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Roos stars unavailable for cup

Roos stars unavailable for cup While Socceroos management is still holding on to a thread of hope that Mark Viduka, Tim Cahill, John Aloisi, Mark Schwarzer, Harry Kewell and Marco Bresciano will be available for their away game on February 22 and home game on March 1 against yet-to-be-determined opponents, the odds are heavily against them playing. Despite some optimism a month ago that the Socceroos would be able to field a very strong line-up, an overseas source confirmed yesterday that the players will be forced to stay with their clubs when the cup qualifiers are being played. "The players have

Europe may host India-Pakistan one-dayers

Europe may host India-Pakistan one-dayers India and Pakistan are likely to play a five-match ODI series in Europe in 2007, according to David Collier, the England Cricket Board (ECB) chief. England could host two matches with the remaining to be staged at other venues in Europe. "We've had some discussions. It's more likely it will be considered in 2007," Collier told BBC Sport. "We've got a number of broadcasting issues we need to look at but clearly an India-Pakistan one-day series has some great attractions." Lalit Modi, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said that Lord's

Asia rides wave of Korean pop culture invasion

Asia rides wave of Korean pop culture invasion YANGJOO, South Korea -- A farm, even a fake one, is cold this time of year, so the Japanese retiree had some trouble wriggling his many layers into the king's costume. His wife, in a matching get-up, primped excitedly for the photos. Like many Japanese and Chinese visitors, Takahara Uetani and his wife, Kaiko, traveled to this television theme park on the edge of Seoul for the chance to don royal Korean robes, wander the set of their favorite soap opera and savor a culture that suddenly enchanted them. "We like this show much more

Linking Europe and Northeast Asia

Linking Europe and Northeast Asia The Korean War did not end when the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953. Only the shooting stopped. The effects of that war still stand in the way of a stable peace in Northeast Asia. In Washington, on that same July day, those European countries that sent troops to the Korean War under the U.N. flag signed a joint declaration pledging that they would resist any new armed attack. That declaration is still legally valid and it serves as a reminder that any major military conflict or crisis in Korea would cause immediately serious consequences

Randhawa ready for Volvo Masters of Asia

Randhawa ready for Volvo Masters of Asia Jyoti Randhawa defends his US $600,000 Volvo Masters of Asia title this week at Thai Country Club in a far better prepared manner than his last Volvo event. Two weeks ago the Indian played the first two rounds of the Volvo China Open using borrowed clubs and wearing trainers as his luggage arrived late following a long trip from the World Cup in Portugal. He handled the situation extremely well by opening with rounds of 71 and 67 to be in the hunt, and on the eve of this week's Volvo event quipped: "This time my