Mumbai Police has filed the chargesheet in connection with the IPL betting scandal.

 Mumbai Police has filed the chargesheet in connection with the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scandal case naming, among others, Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, Bollywood actor Vindoo Singh and Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf in the case.

Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan, and Vindoo are among the 22 arrested accused who were charged under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, Sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act and Sections 465, 466, 468, 471, 490, 420, 212, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. All the accused are out on bail and at least seven more persons are wanted in the case.

Umpire Asad Rauf is named in the IPL chargesheet as wanted accused. The 11,500-page charge sheet also names 15 bookies from Pakistan as wanted accused.

The next hearing in the case is set to be on 21 November.

Charges of cheating, gambling, forgery and conspiracy have been levelled against Gurunath Meiyappan. It is also being reported that Meiyappan was involved in betting but had no direct connection in spot fixing. Further charges under Section 130 of Mumbai Police Act have also been levelled against him.

As per reports no BCCI officials have been mentioned in the list of witnesses in the chargesheet.


According to police, a cricket betting gang was busted with the arrest of bookies Ramesh Vyas, Ashok Vyas and Pandurang Kadam from the city in May.

Vindoo was also found to be in touch with Meiyappan, who, armed with privileged information as the CSK team principal, allegedly placed "huge bets" on IPL matches, including those involving the Chennai franchise. He is said to have lost Rs 1 crore through betting. On May 24, Meiyappan, too, was arrested after he confessed to having placed bets, police said.

Usain Bolt 'would run 200m only' at Glasgow Commonwealth Games and other news.

Usain Bolt says he would probably only run the 200m if he decides to compete at next year's Commonwealth Games.

The six-time Olympic champion hopes to participate in Glasgow, but will discuss it with his coach Glen Mills.

Bolt's stance on drugs

"Supplements? No. I take vitamins only. We have remedies in Jamaica - lime and honey. That's all we take. Never [have I been offered drugs].
"As soon as there's a drugs scandal, the next day or two the testers are always there to check me. I have no problem, I tell [my whereabouts] them all the time. People say: 'Probably you don't get tested enough'. If they need to test me every day I have no problem with that.
"I'm still amazed [people try and cheat] because over the years they've caught pretty much everybody. I don't know if anybody has slipped under the radar but they're doing a good job."

"It's on my to-do list," Bolt, 27, told BBC Radio 5 live. "I really want to do it but I never go against my coach."

He said the 100m and 200m double would "probably would be unlikely", adding: "I probably would run the 200m if I go because it's my favourite event."

The Jamaican has never won a Commonwealth medal but added: "We are going to discuss it, we are not fully sure if I will go but throughout the season we will decide if that will be a good thing to do."

Bolt came to prominence with victory in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and did the same in London four years later.

He now aims to complete the 'treble treble' by winning all three disciplines at the 2016 Games in Rio to cement his legend status.

"That would be outstanding for me," said Bolt. "I've done so much so far and to go and to defend my titles once more would just set me apart from a lot of athletes.

"I want my name in stone with many other athletes - [boxer] Mohammed Ali, [runner] Michael Johnson, [basketball player] Michael Jordan - all these greats in their different sports.

Bolt says he would need to train if he were to face Britain's Mo Farah in a 600m challenge race

"I want to be among these guys when I retire, so that when people talk about sport I'm always in the mix."

Bolt is considering putting plans to end his career after the next Olympics on hold to run at the 2017 World Championships in London.

"I wanted to retire after Rio," he said. "But my fans are really saying: 'No, go one more year, do it one more time'. Then my sponsors came on board, so I might go one more year.

"I said it to my coach and he said it's possible, it can be done. We'll see."

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Mark Pougatch, Bolt also:

• suggested breaking his 100m and 200m world records next season is a "possibility".
• ruled out competing in the 400m or long jump - "I really wanted to try, but my coach said no, I'm too tall, it will lead to knee problems."
• supported Pakistan at cricket rather than the West Indies as a boy - "Waqar Younis was always my favourite bowler ever."
• revealed his favourite Manchester United players are Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra - "Evra always gives his all."
• explained why he is wary of dating English women - "All of a sudden I'm in the paper. Now I stay away from English ladies."

Looking to life after athletics, Bolt insists he has no interest in coaching or going into politics but would welcome the chance to become a father.

Bolt on his love life

"I'm dating right now. I like a certain lady, it's just taking my time, no rush. I just want to make sure it's right. You don't want to say yes and then it goes wrong then you have to start from scratch, so I'm waiting to see."

"Hopefully I'll have a family, so I'll be running behind my kids and just enjoying life - taking care of them, teaching them the lessons I've learned throughout life," he said.

"I'll definitely do a lot of charity. Not coaching, not politics. I've stressed my coach out, I've seen other athletes stress my coach out. Definitely not politics - I stay as far as possible away from politics.

"It's not going to bother me when I retire, I'll be fine with that. I just want to be remembered as one of the greats and I'll be fine."

Bolt may continue competing until the 2017 world championships.

Usain Bolt, the world`s fastest man, may continue competing until the 2017 world championships in London, the Jamaican told the BBC on Thursday.

The six-times Olympic champion had previously always said he planned to quit after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

"I wanted to retire after Rio but my fans are saying do it one more time and then my sponsors came on board. I might go one more year. My coach says it can be done," the eight-times world championship gold medallist said.

Bolt, 27, said it was still possible he could lower his world records from 9.58 seconds in the 100 metres and 19.19 in the 200, both times set four years ago.

"There`s a possibility," he said. "For me last season I said I wanted to but I started slowly and I got injured, the older you get the harder it is to come back from injury."

Bolt also said he would like to run in next year`s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

"It`s on my to-do list but I never try to go against my coach," he said.

"We`re going to discuss it, we`re not fully sure. It`s unlikely I`ll run both, I`ll probably be running the 200 metres if I go." 

200th Test could be Sachin Tendulkar’s last match.

 

If reports are to be believed then Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test against West Indies at home could well prove to be his last.

Various media reports have suggested that Tendulkar’s 200th Test against West Indies at home could his final game for Team India after his meeting with BCCI’s chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil.

Patil met Tendulkar few days back to discuss his future giving him indications that his selection for the future series and tours will be dependent upon his form and not past reputation.

The duo also discussed plans regarding Team India’s future and how the board wants to give more chances to promising youngsters in the team.

Meanwhile, Patil has dismissed reports of him giving indication to Sachin Tendulkar regarding his future with the Indian cricket team.

Of late, Tendulkar hasn’t been in the best of touch. His last Test century came way back in January 2011 against South Africa in Cape Town. Between then and now, his highest score has been 94 that he scored against West Indies at Mumbai in November 2011.

Ravindra Jadeja continues top the bowlers` list, Virat Kohli the highest-ranked at fourth in ICC ODI rankings.

Ravindra Jadeja continued to jointly top the bowlers` list, while Virat Kohli was the highest-ranked Indian batsman at fourth in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued on Tuesday.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unchanged at seventh in the batsmen`s list followed by Suresh Raina at a distant joint 16th.

In the bowling chart, R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar held on to their 18th and joint 20th position respectively. Jointly heading the list with West Indian Sunil Narine, Jadeja, however, slipped a rung to fourth in the all-rounder`s list.

Elsewhere, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is back in the top-10 of the Rankings for ODI Bowlers after he jumped six places to eighth in the latest update.

The latest rankings were released after Australia beat England by 49 runs in the fifth and final ODI at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, on Monday night to claim the series 2-1.

Johnson picked up five wickets in the series against England and returned to the top 10 for the first time since October 2011, when he was ranked fourth.

Outside the top 20, Boyd Rankin in 25th (up by 21), George Dockrell in 34th (up by five), Majid Haq in 56th (up by six), Kevin O`Brien in 63rd (up by three) and Ravi Bopara in 66th (up by nine) are the other bowlers to move in the right direction.

Shane Watson, player of the match for his knock of 143 in the fifth and final ODI, ended the series with a run tally of 187 and is now back in the top 10 of the batting table after moving up one place to 10th. Watson was last ranked in the top ten in June this year, in ninth position.

Watson`s effort with the bat and his three wickets in the series also helped him move up two places to third in the Rankings for ODI All-rounders, still headed by Mohammad Hafeez, with Shakib Al Hasan in second place. 

His confession to Police in the spot-fixing saga was under duress says Sreesanth.

Banned fast bowler S Sreesanth claimed innocence in a letter to the BCCI`s disciplinary Committee and said his confession to Police in the spot-fixing saga was under duress.

"Under the threat of arrest of my close relatives a statement was forcibly taken in the manner directed by the police," said Sreesanth, who was banned for life after being found guilty of spot-fixing in the IPL in an internal inquiry conducted by the Board`s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit chief Ravi Sawani.

"There is no confusion recorded by me willingly to the police. The police have mentally and physically harassed me and obtained signed statements. The conclusion arrived at by the Commissioner of Enquiry that I have committed offences ... is based on conjectures, guesses, inferences, and inadmissible police reports" Sreesanth said in the letter which was submitted to the Disciplinary Committee just before the hearing.

"The police have not intercepted any conversation between me and any others in support of the wild and fantastic charges levelled against me which has put me into manifest injustice and prejudice as I had no opportunity to refute them," said the 30-year-old pacer.

Sreesanth said it is too "distressing" for him because there is no concrete evidence against him.

"As regards seeking, accepting, offering or agreeing to accept any bribe there is no trace of evidence pointing out to any such incident at all," the Kerela pacer said.

"As regards the charges I respectfully beg to submit that all of them as has been conceded in the report itself are based on media reports and not any concrete and reliable evidence", he said.

"To cut short a cricket life like that solely on the basis of unreliable media reports, suspicions, generalizations, statement by accused etc will be too distressing to bear for me," Sreesanth said.

There are allegations that Sreesanth had given away 14 runs during an IPL 6 match and he had signaled to the bookies by putting a towel in his trousers and stretching before the over.

However, Sreesanth refuted all these allegations, saying it was a normal practice to use a towel or warming up before an over.

"It is not uncommon to use a towel in afternoon matches particularly in a place like Mohali in the month of April-May. Enough photographs are there to show that in many of the earlier matches I played, white colour towel had been used by me," he wrote in his letter.

"What is alleged as warming up against me is not really warming up but a manner of play which I did in other plays also. Conceding of 14 runs, I may respectfully point out that there was no guarantee that the Captain will ask me to bowl in a particular over," he said. 

Arsene Wenger Right to Stake Arsenal Future on Kindred Spirit Mesut Ozil.

When a Premier League manager stakes his own future on the success (or otherwise) of a blockbuster new signing, it is invariably taken as something of an act of desperation.

Yet when Arsene Wenger suggested on Thursday that his continued Arsenalemployment might ultimately depend on how record signing Mesut Ozil improves performances and results on the pitch over the coming weeks and months, the reaction was more understated than might have been expected.

  

Wenger’s current deal, worth around £7.5 million per annum, no insignificant sum of money to be seemingly so nonchalant about, expires at the end of the current campaign.

But, having already spent nearly 17 years at the helm, Wenger evidently (and justifiably) feels so sufficiently part of the furniture that, unlike with certain players who slipped out of the club’s grasp in similar situations, such contract discussions can be left to nearer the time.

“We are in September, and my contract finishes in June,” Wenger told the press on Thursday, according to John Cross of the Daily Mirror. “There is a long way to go. There is no need to plan [talks at this stage].”

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Olivier Giroud may benefit from Mesut Ozil's vision.

The Frenchman knows better than most how quickly the tide can change in football but has similarly proven better than most at riding things out. It was only early 2013, after all, when he was facing perhaps the gravest pressure of his tenure—at that point, he was wanted out by a vocal subsection of Gunners fans after a shocking Capital One Cup loss to Bradford City.

A subsequent run of great form in the league—a surge that ultimately secured Champions League qualification on the last day—assuaged the doubters, but an undercurrent of dissent remains close to the surface, as evidenced by the rush to condemn after a surprise opening-day loss to Aston Villa.

Probed further on Thursday about extending his stay at the Emirates, Wenger seemed to acknowledge that improved performances would likely be required:

I have said many times that I want to do well with this club, and in the end I will sit down and think how well I have done with the team I have had.

That has to be sufficient for me to decide yes or no.

One of the main judgments you can have about a manager is how well he does with his team.

That is where Ozil comes into the equation. At £42.5 million, the Germany international’s arrival has been lauded as a turning point for the club in more than one regard—not only will he improve the team on the pitch, but his transfer fee also hails a new era of more eye-catching spending from the North London club.

“Of course it is [a statement of intent],” Wenger added. “We went through a period of restricted finances [after building the Emirates] when the aim was to stay in the Champions League.

“We are in a strong financial position now.”

More optimistic about the options available to him, Wenger seems happy to let the board—who, admittedly, have long seemed to be closely allied to their manager—judge him on his results over the remainder of the season.

Perhaps that is because, in addition to Ozil’s obvious qualities as a footballer, Wengersenses a kindred spirit.

Like Wenger, Ozil has had to face a wave of criticism in the media in recent times, becoming the victim of Real Madrid’s propaganda machine as the club’s president,Florentino Perez, has attempted to explain the popular playmaker’s sale back in Spain.

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In planted stories—done with a heavy-handedness we have never seen from the player in question on the pitch—Ozil’s private life was made the subject of rumour and innuendo.

The stories provoked a strong response from Ozil’s father, but during his official Arsenal unveiling, the player himself would only admit to a lack of “respect” from his former club.

Make no mistake, however: This is a player with a huge incentive to prove his former employees wrong.

“I did not get the respect and trust,” Ozil noted to the press (via Jeremy Wilson of The Telegraph), speaking through a translator. “It was a bit difficult. You can see by the reaction of the fans and the players [at Madrid] that they didn’t understand the move."

Wenger also may feel that "respect" and "trust" are two things he has not been afforded enough of in recent times, considering his overall track record with Arsenal.

He will not want to stay at Arsenal when a noticeable number of fans don’t want him but is banking on the next few months—with Ozil pulling the strings—to remind fans of just what his sides have been capable of.

Like other, lesser managers, then, Wenger is staking his job on the success of his big-money signing. Unlike those managers, however, the player in question has every incentive to deliver—and every quality required.

“When I spoke to Arsene on the phone, he was full of respect, and as a player I need that,” Ozil noted, according to Wilson.

“I cannot promise to win trophies, but I can promise that we will give our all to try to win trophies.

“Of course [the team are title contenders]. I know the team. I know what talent we have here, and I think every player wants to be successful.

"Arsenal is one of the biggest clubs in the world, and we definitely want to achieve something with this team. Of course, it will be very difficult, because this is the strongest league in the world.

"It is very balanced, but we will give everything to have success.”

John Cena to Return to WWE Television Next Month.

WWE’s real life Superman John Cena recently underwent surgery on his left elbow, but may be returning to programming next month.

Cena previously returned to action from neck surgery freakishly quick, but a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via wrestlinginc.com) states that he’d only be returning for Breast Cancer Awareness Month:

While John Cena won’t be able to wrestle until around Royal Rumble time, there is already talk of bringing him back to WWE TV in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cena wants to start making appearances for the company to help with their big Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Cena’s rehab for his injuries will be one of the storylines for the second half of this Total Divas season also.

The idea of Cena returning strictly for the purpose of promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month may sound a little unexciting on paper, but it’s hard to imagine him returning and not interacting with the McMahon’s in their massive storyline.

The Leader of the Cenation has proved that he’s more than capable of cutting powerful promos, and the WWE would certainly use him to get Triple H more heat, similar to how Edge was used on Raw.

However, it’s possible that John returning next month could make his eventual in-ring return a little less exciting.

 An extended absence is exactly what his character needed, and if he’s around for the month of October it may feel like he barely left at all.

Still, it’s possible that the WWE could find a way to have him promote Breast Cancer Awareness and involve him in the McMahon family storyline in such a way that makes his eventual return all the more must see.

Allow my son to be himself and to have his own identity," Tendulkar said.

Playing the role of a protective father, senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday asked the media to leave his "cricket mad" son Arjun alone and allow him to play the game without any pressure.

Tendulkar, who was felicitated by the Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai for scoring 100 international centuries, said that he wanted his 14-year-old son to have his own identity and not be compared with him.

"My son has played a match today. First club match, an official match. He is passionate, he is madly in love with cricket. But the other things that go around the cricketer and not just the on-field activity but whatever he gets to hear or gets to read or the way it gets projected, I would appreciate if everyone allows him to be himself and to have his own identity and enjoy his cricket above all," Tendulkar said.

"Since I am here and the entire sports journalists' fraternity is sitting over here, I am going to be a protective father. When I started playing cricket, though my father was a professor and was in literary field, at no stage I had this pressure from anyone who said you are playing cricket but how about following your father's footsteps," he said.

"At no stage of my life, there were comparisons. He (Arjun) started his career, so it is a humble request if he can live his life like a normal 14-year-old, without thinking about anything else except falling in love with this sport," he added.

Tendulkar, who became the first player to score 100 tons in international cricket, was conferred with a special award.

The senior batsman remembered the first time he was felicitated by the association in 1987, and said the rickshaw ride at that time was quite comfortable.

"I can't forget the rickshaw ride. It was really comfortable in those days especially when you are carrying big kit bags and travelling by train and bus. That evening was a memorable one especially as Sunil Gavaskar had just retired from Test cricket and he was present there," he said.

Tendulkar advised the other award winners to have a positive mindset to excel in their respective fields.

"From my own experience and my own journey, I can tell you he is enjoying every moment. There will be some challenges along the way but embrace those challenges. Don't find short cuts. Continue to make the nation proud. They (sports journalists) play a huge role in making players and not supporting players. You give them a reason to support you. Their actions are always followed by your performances," Tendulkar said.

"To be able to perform consistently over the years, the mental frame of mind has to be positive at all times. You need positive energy flowing through your body, which will allow those free moments and bring out the best in you," he said.

He added that he was shy by nature and learnt to speak longer sentences to the questions asked by the media. 

Life ban for Sreesanth and Ankeet for IPL spot fixing.

Rajasthan Royals cricketers Shantakumaran Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life here Friday for their involvement in the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

 

Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi, who too have been found involved in the scandal, have been handed down bans for five years and one year respectively. The bans were announced by the disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 

 

Young left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh has been let off with a warning while Ajit Chandila's case will be taken up later.

 

"Sreesanth and Chavan have been banned for life for their involvement in the spot fixing scandal. Amit Singh has been banned for five years while Siddharth Trivedi for one year. Harmeet Singh has been let off with a warning for not reporting to the authorities that the bookies had approached him," BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah told IANS.

 

BCCI president Narayanaswami Srinivasan chaired the meeting with vice-presidents Niranjan Shah and Arun Jaitley, who were the other members of the panel.

 

"The evidence was different against each of the accused. The decision of the disciplinary committee is binding. Since the decision is about the players, it need not be ratified by the annual general meeting or any other body," Jaitley told reporters.

 

The cricketers were caught in the IPL scandal and chief of BCCI's anti-corruption unit Ravi Sawani recommended ban on them in his report submitted to the board last month.

 

Sawani, a former chief of the International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption unit, was asked to investigate the alleged involvement of Sreesanth, Chavan and Chandila in conceding a pre-determined number of runs per over in exchange for money during the IPL's sixth edition which concluded recently.

"A brand-new movie series penned by "Potter" author J.K. Rowling.

The Boy Who Lived is retired, but the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will live on without him — all thanks to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," a brand-new movie series penned by "Potter" author J.K. Rowling.

News of further cinematic adventures set in the "Potter" universe took fandom by surprise on Thursday (September 12), even if Rowling's eventual return to witchcraft and wizardry was always expected.

"I thought Rowling would return at some point through an encyclopedia, not with a full-blown movie series," Andrew Sims of Hypable.com, a respected voice among the "Potter" fandom, tells MTV News. "At first I was in denial, then in shock, then ecstatic."

That's a sentiment shared by many other "Potter" lovers, due to one key factor: Rowling is writing the films herself.

"This is her baby," says Sims. "This isn't someone else's idea with Rowling uninvolved. She knows what we want in a new 'Harry Potter' spinoff series and she's going to make it happen for us."

Is There A Chance For More Books From The Wizard World?

Rowling released the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in 2001 as a charity benefit. Told from the perspective of fictional author and Magizoologist Newt Scamander, "Fantastic Beasts" appears in the "Harry Potter" films and novels as required-reading for Hogwarts students. Indeed, according to Rowling's own writing, Newt eventually served as a Hogwarts headmaster.

Despite these connections to the "Potter" universe, fans should not expect too much crossover between Newt and Harry's stories. In announcing the movie, Rowling revealed that "Fantastic Beasts" takes places 70 years before the events of "Harry Potter," but isn't a "Potter" prequel. (An imperfect comparison: "Fantastic Beasts" is to "Harry Potter" as "Prometheus" is to "Alien.") In other words: don't expect to see Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson or Rupert Grint in the new film.

"To be honest, I'd rather not see too many familiar faces in this film," says Zap2It.com staff editor Terri Schwartz, another regular commentator in the "Potter" community. "Sure, familiar last names or family members or the like will be a nice way to tie these series together, but if Warner Bros. really wants to create a new 'Harry Potter' franchise, it should do so by immediately allowing this to stand on its own two legs."

'American Talk' With Josh Horowitz And The 'Harry Potter' Cast

  

Another question surrounding "Fantastic Beasts" involves the story, or lack thereof. Rowling's book is presented as an encyclopedia without much of a conventional narrative to speak of. That makes the silver-screen take on Newt and his journey a difficult one to predict.

"I highly doubt that the movie is going to be based on the 'Fantastic Beasts' book as it is written ... it's more of an encyclopedia with anecdotes," says Schwartz. "It sounds like this isn't going to be an adaptation, but rather a new story inspired by what Rowling created in the 'Fantastic Beasts' book."

Countless unknowns surround the development of "Fantastic Beasts," from questions about casting and director choices to release date information and beyond. However, there are at least some certainties fans can count on.

"They can look forward to a similar tone, similar themes, and similar feelings that Rowling made them experience when reading and watching the original series," says Sims. "'Harry Potter' fans know that Rowling is an amazing writer, and she knows that fans expect only perfection when it comes to the new film series. I don't think she'll disappoint."

Arsenal has pinned its hopes on record-signing Mesut Ozil.

With the disruption of the international break over, Premier League clubs will be looking for their late additions to make an instant impact this weekend.

Arsenal has pinned its hopes on record-signing Mesut Ozil, the only transfer fee paid out by the club in the recent market window.

The Germany playmaker is in line to make his debut at Sunderland on Saturday after joining from Real Madrid for 50 million euros ($67 million) on Sept. 2.

"Of course it is very physical here, but it is a man's sport and I am really glad to play in the best league in the world," Ozil said Thursday. "I want to prove myself in England."

After a losing start, Arsenal responded with back-to-back wins, and Ozil's arrival has further improved the mood at the Emirates Stadium.

"He has a style of play which can integrate with our style because we have a game which is based on movement, technical ability and creativity," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "He has all the attributes to be one of the leaders of our team."

Ozil's arrival was the sign of Arsenal exerting its financial muscle after years of limited spending.

"We had to go through some years when I signed a long-term contract where we had some restricted financial potential, and the target was to stay in the Champions League in this period," said Wenger, whose contract expires at the end of the season. "We managed to do it, and we are now in a strong position financially."

Manchester United had talked of making several additions to the squad to its Premier League title-winning squad. However, new manager David Moyes' only major recruitment was Marouane Fellaini from Everton on deadline-day for 27.5 million pounds ($43 million).

The Belgium midfielder joined after Moyes failed to land his first-choice targets.

"It is a big step for me," Fellaini said. "But I have played five years in England, I know the league and I know the players so I don't think I will have a problem with this move."

He arrives at a team that has endured a patchy start to the season.

It started on a high with an eye-catching win at Swansea, but a drab draw against Chelsea and a loss at Liverpool followed to leave United going into Saturday's match against Crystal Palace five points off the lead.

Liverpool is setting the pace so far as the only team with maximum points from a three straight 1-0 wins.

The 18-time English champions, who are at Swansea on Monday, have made their best start to a league campaign in 20 years.

Liverpool's big success over the offseason was not caving into Luis Suarez's demands by granting the unsettled striker a transfer, while bolstering its forward options on deadline-day by signing Victor Moses on loan from Chelsea for the season.

But striker Daniel Sturridge, who has scored all of Liverpool's goals this season, is an injury doubt after missing England's World Cup qualifiers over the last week with a left thigh injury.

The strong start by Liverpool, which last won the title in 1990, has left the expected leading title contenders — Chelsea and Manchester City — trailing at this early stage.

Chelsea, which is two points behind, is at Everton on Saturday, when City takes on Stoke.

City is three points adrift of Liverpool along with Arsenal, Stoke and Tottenham.

The international break allowed Tottenham to settle following Gareth Bale's move to Real Madrid.

Manager Andre Villas-Boas will be hoping the loss in the last match at Arsenal proves to be a blip as he looks for his squad — reassembled by reinvesting the $130 million windfall from Bale's move — to gel quickly.

"After the defeat at Arsenal, we want to be back alongside the top teams," Villas-Boas said ahead of Saturday's match against Norwich.

Everton, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion are still searching for their first wins.

Although Everton has managed three draws from three games, Sunderland and West Brom are stuck at the bottom with one point each.

West Brom is at Fulham on Saturday, when Aston Villa hosts Newcastle and Cardiff is at Hull. In Sunday's only game, Southampton hosts West Ham — both teams with a win, a loss and a draw so far.

Grand Theft Auto V news and preview.

Trouble taps on your window again with this next chapter in the Grand Theft Auto universe, set in the city of Los Santos and its surrounding hills, countryside and beaches. A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present-day Southern California.

Release Date: September 17, 2013

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Major Humor, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Genre: Third-Person Action

Publisher: Rockstar Games

Developer: Rockstar North

Venkatesh rejects multistarrer with Ram Charan.

Here is a disappointing news for the common fans of Ram Charan and Venkatesh. The duo may not appear together in the multistarrer movie directed by Krishna Vamsi. Reports say that Venkatesh did not give his nod for this project after listening to the story narrated by Krishna Vamsi.

While the exact reason for the refusal is not revealed, it is said that Venkatesh is worried about losing his market as solo hero in case he continues doing multistarrer movies one after the other. Bandla Ganesh is the producer of this project. We will have to see if who will walk in to the project in the place of Venkatesh!

Grand Masti preview and news.

In theaters : September 13, 2013

Runtime : 02 hours 14 mins

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 First look of the three Heroes  of  Grand Masti

Plot: Three married guys Meet, Prem and Amar go to their college reunion hoping for a good time but end up being trapped in danger.

Director

Indra Kumar

Producer

Ashok Thakeria, Inder Kumar

Genre

Adult , Comedy

Cast

• Riteish DeshmukhVivek OberoiAftab Shivdasan
• iManjari PhadnisBruna Abdullah