2009:: Chelsea defeats Milan 2-0 in friendly PASADENA: Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard scored to give Chelsea a 2-0 victory over Inter Milan in their football friendly at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday.The game - which pitted Inter coach Jose Mourinho against his old side _ was part of the World Football Challenge, a series also involving AC Milan and Mexican club America.Drogba scored on a swerving 30-yard shot that Inter goalkeeper Vid Belec could only deflect inside the right post.Lampard converted a penalty in the 50th minute after Inter-defender Ivan Cordoba used his right elbow to block Daniel Sturridge's shot.Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, believed to be on the verge ofa move to European champions Barcelona, come on as a 59th minute substitute. Ibrahimovic led Italy's Serie A with 25 goals last season.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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