Tag: Fans

LONDON - Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has apologised to the club's supporters after criticising them in an angry outburst following Wednesday's shock 1-0 defeat against struggling Wolves at Anfield. Hodgson was furious after sections of the Liverpool support showed their displeasure at his reign with a sarcastic chant of "Hodgson for England" before calling for Reds legend Kenny Dalglish to be installed as manager. The former Fulham boss,
who only replaced Rafael Benitez as

PESHAWAR - Amidst absence of audience and game lovers on the first day of 31st National Games, a number of sports events were held at different venues in Peshawar, Islamabad, Mardan and Abbottabad.
Since early Sunday morning, hundreds of game lovers, mostly youngsters from all over Khyber PK, assembled on main entrance to Khan Qayyum Stadium at Peshawar Saddar. However, they were didn't allow to enter on what the custodian of law and order claim "security grounds."
The

BEIJING - Chinese basketball fans and pundits speculated Saturday about the possible end of an era following NBA superstar Yao Ming's latest injury setback, urging the national sports hero to consider retirement.
The 7ft 6in Houston Rockets centre, who sat out all of last season after reconstructive surgery on a broken left foot, was working to come back from a left ankle injury suffered last month. This week, however, an MRI exam revealed a stress fracture in Yao's ankle, and

Actress Keira Knightley deliberately dresses down when she is out in public because she's too shy to talk to her fans. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star admits she struggles with fame because she is naturally "very shy" and feels uncomfortable when members of the public stop her in the street.
Knightley always wears her scruffiest clothes when out and about in a bid to go unnoticed, and avoids showbiz parties to maintain her low profile, but the 25 year old fears her tactics

Actress/model Elizabeth Hurley has thanked fans for their support in the wake of her split from her husband Arun Nayar. The 'Austin Powers' star revealed on Sunday that she parted from Nayar "a few months ago" after almost four years of marriage.
Her announcement came just hours after the 'News of the World' revealed Hurley spent two nights with cricket ace Shane Warne at a London hotel last week. Hurley was flooded with messages of support on her Twitter blog following her

MOSCOW: Russian football fans and ultranationalists ran riot in the centre of Moscow on Saturday, when a demonstration against the death of a fan descended into violence that left 13 people hospitalised. Thousands of fans, supported by members of far-right groups, gathered in Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin for the unauthorised protest, with some shouting slogans such as "Russia for Russians" and performing Nazi salutes, according to an AFP photographer.
They were protesting

LOS ANGELES: Harry Potter is on the way to his biggest magic act yet. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" conjured up $61.2 million domestically in its first day, positioning it for the best opening weekend ever for the series about the young wizard.
Friday's haul puts "Deathly Hallows" on track to shoot past the franchise's previous high, a $102.7 million opening weekend for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in 2005.
"Deathly Hallows" lands at No. 5 on the

ISLAMABAD: With biggies like 'Dabangg', 'Golmaal-3' and 'Guzaarish' being screened and no new Urdu film being released, Indian movies were the big draw for Pakistani cineastes on Eid Wednesday with filmmakers admitting that the local industry just could not match up.
Pakistani cinema has been on the decline for several years and the situation this year seemed no different. There are hardly any movies being produced in the national language Urdu, and there are few takers for the

ABU DHABI: Pakistani taxi driver Kamal Shah has been part of the madding crowd addicted to international cricket ever since matches first came to the Gulf three decades ago. Privately he was delighted when Pakistan was forced to host matches in the United Arab Emirates, far from Islamist militants and rampant insecurity at home, because it gave him the chance to watch his idols.
But spot-fixing allegations against Pakistan on their recent tour of England has left Shah with a

Kim Cattrall has revealed that she often hates her 'Sex And The City' fame because it has made her a target for over-eager fans, who interfere with her privacy.
The actress shot to international stardom with the role of man-eater Samantha Jones in the hugely popular TV show.
And the star admits she finds fame a burden, especially when strangers approach her in her free time.
"I try not to be rude to fans but I need to have boundaries. Recently I was enjoying a quiet