Muralitharan likely to retire before ’11 WC

Muttiah Muralitharan says he is no longer the dreaded bowler he used to be and might even retire completely before the 2011 World Cup.

The ace off-spinner, who has already announced his Test retirement after next year’s home series against the West Indies, said he may call it quits before the 2011 World Cup in the sub-continent. Sri Lanka are currently trailing 0-1 in the three-match series with the final Test beginning December 2 in Mumbai.

“I am 37 and I can’t bowl as much as earlier because after 15-16 overs I get tired. I will try and play a little bit of one-day cricket where there’s only 10 overs to bowl. If I find everything is not going well, I might retire from both forms of the game before the World Cup,”

He said that he won't be too disappointed if he had to return home without a Test victory in India. "Every cricketer has to go through disappointments. Everything you want to happen in life won't happen; something will be missing".

I am not really focussing on finishing off my career taking 800 Test wickets. My focus is on winning matches. I don't believe in numbers. Eight hundred is just a number everyone will forget once you retire. It's a number to have in your mind. It is good if I get it but if I don't, still I will be happy and go out knowing I had a great career.

$6.7 million spent to safegaurd Kasab

Indian government has so far spent around 31 crore rupees for the Pakistani to secure him and execute a safe trial.

Per day the government almost spends 85,000 rupees for the 21 year old Pakistani terrorist.

A senior government official said that Kasab’s cell was built with great care.

"There was a huge expenditure on the construction of a special cell inside the high-security Arthur Road jail. It has been designed in such a manner that even if a truck laden with explosives were to ram into it, the cell would not be dented. Such safeguards are essential to protect Kasab's life - and to establish Pakistan's involvement in the attack"-- he said.

Beckham may lose millions after Dubai developer runs out of cash

Ace England midfielder could lose millions after buying up mega bucks apartments in Dubai.

Beckham and Premier League aces Michael Owen, David James, Joe cole and Kieron Dyer all reportedly invested in one million pound luxury villas on amazing islands shaped like a palm tree, but the developer, Nakheel, has run out of cash, saying it can no longer pay its debts and it is feared the builders will not be able to finish the ambitious Palm Jumeirah project. This could mean the players' luxury homes will then neighbour an ugly unfinished construction site - and plunge the property prices of their apartments

Vivek's worries

Vivek Oberoi has been getting nervous over Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakta Charitra. Why’s that now? It’s because he’s afraid of being sidelined. The actor, who plays the protagonist in the film, has two scenes with south Indian actor, Sudeep (remember him from Phoonk?).

And he feels that Sudeep is more prominent than he is in both the scenes. Like there is a scene where Vivek threatens Sudeep who only glares at him coldly and doesn’t respond.

Vivek feels the cold stare carried more impact than any dialogues and is now worried that Sudeep will be more noticed than him in the film.

Tiger Woods Injured

Woods was injured in a car accident early Friday outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said his wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and help get the world's No. 1 golfer out of the SUV.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods' vehicle hit a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighbor's yard as he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m.They said Woods was alone in his 2009 Cadillac Escalade when he pulled out of his driveway from his mansion at Isle worth, a gated waterfront community just outside Orlando.
The vehicle is the largest in Cadillac's lineup, with the largest EXT version coming in at a hulking 5,909 pounds. Extra heft that can prove valuable in a crash, especially in a collision against a smaller vehicle. Woods' was involved in a solo crash, however.
The Escalade has front airbags for the driver and front passenger, but also side curtain airbags for everyone in the vehicle -- all three rows. In Wood's case, the air bags reportedly did not deploy. Escalade is top-ratedd by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for passenger safety -- five stars across the board. But it only rates three stars for rollover protection.
Oh, and one more thing. Woods could have used the built-in OnStar system to call for help, although there was no immediate indication whether it came into play.
The patrol reported Woods' injuries as serious, although Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan issued a statement that Woods was treated and released.
Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, attended the Stanford-Cal football game last Saturday, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford's sports Hall of Fame at halftime.
He won six times this year after missing eight months recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Even though he failed to win a major, Woods said he considered this a successful year because he did not know how his knee would respond.

James Cameron emerges from Titanic's wake with Avatar

Avatar: The Movie New 2nd Trailer
Director: James Cameron
Release: 12/18/2009
Genre: Action/Adventure
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Website: www.avatarmovie.com
In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

The $500 million question:

"Avatar" director James Cameron's cutting-edge movie technology carries a cost.

$310 millionCurrent production expenditures (which could grow when the final budget is tallied)

$150 millionThe potential cost of the movie's global marketing campaign

$1.8 billionEstimated amount Cameron's "Titanic" made worldwide. (Its production budget was $200 million.)

Gambhir unavailable for 3rd Test

India will be without the services of opening batsman Gambhir, who will be attending his sister's wedding, for the third Test against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.

Gambhir's spot is likely to be taken by M Vijay, the Tamil Nadu opener. Vijay made his debut against Australia in Nagpur last year

India squad for third Test: MS Dhoni*†,Rahul Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Virender Sehwag, Amit Mishra, Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, S Badrinath.