBUENOS AIRES - Argentina coach Diego Maradona has named Barcelona striker Lionel Messi ‘the best (player) in the world,’ even through Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned the 2008 World Footballer. Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla in Spanish cup quartersMADRID - Spanish giants Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla cruised into the quarter-finals of the Spanish King’s Cup football, knocking out Atletico Madrid, Racing Santander and Deportivo Coruna respectively. Spanish fashion designer Armand Basi diesBARCELONA - Spanish fashion designer and entrepreneur Armand Basi died in Barcelona after a long illness, his company has said. Basi was 84. Caffeine produces greater effect on men than womenLONDON - Caffeine produces a greater effect on men than women. The effect begins to make itself felt just 10 minutes after it is drunk. |