London, Jan. 16: A talented West Ham prodigy has signed a million pound record deal to blow his saxophone.

Former academy schoolboy footballer Tyler Rix was at West Ham''s ground Upton Park today to sign a record deal with Universal Music.

Record executives discovered the 16-year-old saxophonist when he took part in BBC2's Classical Star TV talent show.

Bosses at Universal Classics and Jazz gave the teen the chance to join their label which represents Amy Winehouse, Take That and Jamie Cullum.

Tyler had a tough decision to make though - whether to pursue football or music, reports The Sun.

London, Jan 16 : The most secretive tribunal of the Vatican called the Apostolic Penitentiary, or "tribunal of conscience", has finally revealed the worst sins they have had to deal with to date.

The tribunal, which had been formed by Pope Alexander III in 1179, has never before divulged details of the cases it scrutinizes, cases that were considered so heinous by the Catholic Church that only the Pope can grant absolution to the perpetrator.

But now in an effort to present a more transparent image and to encourage more people to make confessions, the tribunal held a two-day conference in Rome in which it discussed its purpose and inner workings.

London, Jan. 16 : Here's all you need to know about Kaka a. k. a. the "Brazilian Beckham" who defied incredible odds to become a global sporting superhero, according to The Daily Express.

1. Kaka was born Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite in Brasilia, on April 22, 1982.

2. His brother Rodrigo, 22, created his nickname because he could not pronounce his real name.

3. The star began life with myopia and a rare bone deficiency, and was considered too weak to make it in football.

4. As a teenager he needed a special diet to beef him up before his pro debut at the age of 17.

5. A year later he had a spinal fracture in a swimming accident, but escaped paralysis.

London, Jan 16 : Queen of pop Madonna seems to have realized that she is domineering when it comes to her love life, as she is undergoing counseling to get rid of it.

Madonna's nasty divorce from ex-husband Guy Ritchie made her see her controlling side, and thus she is taking one-on-one sessions with a leading rabbi at the Kabbalah centre in New York, to overcome her problem.

"Madonna has been having a tough time with Kabbalah in the wake of her and Guy''s split," the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.

Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16: Bangladesh's High Commissioner to Malaysia M. Khairuzzaman is following orders from Dhaka to return to headquarters, but is not certain whether he will be returning home soon in the wake of reports that he may be prosecuted for the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

"I''m definitely winding up here, but I don''t know what I''m going to do. The last time I was recalled in 1996 and went back, I was arrested," he said, adding that he was innocent as he was in India at the time of the incident, undergoing training on Mujib's written orders.

Khairuzzaman claimed the new regime was doing this for political mileage, adding that he was innocent.

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has officially announced the dates of India’s tour of Sri Lanka. SLC announced that Team India will land in Sri Lanka on January 26 to play a series of 5 ODIs and a Twenty20 international match – the first ODI will be played on January 28 in Dambulla.

Another ODI will be played at Dambulla on 30 Jan, while the remaining matches will be played in Colombo on February 2, 5 and 8. The Twenty20 international will be played in Colombo on Feb 10.