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Saudi Arabia’s Hamad named Asia’s top player

Saudi Arabia’s Hamad named Asia’s top player KUALA LUMPUR: Saudi Arabia defender Hamad Al Montashari was named Asian Player of the Year yesterday and Japan were crowned Team of the Year at an awards ceremony overshadowed by controversy. The Al Ittihad star beat off the challenge of Uzbekistan’s Dynamo Kiev striker Maksim Shatskikh for a title diminished by the exclusion of most of Asia’s best players because they could not travel to Kuala Lumpur. An Asian Football Confederation (AFC) dictate that a player must attend the ceremony to be eligible for the award ruled out Manchester United star Park Ji-Sung and

Asia’s largest Trade Fair concludes, Gujarat, Russia win ’Best Pavilion’ awards

Asia's largest Trade Fair concludes, Gujarat, Russia win 'Best Pavilion' awards The fortnight-long 25th India Fair (IITF), the largest trade fair in Asia, came to an end with a colourful ceremony here on Sunday. Hundreds and thousands of people thronged on the closing day which witnessed participants from across thend states within the country, concluded with awards being given away to the pavilions in different categories. In domestic pavilions category, Gujarat bagged the goldand Kerala and Chhattisgarh were awarded silver medals. While in foreign pavilion category, Russia was awarded gold medal and Thailand won silver medal. More:

Bhutia named captain for Asia Cup

Bhutia named captain for Asia Cup Mercurial striker Baichung Bhutia, though struggling with injury, was on Monday named captain of the 24-member Indian team for the AFC Asia Cup qualifying round match against Japan to be played at Yokohama on February 22. The team will also travel to Hong Kong for a friendly with the hosts. The squad was picked from a pool of 28 players who sweated it out in a camp under chief coach Syed Naeemuddin. The team comprises three goalkeepers, seven defenders, six midfielders and four strikers, besides four standbys. Straddled with injury, the team was sans Climax Lawrence, Samir Naik

Russias Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Asia conference

Russias Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Asia conference Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Friday in Almaty for a summit dedicated to boosting trust in Asia. The second summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia opens on Saturday. Later on Friday, Putin will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. He is also scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and hold negotiations with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. On June 18, the Russian and Kazakh presidents will visit the Baikonur space center where they will watch the launch of a Kazakh

Telecom equipment sales to reach US$47 billion in Asia-Pacific in 2007

Telecom equipment sales to reach US$47 billion in Asia-Pacific in 2007 The Asia-Pacific telecom equipment market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% from US$43 billion in 2005 to US$47 billion in 2007, according to In-Stat. Major growth drivers in the region include the expansion of all types of networks in China and India, accelerating deployment of high-speed Internet access networks in developed markets including Japan and South Korea, as well as the implementation and extension of third-generation (3G) wireless networks throughout the Asia-Pacific equipment market, the market research firm noted. As competition will intensify in the marketplace,