An irate Briton from Pakistan hurled his shoes at Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari during a speech in Birmingham, England to protest the government’s handling of the flood crisis wracking Paksistan. Sardar Mohammed Shamin Khan was detained by police. He says he was angry that Zardari was travelling around Europe while the country’s people were suffering. Zardari has been on official visits to France and Britain.
(GenevaLunch) - Manchester United beat Bolton 2-1 to move back to the top of the Premier League. Chelsea lost 2-1 at Aston Villa. Liverpool also lost going down 1-0 at Sunderland to a freak goal which rebounded off a beachball and went into the net. Tottenham are in third place after beating Portsmouth 1-2, a result which leaves Pompey at the bottom of the Premier League. Arsenal moved into fourth place with a 3-1 victory over Birmingham.
Fifa announces eight teams’ playoffs
The eight countries facing a playoff to determine whether they go to the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 found out Monday 19 October their opponents:
Republic of Ireland-France
Portugal-Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greece-Ukraine
Russia-Slovenia
Links to other sites: Fifa, Premier League
Premier League, England (GenevaLunch) – Chelsea moved to the top of the table with a convincing 3-0 victory over Burnley. Tottenham are also on 12 points from four games after beating Birmingham 2-1 with a late goal from Aaron Lennon, following a Peter Crouch header, which gave Spurs a 2-1 win. They lost Luka Modric to injury, apparently a fractured bone in his leg which will put him out of action for a few months.
Edgebaston, Birmingham (GenevaLunch) – West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith smashed 59 runs off just 26 balls to set up a 63 run victory over Somerset in the final of the Twenty20 Cup.
Edgebaston, Birmingham, UK (GenevaLunch) – The third Test drifted to a draw as the Australian batsmen put on a solid display to end any English hopes of victory.
Edgebaston, Birmingham, UK (GenevaLunch) – England fought their way past the Australian total thanks to the attacking batting of Andrew Flintoff, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad. The Test has been curtailed by rain, which cost most of the first day and all of the third but England will be hoping that the ball swings today and helps the bowlers to dispose of the final Australian resistance.
