London, Nov. 9 : Newcastle coach Joe Kinnear has warned Chelsea that they face a fight to land striker Michael Owen. 

London, Nov. 9 : Arsenal''s two-one win over arch rivals Manchester United has led team coach Arsene Wenger to claim that his critics have finally been silenced. 

Two goals from Samir Nasri gave the Gunners a 2-0 lead before a late reply from Rafael Da Silva. 

Earlier, Arsenal fans had hit out at Wenger during the lead up to the match after they lost to Stoke last week. 

"I can take criticism. I am in a job where you have to take that. There is only one answer - with your performance on the pitch. It was vital to win. To keep in the race, you need to win big games like that, and it is vital for a young team," The Sun quoted Wenger, as saying. 

Muscat, Nov 9 : Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that he expected India''s economy to grow by a healthy 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2009, despite the global financial crisis eroding output across sectors. 

Addressing the business community here, Dr. Singh said, "Due to the current financial crisis, growth rate may come down somewhat next year, but I am still confident that we will be able to achieve a rate of between 7-7.5 per cent." 

"We are extremely pleased to see the rapid progress, which Oman has made under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Oman''s progress is a tribute to the hard work and spirit of enterprise of its people and the wise stewardship of His Majesty, he added. 

Melbourne, November 9 : Daniel Craig has revealed that he was under immense pressure during the filming of latest James Bond flick, following the record-breaking success of ‘Casino Royale’ in 2006. 

The 40-year-old Brit, whose latest ‘Quantum of Solace’ broke box office records to take 4.9 million pounds in ticket sales on its opening day replacing former title holder ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, said his second appearance as the 007 agent was much ‘harder’.

“I don''t feel it was easier on this one - it felt harder,” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

"The weight of expectation with this movie has been so great because there was such success with the last. 

London, November 9 : Mariah Carey, who’s known for her astounding eight-octave vocal range, left the star-struck ‘X-Factor’ contestants gasping for air when they met up with the super-singing sensation hours before the show.

The contestants, who received a class from the world’s biggest-selling female artist as they prepared to perform one of her hits, were said to have had the frozen feet.

“The contestants have been a bit like, ‘Wow, it’s actually Mariah Carey’,” the Daily Star quoted vocal coach Yvie Burnett as telling them. 

“There’s nothing harder than singing a Mariah song in front of Mariah.

The story of much-awaited flick of the year 2008 ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, which was kept as a guarded secret, is out of the closet.

According to sources, the storyline of SRK starrer, which is set for a December release, was only told to the three main leading characters including Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Vinay Pathak.

But now the story has been leaked.