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Tahanan pra-Himpunan Bersih tak sah, kerajaan boleh disaman Posted: 29 Jun 2011 12:10 AM PDT Dua anggota polis dilihat mengawasi perkarangan pejabat Bersih di Petaling Jaya hari ini. — Foto oleh Jack Ooi KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jun — Naib Presiden PKR N. Surendran mendakwa penahanan pra-Himpunan Bersih 2.0 adalah tidak sah, sambil menambah mereka yang ditahan boleh menyaman kerajaan. Peguam hak asasi manusia ini memberitahu The Malaysian Insider bahawa tiada undang-undang di negara ini yang membenarkan penahanan pencegahan atau hanya kerana kemeja-T yang diisytiharkan haram hari ini. MENYUSUL LAGI Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Bersih 2.0: Hingga 400 peguam Pakatan sedia bantu jika ada tangkapan Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT PETALING JAYA, 29 Jun — Sehingga 400 peguam secara sukarela telah menyatakan kesediaan mereka untuk membantu jika ada peserta Himpunan Bersih 2.0 ditangkap, kata pemimpin PKR hari ini. "Setakat ini, berdasarkan maklumat yang saya terima antara 350 hingg 400 peguam menyatakan kesanggupan mereka membantu jika ada peserta yang ditangkap kerana menyatakan sokongan dan menyertai Himpunan Bersih," kata ahli Majlis Pimpinan Pusat PKR Shuhaimi Shafiei. Ketika bercakap pada sidang media di sini, Ketua Penerangan PKR Selangor itu berkata, bilangan itu dijangka akan meningkat. "Dalam Pakatan sendiri adalah ramai pemimpin kalangan peguam, yang ada asas undang-undang... dalam PAS seperti Hanipa Maidin, dalam PKR seperti R Sivarasa, Lateffa Koya... YB Kula di DAP," kata beliau lagi. Sehubungan itu kata beliau, PKR Selangor akan membolisasikan sekitar 70,000 orang untuk menyokong Himpunan Bersih 2.0. "PKR Selangor akan terus menyokong perhimpunan aman rakyat 9 Julai ini dan akan memastikan mobililasi 70,000 anggota PKR Selangor ke Himpunan Bersih 2.0 berjalan lancar. "Pihak berkuasa boleh menahan, boleh menangkap, boleh mendakwa dan penjarakan semua orang kanan Bersih 2.0, namun tiada kuasa yang dapat menyekat semangat dan kebangkitan rakyat," katanya lagi. PKR Selangor ada sekitar 120,000 ahli. Shuhaimi yang juga Adun Sri Muda berkata, pihaknya yakin mereka yang hendak menyertai Himpunan Bersih 2.0 akan datang dua hari sebelum perhimpunan. Pada sidang media hari ini, Shuhaimi juga mengumumkan tindakan memobililasikan mereka membabitkan lima lokasi berkumpul sebelum menuju ke ibu negara. Menurutnya, lokasi pertama melibatkan ahli-ahlinya dari selatan Perak iaitu cabang Klang, Kapar, Sungai Besar, Sabak Bernam dan Kuala Selangor yang diminta menggunakan stesen komuter Klang dan Pelabuhan Klang. Lokasi kedua melibatkan ahli dan penyokong dari kawasan Shah Alam dan Kota Raja yang dinasihatkan mengambil stesen komuter Seksyen 19 Shah Alam dan Padang Jawa manakala lokasi ketiga membabitkan mereka dari kawasan Tanjong Karang, Selayang, Hulu Selangor, Ampang, Pandan dan Gombak yang diminta menggunakan stesen komuter Batu Caves, Rawang, Sungai Buloh , LRT Putra Gombak dan Ampang. Dalam pada itu, lokasi keempat melibatkan mereka dari kawasan Petaling Jaya Utara, Petaling Jata Selatan, Kelana Jaya, Subang dan Puchong. Mereka dari kawasan-kawasan itu diminta menggunakan LRT Kelana Jaya dan komuter MidValley dan Seri Setia. Shuhaimi berkata, pihak dari kawasan Sepang, Kuala Langat, Hulu Langat dan Serdang yang hendak menyertai dinasihatkan menggunakan perkhidmatan ERL dari Salak Tinggi dan Putrajay, komuter dari Nilai, Bandar Baru Bangi dan UKM. Sambil mengakui ia sebahagian daripada strategi menghadapi Himpunan Bersih 2.0 yang dianggap polis sebagai haram, Shuhaimi berkata, pihaknya ada pelan kontigensi tetapi enggan mendedahkannya. Kata beliau, pihaknya yakin rakyat akan turun walaupun ada usaha di pihak berkuasa yang mahu menghalangnya daripada berlaku. Malah kata beliau, sebahagian hotel di Lembah Klang enggan menerima tempahan bilik hotel untuk 8 Julai ini. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Lisicki downs Bartoli to reach Wimbledon semi-finals Posted: 28 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT Sabine Lisicki of Germany serves to Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on June 28, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, June 28 — German wildcard Sabine Lisicki beat Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-7 6-1 under the Centre Court roof in a dramatic Wimbledon quarter-final today. Lisicki broke the ninth-seeded Frenchwoman early in the opening set and late in the second to put herself in sight of her first grand slam semi-final. She served for victory at 5-4 and had three match points but the tenacious Bartoli, who beat defending champion Serena Williams in the last round, saved them all and forced a tiebreak which she won 7-4. Lisicki, who had to be carried off court on a stretcher after wasting a match point and losing to Vera Zvonareva at this year's French Open, dominated the third set and sealed victory on her fourth match point. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Scan reveals no serious injury for Nadal Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:49 AM PDT Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after breaking the serve Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the fourth set at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, June 28 — A scan on Rafa Nadal's injured left foot has shown no major damage and the holder and number one seed should be fit to play Mardy Fish in the quarter-finals tomorrow, Nadal said in a statement today. The Spaniard suffered the injury towards the end of the first set of yesterday's four-set victory over Juan Martin Del Potro and needed almost 10 minutes of courtside treatment from a physio and doctor. "I thought I'd have to retire," Nadal said after the match. "I felt something very strange. I felt that I had broken my foot, I felt terrible. I am worried for sure. I will have the scan and then let's see if I can recover for Wednesday." After having the foot strapped he was able to play the rest of the match, though he said he was suffering some pain whenever he hit a forehand. He underwent an MRI scan today morning and will practise in the afternoon. — Reuters   Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Fuji Rock Festival in Japan Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:49 AM PDT Fuji Rock Festival at Mount Naeba, Japan. – Photo by Masanori Naruse TOKYO, June 28 – One of the longest-running music festivals in Japan opens over the last weekend in July as the Fuji Rock Festival returns to its old stomping ground at the Naeba Ski Resort, with 100,000 music-lovers expected this year. Headlining before 40,000 fans on the Green Stage will be performers such as the Arctic Monkeys, Asian Dub Foundation, Big Audio Dynamite, The Chemical Brothers and Coldplay. Feeder and Fountains of Wayne are also on the schedule, along with Incubus, The Kills, Mogwai, Tangerine Dream and The Sisters of Mercy. The festival starts on July 29 and ends on July 31. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Ryan Dunn’s death dominates Google searches Posted: 28 Jun 2011 02:15 AM PDT The official Ryan Dunn website. Four of the top ten search terms over the past seven days were related to the former 'Jackass' actor. LOS ANGELES, June 28 –  The Jackass star Ryan Dunn, who died in a car crash on June 20, was the most searched-for subject in the world on Google over the last seven days as fans of the unconventional stunt man searched for news of his death and his best friend.     Dunn, who died at the age of 34, was best known for his role in the offbeat TV show Jackass, which saw members of the cast taking part in increasingly bizarre and frequently dangerous stunts. One of Dunn's best friends, professional skateboarder and actor Bam Margera, has been the subject of several news reports after appearing at Dunn's funeral and making an emotional visit to the site of Dunn's death. A news report of Bam Margera's sad outburst has attracted over one-and-a-half million views since being uploaded to YouTube on June 21. Over the seven days prior to June 27 searches related to Dunn and his friend Bam Margera appear four times in Google's top ten search results with the biggest increase in growth. Other popular search terms over the last seven days included "Wimbledon" tennis tournament and J.K. Rowling's latest extension of the Harry Potter franchise, the Pottermore website. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Football’s back… already?! Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT JUNE 28 — Having spent the last couple of weeks lazing on the beaches of Dubai and the Caribbean, Premier League footballers are now preparing to return to work for the dreaded prospect of pre-season training, which commences for most clubs at the beginning of July. It feels like football has never been away — the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United took place only just a month ago — but already one Premier League team, Fulham, are preparing for their first competitive fixture of the season as they host NSI Runavik from the Faroe Islands in the preliminary round of the Europa League on Thursday. It hasn't always been this way. Travel back to the year of my birth, 1973, for instance, when Liverpool won the last of their titles under the management of Bill Shankly. In that year, the Reds played their concluding league game on Saturday, April 28 (a 0-0 home draw against Leicester) and didn't begin the new season until Saturday, August 25 (a 1-0 home win against Stoke). That's a gap of four full months between the end of one league season and the start of the next one. By contrast, this year Kenny Dalglish's side brought their Premier League season to an end with a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday, May 22 and are scheduled to kick off the new campaign at home to Sunderland on Saturday, August 13. That's less than three months after the previous season concluded, and a break no less than five weeks shorter than their predecessors in 1973. Football seasons really are finishing later and starting earlier than ever before, and that effect is not just confined to competitive fixtures; over the course of the last few years, pre-season has effectively become an extension of the regular season, with every training session and warm-up game eagerly devoured by hungry supporters and media. Pre-season friendly fixtures used to be sparsely attended, low-key affairs that received very little media coverage and barely entered the consciousness of most supporters. The only pre-season game that occasionally attracted any interest was the Charity Shield, with all other games relegated to minor references in local newspapers. Now, Liverpool are preparing to embark upon a 10-day tour of Asia where they will play reasonably competitive fixtures in front of sell-out crowds and global television audiences in China (Guangzhou) and Kuala Lumpur, before returning to Europe to face Valerenga in Norway and then hosting major Spanish club Valencia at Anfield. The contrast between 1973 and 2011 is by no means exclusive to football, as most other mainstream sports have experienced the same thing. International cricketers, for example, are now forced to endure a seemingly endless procession of test matches and one-day internationals, while the desire of club owners to extend the season is one of the most significant factors behind the current "lock out" in American Football's NFL. As with most changes wrought upon professional sport in the last couple of decades, the elongation of the season and the heightened profile of previously peripheral pre-season activities have been overwhelmingly driven by one key factor: television. Like it or not, the main function of professional sport in contemporary culture is to satisfy the demands of 24-hour television, which takes great delight in sport's unmatchable ability to fill schedules, attract viewers and lure advertisers but most certainly does not appreciate lengthy gaps between the end of one season and the start of the next. Sky Sports, ESPN, Fox and Co are simply not prepared to accept a 1973-style break of four months without Premier League football. They spend billions of dollars on procuring the broadcast rights for their most popular products, and in return they expect them to become pretty much year-round spectacles. And so the end of one season is pushed further and further into May, with the start of the next pulled back ever closer towards the start of August, and a steady diet of hyped-up, glamorous friendlies and an assortment of international tournaments (youth age groups, women, etc) is seamlessly slotted in to fill the remaining two months. Of course, the broadcasters are only keen to establish such a state of affairs because it's what they believe their viewers want, and the large crowds and fevered discussion amongst supporters that now accompany pre-season activities suggest they are right. No doubt it's all part of our modern "fast-food" psyche. In days gone by, we were prepared to exercise patience (remember patience? People sometimes used to be patient, I've heard it said) and calmly wait for their next fix. These days, in the world of broadband Internet access, mobile phones, Twitter, Facebook, satellite TV and microwave meals, we want everything now, now, now! Or preferably five minutes ago. That includes our football. Can you imagine the Premier League and its clubs being put to one side at the end of April and not re-emerging until the end of August? Impossible; that's not how we live anymore. And so our TV networks await, with feverish excitement, the next update on Steven Gerrard's groin injury. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Strapping on quotas Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:16 PM PDT JUNE 28 — We sure do love our quota-based "fixes" over here, don't we? The most recent being the announcement by the prime minister that corporate Malaysia will observe a 30 per cent women-in-the-boardroom quota by 2016. Yes, indeed. "Equality" by government-sanctioned allocation is our way forward, it would appear. Last I checked we don't actually get to dictate the abstract of equality; it can only arise from conditions that are conducive. What I actually found more disconcerting was that according to news reports, the women in the audience gave a big round of applause when the announcement was made. And afterwards, women's interest organisations were quoted as "lauding" the development. Yes, lauding. Now for that to actually happen would mean that many still don't get the crux of causes; in this case, what the Suffragettes suffered for and what the bigger picture "feminist causes" are about. Or perhaps I am the one missing the point here? Perhaps in a Machiavellian way, to achieve the cosmetic, external objectives by any means is also equally acceptable.  My understanding of the cause is that it is not about forcing the arm of the establishment, it is about changing people's mindsets. It is not about bypassing meritocracy; it is about getting a fair and equal shot. And if that were in fact achieved, why stop at 30 per cent?  And no, a "thick glass ceiling" shouldn't mean having a hole carved out for you by the Invisible Hand; it should mean smashing through the darned thing and consigning it to the dustbin of culture and history and evolutionary psychology shaping.     Besides, does anyone really think that enacting a quota is going to change the views of the typical Male Chauvinist Pigs out there, the ones in the boardroom? It's going to backfire rather epically, more like. It's not hard to envisage a state of affairs where no woman in the boardroom is going to be free from that extra level of scrutiny and scepticism; just like any successful Bumiputera might be now. In that sense, enacting a 30 per cent quota for women is about as acceptable as the 30 per cent Bumiputera quota, if you ask me. Perhaps it is true: sometimes, women are their own worst enemies. I seriously doubt the true blue feminists are going to be amused. Like I was commenting on Twitter rather crudely, I admit — it's the equivalent of giving them a strap-on and saying: "there you go; now you can play in the boardroom with the boys." And going further back, what was that we all heard from this administration about the age of "government-knows-best" being over? That is hardly true, based on current evidence (and yes, I'm also referring to the rest of our current affairs developments right now). While we're busy dismantling our economic crutches like subsidies we're also busy enacting its new equivalents in our human capital sphere, it seems. Not content with the racial interest dimensions of Teraju hijacking the New Economic Model (now that's something we're hearing less and less about eh?), we've now got a gender agenda to contend with on top of that.  Really now, how are corporations supposed to be the engine for economic growth and high-income generation if they can't be left alone to do their job? Whatever happened to just pushing for good old meritocracy? Can the government learn to stay out of business, for once? Sheesh. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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NIEI: Tangkapan penuntut Korea tiada kaitan dengan Bersih 2.0 Posted: 28 Jun 2011 01:57 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jun – Institut Kebangsaan Integriti Pilihan Raya (NIEI) menafikan tangkapan warga Korea, Song Min Young oleh polis semalam ada kaitan dengan Himpunan Bersih 2.0, sebaliknya berada di tempatb kejadian kerana urusan kajian akademik. Setiausaha Agung NIEI Amin Iskandar berkata, Song, 24, merupakan seorang penuntut Universiti Chonnam, Korea Selatan dan berada di negara ini bagi membuat penyelidikan mengenai pilihan raya. "Song Min Young merupakan pelajar universiti. Beliau datang ke sini kerana terlibat dengan kerja sukarelawan yang mana beliau membantu NIEI untuk membuat kerja-kerja penyelidikan dan bukan sebahagian daripada Bersih 2.0," kata beliau pada sidang media di pekaranagn Balai Polis Bukit Jalil selepas melawat Song. Jelasnya, penglibatan Song dalam siri jelajah Bersih 2.0 termasuk di Johor hujung minggu lalu adalah atas arahan NIEI dan sebahagian daripada tuntutan penyelidikannya. Katanya, penyelidikan yang dilakukan Song menjurus pada soal pilihan raya di Malaysia – perbezaan antara Malaysia dan Korea Selatan. "Semasa Song ditangkap di Johor, dia telah dibebaskan keesokkan harinya. Tetapi semalam, dia ditangkap semula di Bangsar kerana pihak polis mendakwa Song memiliki dokumen perjalanan diri (pasport) palsu dan ditahan di bawah Akta Imigresen," katanya. Beliau berkata, pihaknya kini sedang menunggu keputusan Kedutaan Korea untuk mengetahui sama ada pasport dimiliki Song palsu atau sebaliknya. "Saya harap keputusan dari kedutaan akan keluar secepat mungkin kerana jika pasport itu tidak palsu, Song akan dibebaskan dan akan dihantar pulang ke Korea," katanya. Dalam pada itu, Amin juga menyelar kenyataan laporan Utusan Malaysia sebelum ini yang mendakwa National Democratic Institute (NDI) merupakan salah sebuah organisasi di bawah National Endowment of Democracy (NED). Katanya, NDI sememangnya tidak ada kaitan dengan NED dan segala maklumat yang dilaporkan adalah salah. "Saya meminta agar pihak Utusan Malaysia membuat permohonan maaf secara terbuka kerana maklumat yang mereka laporkan itu salah. Jika mereka tidak minta maaf. Dengan nasihat dari peguam, jika perlu kita akan saman mereka (Utusan Malaysia)," katanya. Sebelum ini, Utusan Malaysia melaporkan Song yang memasuki Malaysia 19 Mac lalu hadir atas tajaan NDI yang berpangkalan di Amerika Syarikat. Akhbar itu turut mendakwa NED yang dinaungi bekas Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat, Madeline Albright juga merupakan sekutu Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ketika zaman reformasi. Selain itu, Utusan turut mendakwa,  warga asing itu memasuki negara ini atas pembiayaan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan asing, yang berpangkalan di luar negara bagi memastikan Malaysia huru-hara. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Tunjuk bukti saya minta RM1 juta, Johari cabar trio Datuk T Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jun — Datuk Johari Abdul menuntut trio Datuk T menunjukkan bukti bahawa beliau pernah meminta 'ganjaran' RM1 juta sebagai bayaran untuk meninggalkan PKR selepas menonton rakaman video seks yang didakwa mirip Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Mac lalu. Justeru wakil rakyat dari Kedah ini mempertahankan beliau tidak pernah meminta sejumlah wang itu dan apa yang dikatakan trio Datuk T adalah tidak berasas sama sekali. Ahli Parlimen Sungai Petani itu (gambar) memberitahu beliau telah memberitahu ahli perniagaan Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, bekas ketua menteri Melaka Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik dan bekas bendahari Perkasa Datuk Shuaib Abdul Lazim bahawa si pelaku dalam rakaman didedahkan 21 Mac lalu bukan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Satu klip video terbaru muncul di Internet hari ini menyerang kewibawaan Johari dengan mendakwa beliau ada meminta RM1 juta untuk dirinya dan juga lima Ahli Parlimen lain jika mahu mereka keluar PKR. "Buktikan saya mengambil duit, di akaun bank yang mana? Adakah ia (dibayar) secara tunai atau cek? Saya tidak boleh menyimpan jumlah yang banyak itu di rumah. "Saya tidak pernah menerima apa-apa atau saya pernah ditawar untuk meninggalkan parti untuk bayaran... saya tidak memerlukan wang," kata Johari kepada The Malaysian Insider. Kata beliau, trio Datuk T boleh mengatakan apa yang mereka mahukan. "Tidak sesiapa pun yang boleh memberi keterangan apa yang saya kata di bilik (hotel) pada hari itu... saya tidak mahu membuang masa (dengan mereka," kata Johari lagi. Sejurus selepas rakaman video seks ditayangkan kepada pemberita pada 21 Mac lalu, trio Datuk iaitu ahli perniagaan Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, bekas ketua menteri Melaka Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik dan bekas bendahari Perkasa Datuk Shuaib Lazim, Johari mendedahkan beliau menonton video itu bersama mereka di sebuah hotel di sini. Wakil rakyat itu berulang kali menafikan bahawa beliau ada bersetuju yang lelaki dalam video seks itu ialah Anwar. Bagaimanapun satu video yang disiarkan oleh blogger pro-Umno blogger "Papagomo" (http://www.papagomo.com) hari ini mendakwa sebaliknya. Video yang panjangnya 1.59 minit itu, bersama dengan tulisan blog memetik Shazryl mendakwa Ahli Parlimen Sungai Petani itu yakin yang Anwar adalah lelaki dalam klip video itu dan Johari minta RM1 juta bagi diri beliau dan RM1 juta bagi setiap lima Ahli Parlimen yang bersedia untuk meninggalkan PKR selepas menonton video berkenaan. Klip video itu tiada bukti yang dapat menunjukkan bahawa beliau ada meminta wang dalam jumlah itu. Johari dilihat memasuki sebuah bilik hotel dengan diiringi trio Datuk T dan kemudian duduk di depan televisyen. Satu kamera terselindung dilihat diletakkan di depan televisyen, oleh itu memberi gambaran mengenai reaksi Johari. dan suara trio Datuk T. Berbanding naratif-naratif Johari sebelum ini tentang apa yang berlaku pada hari video itu ditonton, MP PKR itu kelihatan gelak ketawa dan mesra bersama ketiga-tiga Datuk T, dan berjenaka beberapa minit sebelum video seks ditayangkan. "Sudah pasti saya mesra dengan mereka. Saya kena mereka secara peribadi. Shuaib pak cik saya, Rahim bekas anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno dan Eskay dari Sungai Petani... saya tidak tahu pada hari itu mereka hendak menunjukkan video seks kepada saya. "Saya menghormati pak cik saya, meskipun saya tidak setuju dengan apa yang dia lakukan. Jika saya bertemu Shuaib lagi, saya cium tangan dia, dia lebih tua daripada saya," kata pemimpin PKR ini. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Serena bows out on day of champions Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:03 AM PDT Marion Bartoli of France (R) shakes hands with Serena Williams of the US after defeating her at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. – Reuters pic LONDON, June 27 – A fifth Wimbledon singles title proved beyond even the mighty powers of Serena Williams as the American was bundled out in the fourth round by Marion Bartoli on Manic Monday. The 29-year-old, bidding to defy sporting logic by retaining her title after returning just before the tournament from 11 months out, lost 6-3 7-6 to Bartoli but Andy Murray crushed Richard Gasquet to keep alive hopes of a first British men's singles champion for 75 years. Australia's Bernard Tomic became the youngest man to reach the quarter-finals since Boris Becker in 1986 as he followed up his thrashing of fifth seed Robin Soderling with an equally straightforward win over Belgium's Xavier Malisse. With all eight men's and women's last-16 matches slated on the schedule, unique in the grand slams, the All England Club was abuzz from the moments the gates swung open on a sweltering day in leafy south west London. Those without Centre Court tickets dashed straight for a prime spot next to the giant screen on Henman Hill to cheer home favourite Murray to a comprehensive 7-6 6-3 6-2 defeat of unpredictable Frenchman Gasquet. The recently married Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge did have the best seats in the house and would have given their royal seal of approval to the world number four's most impressive display this year. Like the planes stacking up to land at nearby Heathrow Airport, seven grand slam champions were looking for clearance into the quarter-finals on day seven of the tournament. Maria Sharapova was the first of that elite bunch to venture out as the mercury shot into the high 80s Fahrenheit on the cauldron-like Court Two. After early problems against unorthodox Chinese 20th seed Pen Shari she prevailed 6-4 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament that launched her career into orbit seven years ago for the first time since 2006. Two players hoping to cash in on Serena's defeat and claim a first grand slam title, Czech Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka, also impressed. Eighth seed Kvitova, a semi-finalist last year, thrashed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0 6-2 and fourth seed Azarenka, whose wailing again drowned out the rumble of low flying jets, overwhelmed Russia's Nadia Petrova 6-2 6-2 to seal a clash with Tamira Paszek. Germany's Sabine Lisicki is still on course to become the first wildcard to win the women's singles after a 7-6 6-1 defeat of Petra Cetkovska and will next face Bartoli. With her fidgety dad and coach Walter watching on Court One, after Bartoli banished him during her third-round win, the 2007 runner-up produced a high-energy performance to end Serena's hopes of a third consecutive title. There was enough nervous tension on court to string a racket though 26-year-old Bartoli continually carved out chances but failed to take them. Williams, the 13-times grand slam champion, was moved around relentlessly but still saved five set points before ceding the opener. Bartoli, bouncing around on the baseline and neurotically practising her swings between points, broke serve to lead 6-5 in the second set as the 29-year-old Williams made a clumsy attempt at a backhand smash. An ace brought up two match points in the next game. Scrapping like an alley-cat Williams saved those and then a third after a sensational rally in which she pounded away at her French opponent. With close friend and soul diva Beyonce watching on, it seemed Williams would turn the match around in the tiebreak but Bartoli was having none of it. She earned another match point at 6-5 which Williams saved with and ace but when she had her fifth chance on her own serve she held her nerve to send down an unplayable delivery. "Beating Serena is a dream come true, she is one of the greatest champions of the open era," Bartoli said. "It was not easy mentally but I did it and I am very happy. She is very imposing. If you look at her it is difficult to handle the pressure so I was just trying to focus on my own game." Rafa Nadal will be hoping to avoid a similar fate to Serena later today against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro while Roger Federer, bidding for a seventh Wimbledon crown, takes on Russian Mikhail Youzhny. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Murray in regal form sends Gasquet packing Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT Britain's Prince William (4th L) and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (2nd L) applaud after Andy Murray of Britain defeated Richard Gasquet of France, on Centre Court at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. – Reuters pic LONDON, June 27 – Briton Andy Murray received the royal seal of approval as he overran Richard Gasquet 7-6 6-3 6-2 today to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. The fourth seed, watched from the Centre Court royal box by Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, expertly dealt with the threat of the Frenchman. Murray clinically took his chances in very warm temperatures while 17th seed Gasquet, who took the Scot to five sets at the grasscourt grand slam in 2008, squandered the few opportunities he had and never looked confident in the early tiebreak. One of unseeded duo Lukasz Kubot of Poland or Spaniard Feliciano Lopez await in an easier-looking last eight contest. "I was happy with the way I served. I could have hit the ball from the back of court better at the start of the match but I'm happy how I finished it off," Murray said in a televised interview. "I didn't give up too many break opportunities so that is good. I need to improve as there are the best players ever still out there." Gasquet has one of the most stylish backhands on the tour but Murray matched him with his equally effective, if less aesthetic, double-handed shots. Centre Court was full if a little nervous, given the potentially large banana skin facing the Briton, with Murray Mound outside rammed with fans biting their fingernails in the sunshine. As it was, Murray strolled through to his fourth straight quarter-final at the All England club and even managed an impressive bow in front of the royal couple when heading off court to a standing ovation. "I didn't actually know (they were coming)," he said. "It's nice, I think it's great for tennis when you get royalty to come." – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Vitamin D lowers heart risks in men, study shows Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, June 27 — Men who take the recommended amount of vitamin D are less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, according to a US study. The study, which followed nearly 119,000 adults for two decades, found that men who got at least 600 IU of vitamin D a day, were 16 per cent less likely to develop heart problems or stroke than men who took less than 100 IUD. The current recommended intake is at least 600 IU. But there was no such pattern among women, according to the finding published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "These observations suggest that a higher intake of vitamin D is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in men but not in women," wrote lead researcher Qi Sun at the Harvard School of Public Health. But Qi and the other authors said the findings did not yet prove that vitamin D, which is found in fish, eggs, fortified milk and cod liver oil, deserved the credit for the lower risk found in men. "The evidence is not strong enough yet to make solid recommendations," Qi added. The current study was observational, based on data from two long-term projects that followed two large groups of US health professionals since the 1980s: the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Out of 45,000 men, there were about 5,000 new cases of cardiovascular disease over the study period, marked by a heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death. It's not clear why the finding in men wasn't matched by a similar pattern in women, but Qi said one possibility was that women might have less active vitamin D circulating in the blood. Vitamin D is also stored in fat, and women typically have a higher percentage of body fat than men do. But more research was needed, Qi said, adding that more answers were expected from an ongoing randomised trial evaluating whether a high dose of vitamin D (2,000 IU a day) could cut the risk of heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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