London, Dec 23 : Russian magnate and Chelsea tycoon Roman Abramovich who is thought to be down to his last 7billion pounds has also ordered a pay freeze for staff on his 72million pounds floating palace Pelorus.

Crew of super yacht owned by mega-rich Chelsea tycoon Roman Abramovich are angry that that their bonuses have been frozen due to the ongoing financial crisis, but the Russian magnate didn't order cutbacks for his club footballers.

Abramovich axed Christmas bonuses for his super yacht crew after losing at least three billion pounds in the credit crunch, The Sun reported.

Washington, Dec 23 : A study has found that shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, are beneficial for native birds, bats and other creatures, maintain genetic diversity of native tree species, and, can act as focal points for tropical forest regeneration.

The study was undertaken by University of Michigan researchers Shalene Jha and Christopher Dick.

Jha, a graduate student whose main interest is insects, initially wanted to find out whether shade coffee farms nurture native pollinators such as stingless bees.

When she began her fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, she focused on a particular tree, Miconia affinis, which is pollinated by an unusual method known as buzz pollination.

London, Dec 23 : Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson had warned his players that they would blow their season if they failed to capture the World Club Cup.

Ferguson gave one of his classic motivational speeches to ensure their 12,000-mile round trip to Japan was worth it. They knew they could fall further behind in the title race and they would definitely add to their fixture backlog, so it had to be worth it, The Sun reported.

London, December 23 : `Celebrity Big Brother' bosses have drawn plans to pull off their 24-hour live coverage of the show in a bid to keep another incident of racism, similar to the one involving Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, from happening.

The reality show's chiefs are set to edit the video in the next season of the show in January.

New York, Dec 23 : Although there are plenty of unanswered questions buzzing around the Obamas'''' impending arrival, one has hairdressers on the edge of their styling chairs - Who will be chosen to do U. S. president-elect Michelle Obama''''s hair?

Barry Fletcher, Keith Harvey and are among the Washington, D. C. area hairstylists who hope to score a gig with first-lady-to-be Michelle Obama, reports the New York Daily News.

Fletcher sent Michelle a 17-minute DVD about himself while Harley uploaded his resume to the President-elect's Web site.

Melbourne, Dec 23 : The curator at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Cameron Hodgkins, has said that the pitches he prepared for the two Sheffield Shield matches staged at
the ground this season offered little for spinners and doubts that the Boxing Day Test wicket would be much different.

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz's hopes of earning an Aussie recall have been dampened by curator Hodgkins' appraisal of how the MCG pitch will play, the Courier Mail
reported.