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World Cup is back in Asia

World Cup is back in Asia IN WHAT can be called a major victory for India as far as hosting events of an extravagant nature is concerned, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have won the bid to host the cricket World Cup 2011. Announcing the decision on Sunday, the ICC also said the 2015 World Cup would go to Australia and New Zealand, and the 2019 event to England. I.S. Bindra, who represented Asia, said the theme of the presentation was Cricket First. We simply explained that in this part of the world, cricket is a religion and everything come after that,

Oceania could join Asia playoffs - Blatter

Oceania could join Asia playoffs - Blatter President of world governing body Fifa, Sepp Blatter, yesterday said future champions of Oceania could join the final round of Asian qualifiers for future World Cups. Oceania's current "half" place could shrink if the regional winners had to join a group of Asian teams instead of being involved in a two-leg playoff against a fifth-ranked South American team for direct World Cup qualification. "I think the solution will be to have the winner of the Oceania elimination join the Asian group," Blatter told reporters in Tokyo. "I don't know if we will say it's

If Asia stays right in 2006, so will the world economy

If Asia stays right in 2006, so will the world economy With a couple of notable exceptions 2005 was a good year for the world economy. Despite rising US interest rates and soaring oil prices there was rapid growth in the US and even more rapid growth in China and India. Emerging Asia did well too and Japan managed faster growth than either the UK or the eurozone. The exceptions were the European big three and the UK. In Europe Germany barely reached 1 per cent growth, Italy barely grew at all and France seems to have grown by little more

Asia observes World AIDS Day with marches, education campaigns

Asia observes World AIDS Day with marches, education campaigns FATICK, Senegal (AP) - School children in Senegal pledged to abstain from sex, and Indian village women cast off a veil of shame about their HIV status as World AIDS Day was marked around the globe Thursday. About 40 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Some three million are expected to die of AIDS this year. Africa, with only 10 per cent of the world's population, suffers more than half of its infections and one in every 14 African adults is

The future of football is Asia

The future of football is Asia This is the first in a four-part series on the IFA Shield. Franz Beckenbauer is President of FC Bayern Munich. For me, it is a joyous occasion that a team of FC Bayern Munich is participating in the prestigious 111th IFA Shield tournament. Unfortunately, my job as head of the 2006 FIFA World Cup organising committee does not permit me to accompany our young team, and my good old friend and colleague Gerd Mueller, on this journey. I have committed myself to visit all 31 countries that have qualified for the 2006 World Cup, which will be