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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo & Golden Shoe

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have drawn levelled with each other on 41 goals in La Liga over the weekend, breaking the previous record of 40 set by the Portuguese forward last season. Messi hit two as Barcelona came from behind to beat Levante 2-1 on Saturday, whilst in the earlier kick off, Ronaldo scored a header as Madrid won 3-1 at home to Sporting Gijon. Both players now lead the European Golden Shoe standing with 82 points. Players such as Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Forlan and Lionel Messi have won the European Golden Shoe in the past few seasons.



Rank
Player          
Country
Club
League
Weight
Goals
Points
1
 ARG
 ESP
2
41
82
=
 POR
 ESP
2
41
82
3
 NED
 ENG
2
27
54
4
 GER
 GER
2
25
50
5
 NED
 GER
2
24
48
=
 TUR
 TUR
1.5
32
48
=
 ENG
 ENG
2
24
48
8
 SWE
 ITA
2
23
46
=
A Cekulajevs
 LVA
Trans*
 EST
1
46
46
 10
 COL
 ESP
1.5
22
44
* = league season finished

Search efforts continue in Siachen, Pakistan


After weather cleared, rescue operation is in full swing at Gayari sector in Siachen. The search and rescue operation for retrieving Pakistan Army soldiers and civilians trapped in the avalanche is continuing. German and Swiss experts had pointed out three preferential spots, where rescue work is underway. The experts have advised using traditional digging tools instead of deploying heavy machinery at these probable points. Over 550 persons including Army soldiers, locals and foreign experts are participating in the search and rescue operation, while eight US experts could not join the rescue activity. The Met office has forecasted that weather will remain clear on Monday and Tuesday, while next wave of snowfall will start from April 18.

Footballer 'kills himself'


A South Korean footballer who was banned for life has taken his own life, police said Monday. However, it would be too early to detrmine how he died. It is the third suicide linked to the controversy that erupted last year. Lee Kyung-Hwan, 24, was Saturday found critically injured in front of an apartment building in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul, after apparently jumping off the building, a city police official told AFP. He was pronounced dead on his way to hospital, he said.The former midfielder played from 2009 to 2011 for Daejeon Citizen and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of the K-League until he received a life ban last year after admitting involvement in widespread match fixing. Prosecutors in 2011 charged 57 people - 46 current and former players and 11 criminal gang members and bookmakers - for fixing the results of 15 matches in 2010. The players were charged with fixing games after taking bribes from betting rings. All of them, including Lee, were banned for life by the country s football association. Lee received three years  probation in court. Last October, Lee Soo-Cheol, a former coach of the military football club was found dead in an apparent suicide after being sentenced to two years in prison with probation for his involvement in match fixing. In May, Jeong Jong-Kwan, a 29-year-old midfielder for a third-division professional league team, committed suicide at a hotel in Seoul while being investigated over the scandal.

Pakistan defence budget


The government has decided to raise defence budget by Rs 50 billion in the next fiscal. In this way, the volume of defence budget would be up from Rs 495 billion to Rs 545 billion. The target of economic ratio of production would be 4.5%. According to officials of Ministry for Finance, the target of tax recoveries would be set by Rs 2338 billion while provinces would be provided Rs 373 billion in grants. The budget deficit would be Rs 1125 billion. The finance ministry also said that the provinces would be given Rs 1421 billion under the National Finance Commission Award.