Arsenal vs Hull City EPL 08-09: Preview and Live Score

Arsenal will host newly promoted Hull City at the Emirates Stadium on 27 September 2008. Both the sides are now full of confident on the back of their recent form in premier league. Arsenal moved up at the top of the point table with last weekend’s 3-1 away victory at Bolton Wanders, while Hull City drew against Everton 2-2 at the KC Stadium in the last Sunday’s premier league encounter. After being promoted to premier league, Hull City has already picked up two victories alongside two draws and a defeat in the first five premier league matches so far. With eight points under their belt, Hull City now secured the eighth place in the league table.

Match: Arsenal vs Hull City; English Premier League 2008-2009

Date: 27 September 2008, Saturday

Venue: Emirates Stadium

Kick off: 17:30 BST (British Standard Time)

Since Arsenal’s defeat away at Fulham, they have been in imperious form that saw Arsenal scoring 21 goals besides conceding two in their last six matches in all competitions. Arsene Wenger boys are now in firing form with most of the players playing at their prime. With 12 points, Arsenal is just a point ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool. So, the Gunners need to pull off a victory over Hull City at home in order to keep their place at the top intact. So, knowing the fact that a slip up against Hull City may cost them the top place in the table, Arsenal playing will go into the match eyeing on a victory.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger featured a very young side including a number of players from Arsenal’s reserve team against Sheffield United in the third round encounter of Carling Cup on Tuesday. However, the seemingly reserve side pulled off a confidence-booster 6-0 victory against Sheffield United and secured a place in the fourth round. With all the key players, who were rested for the Carling Cup showdown, coming back in the starting line up, Arsenal is expected to be stronger than it was in the Carling Cup meeting with Sheffield United.

Hull City, on the other hand, has already proved that it has talent and skill to become a club who are capable of taking stern test of premier league giants. Except the 5-0 thrash by Wigan Athletic, Hull City has been playing extremely well. Last Sunday, they pushed Everton all the way in the 2-2 affair in which Everton needed to come back from 2-0 down to pick up a point from the match. Moreover, winning over Newcastle United 2-1, Hull City proved that any kind of negligence to them might be lethal for their opponents. So, Arsenal must not underestimate the Tigers ahead of the home meeting.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will find defender Gael Clichy available for the match as the player recovered quickly from an injury that he sustained in the 3-1 victory over Bolton Wanderers. Mikael Silvestre could be handed his debut match for Arsenal since he joined the club from Manchester Untied last month. However, Abou Diaby has been ruled out of the match with thigh injury. Long term absentees like Tomas Rosicky and Eduardo remain sidelined. The good news for Arsenal fans is that midfielder Samir Nasri is fit for the Hull City encounter after recovering from knee injury.

Hull City manager Phil Brown has named striker Dean Windass in the line up for the visit to Emirates stadium. Dean Windass expressed his frustration after being ruled out of Everton match and questioned his future at Hull City. Now, he could get some action against Arsenal. Hull City signed Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos recently, but he will be feature against Arsenal as the player lacks match fitness. Brown will not get the service of Craig Fagan who picked up a serious injury against Newcastle United.

Missing Craig Fagan will be a huge blow for Hull City as they player had been playing pretty well this season. Moreover, Anthony Gardner has been left out of the squad to visit the North London club on Saturday as the player missed club’s training with a thing injury.

Online Live Score and Updates

Here, I am giving some names of online live score websites from where you can get the live score and updates of the match:

Live Score

Goalzz

Live Football Scores

Goal.com

Footie Scorez

Arsenal is undoubtedly favorite against Hull City. However, I think, it would be little risky to write off Hull City, even though Arsenal is playing at their prime at this moment. Arsenal might face some strong challenge from Hull City, but still a victory for Arsenal seems to the likely result to conclude the match.

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T-Mobile faces problems over unlimited data plan for T-Mobile G1

The much hyped T-Mobile G1, the first phone using Google’s Linux based Android operating system, produced by Hight Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) (TPE: 2498) and jointly launched by Google and T-Mobile, faced some problems regarding its unlimited data plan. When the phone was launched on September 23, 2008, it was said that for $35 per month users will enjoy unlimited data plan. However, in the official website of the T-Mobile G1, it was said that users would actually be able to use data worth 1GB per month. Users who cross this limit will be slowed to down to 50 Kbps. PC World reports:

The operator quickly came under fire for the limit, which is relatively low for people who hope to use the phone regularly to view maps, check e-mail, watch YouTube videos and browse the Internet.

On Thursday, T-Mobile said it removed the 1G-byte limit from its policy statement. But it didn't say that users would have true unlimited download capability. "The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with all customers," the company said in a statement.

After this problem, the website posted a generic statement which says that the operator would temporarily reduce “data throughput” for heavy users so that all the users can enjoy better service.

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Everton vs Liverpool EPL 08-09: Preview and Live Score

Liverpool will travel to Goodison Park to face their city rivals Everton in the first Merseyside derby of the season on Saturday. The traditional mouth-watering battle will see both the sides looking to pick up three points courtesy of a moral-boosting victory. However, there is no doubt that it would not be easy for neither side. Referring to last year’s correspondent match up that saw Liverpool winning 2-1 thanks to Dirk Kuyt’s two controversial spot-kicks awarded by referee Mark Clattenburg, you can predict another heated encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Match: Everton vs Liverpool, English Premier League 2008-2009

Date: 27 September 2008, Saturday

Venue: Goodison Park

Kick off: 12:45 BST (British Standard Time)

Live on TV: Sky Sports 1

Liverpool and Everton form one of the most popular and high-profile derby battles in Europe’s club football. Traditionally the football fans of the city get separated on the match day. So, public interest is always at the peak whenever the two rivals take on each other. Last season, Liverpool won both the home and away matches against Everton in premier league. So, Everton might play rough against Liverpool and they will go all out in front of their home crowd. For Liverpool, getting three points from the match is very important because they lost two important points against newly promoted Story City at home last weekend. So, Liverpool needs to be back on track in their pursuit to win much-awaited premier league title this season.

Liverpool started off well in the premier league campaign as the Rafael Benitez boys has not suffered any defeat so far this season. Moreover, Liverpool got a morale-booster home victory over Manchester United on 13 September. However, the Reds lost a large part of that momentum in their goal less disappointing home draw against Stroke City last weekend. However, it is true that Liverpool dominated all through the match against Stroke City, but their strikers failed to outclass the packed Stroke defense, while a Steven Gerrard goal was disallowed by referee on offside, even though television reply showed it could have been a legal goal.

However, Liverpool started their Carling Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over Crewe Alexandra in the third round. The fans are not happy with the narrow margin victory over Crewe. With three victories and two draws in five premier league matches so far, Liverpool managed 11 points under their belt and currently stands at third position in the league after Arsenal and Chelsea.

Everton could not manage to get a good start in the season as they have already lost two out of five matches they played so far this season. The Blues could manage to win two matches. Interestingly, both the victories came away from home. With two wins, two defeats and a draw, Everton got 7 points so far and secures 9^th place in the premier league. In their recent premier league encounter, Everton had to come from 2-0 down to ensure a point against Hull City. No doubt, it is a disappointing performance for Everton. They encountered another draw just 72 hours after the Hull City match as they were held to a 1-1 stalemate by Standard Liege in UEFA Cup.

Liverpool will miss defender Philipp Degen who picked up with two broken ribs in their 2-1 victory over Crewe. However, Captain Steven Gerrard and Spanish striker Fernando Torres will be back in the starting line up for the Everton match. Manager Rafael Benitez rested his two top guns against Crewe. So, they are now fresh enough to face Everton. Javier Mascherano might be drafted into the midfield to strengthen Liverpool midfield. Ryan Babel is also expected to come back in the match against Everton.

Everton manager David Moye will get two of his key players- Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta- available for the match. New recruit Louis Saha might get his debut match for Everton, while record signing Marouane Fellaini will also be there in the line up to get the experience of a Merseyside derby for the first time.

Online Live Score and Updates

If you want to get the online live score and updates of the match then visit the following online live score websites:

Live Score

Goalzz

Live Football Scores

Goal.com

Footie Scorez

It is a match that is always unpredictable. With both sides gearing up to give their best against each other, it is always too hard to pick up a favorite between Everton and Liverpool. Everton may not have been in good form, but they will have home advantage. Liverpool, similarly, lost points against Stroke City, but you need to remember their heroic victory over Manchester United. Overall, the upcoming encounter between Everton and Liverpool seems to be a hard-fought affair with full of excitement.

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Bollywood Movie ‘Drona’: Plot and Synopsis

The upcoming adventure thriller, ‘Drona’ will hit the big screen on 2 October 2008. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, the movie ‘Drona’ also features Kay Kay Menon in a villainous role alongside Jaya Bachchan playing another important role. The movie is directed by Goldie Behl. The movie features a number of visual effects and that is the reason it took ten months to complete the post-production works. So, ‘Drona’ is expected to be a big hit of Eid festival. The movie was shot in different locations including Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.

Plot and Background of the movie ‘Drona’

The synopsis of the movie is inspired by the character of Dronacharya from epic Mahabharata of Hindu mythology. Dronacharya is the guru or mentor of Kauravas and the Pandavas in the epic, and is well-known for his skill in advanced military. The protagonist in the movie, Aditya, is also a man with great fight skill and is seen in a number of fighting scenes in the movie.

Characters of the movie ‘Drona’

Abhishek Bachchan Portrays Aditya/ Drona

Abhishek Bachchan plays the title character ‘Aditya/ Drona’ in the movie ‘Drona’. Though Aditya is a descendent of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad, he does not know about his identity as he grows up somewhere else without knowing anything about his identity. However, with time progresses, he meets his destiny and takes up a inherited job assigned to him to protect the human beings from being destroyed.

Priyanka Chopra Plays Sonia

Priyanka Chopra plays the role of Sonia, the closest assistant of Aditya, in the movie. Gown up with the aim of leading her life as a warrior fighting against the evils as her duty, Sonia alongside Aditya also fights against evil powers to save the human race.

Kay Kay Menon in the Villainous Role of Riz Raizada

The movie ‘Drona’ features the most expensive villain ever in the history of Indian film industry. For portraying the role, director hired a big castle in Prague and the castle is seen as the empire of villain in the film. Kay Kay Menon plays the role of a most devastating evil magician, Riz Raizada. Besides inheriting all the evil powers from his ancestors, Riz also adds new skills to his evil powers by his own and wants to achieve eternity, but he needs to confront one man Aditya/ Drona before reaching his goal.

Synopsis of the movie ‘Drona’

Aditya, a young man, is grown up by a Foster family in a place far way and he is unaware about his own identity. However, he later on confronts his destiny and comes to know about his past.

Since his childhood a nightmare came to his mind again and again. However, back from the nightmare, he could not find anything but a blue magical rose petal that brought out his tears but made him laugh.

Riz Raizada, a descendent of demons who in his pursuit to capture the whole universe, wants to get the previous secret. However, to do this, he needs to confront Drona in the battle field. Drona is incidentally the descendant of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad. King Virbhadra was assigned by the Gods to protect a magical ratna (precise secret) and the first born child of his dynasty was supposed to protect the precious thing from the evil forces. Thus, the responsibility fells upon Aditya/ Drona to protect the precious secret.

Riz can recognize Aditya as Drona when the two come face to face. However, till then Aditya was not aware of his own identity. Later on Sonia reveals Aditya about his own identity. Stumbled Aditya and Sonia decide to go back to his birth place kingdom of Pratapgarh where his mother Queen Jayati Devi could answer of all of his questions, but before reaching there, Aditya and Sonia face Riz and his evil powers.

Drona now needs to be the greatest warrior knowing that only he can save the future of mankind from Riz and his evils powers. He was born as Drona in the dynasty. So, it has become his duty to save the human lives by protecting the precious secret.

‘Drona’ is a fantasy movie with full of suspense and adventure. The breathtaking excitement with heroics, evilness would keep the audience questioning- what to come next?

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Drona is Bollywood’s Indiana Jones, Says Director Goldie Behl

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer upcoming adventure flick, ‘Drona’ is one of the two high-profile films to be released during Eid Festival in Bollywood. A lot of things have been written on the movie ‘Drona’ that tells the story of an adventurous man named Aditya/ Drona who takes up the responsibility to protect the human race from being destroyed. The movie Drona hits the big screen on 2 October world wide.

Director Goldie Behl has recently termed ‘Drona’ as an adventure thriller that revolves around a world that he churned out in his imagination. He also said that the movie fells in the same genre that Harry Potter, Indiana Jones belong to. Aside from his movie, Goldie Bhel is also excited with the performance of Abhishek Bachchan.

Apunkachoice reported:

"It belongs to the Harry Potter, Indiana Jones genre. I started shooting early January last year and completed the film in 12 months. The post production took ten months because of the visual effects," Behl said.

"Abhishek works with several outside directors, but I connect with him very well and he understands what I want even without me saying it," he said.

In "Drona", Abhishek plays Aditya who is unaware of his destiny and the film dwells on how he realises the purpose of his existence and the way he lives up to it.

Abhishek Bachchan has even claimed recently that the movie will show his career best performance. Aside from Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, the movie also stars Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan in two important roles.

Abhishek Bachchan: ‘Drona is my biggest and best film so far’

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has said that his upcoming film ‘Drona’ is his best and biggest film so far in his career. Guru fame Abhishek Bachchan, however, gives the full credit to director Goldie Behl for his performance in the movie. Inspired by Hindu mythology, ‘Drona’ tells the tale of a man (played by Abhishek Bachchan) who saves the human beings from destruction by unraveling the secret of the universe.

This is, in fact, the most expensive movie Abhishek Bachchan ever involved in. After the excellent performances in the movies like Yuva, Guru, Sarkar and Sarkar Raj, Abhishek Bachchan is now confident that Bollywood moviegoers will see another powerful performance from him in the movie ‘Drona’.

Abhishek Bachchan started his career, creating huge splash, but he took some time to set himself as a front line actors in the industry. After a number of hit films over the last few years, the actor is now regarded as one of the best and most popular actors of Bollywood. Specially, after his superb performance in Guru took a new turn in his career. Now, Abhishek Bachchan is very much confident about his film ‘Drona’ opposite Priyanka Chopra. He has claimed himself ‘supremely confident’ while stating that ‘Drona’ is his best film he has associated with so far in his career. Now, let us see if Abhishek Bachchan can show another masterpiece performance like ‘Guru’ in the upcoming movie ‘Drona’, slated for release on 2 October.

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ICL Forms Cheerleading Squad 'ICL Zeebras' Led by Rakhi Sawant from Bollywood

Usually known for her item numbers, Rakhi Sawant will now be known for her cheerleading skill with 'ICL Zeebras', the new squad formed by Indian Cricket League (ICL) authorities recently. ICL recently launched India’s first indigenous cheerleading squad led by Bollywood sensation Rakhi Sawant. All the eight beautiful girls were picked up by Rakhi Sawant following the audition.

With ICL’s second season going underway from October 10, Indian Cricket League organizers are now busy with their last minute preparation. 'ICL Zeebras' will perform during ICL matches across its four venues- Gurgaon, Panchkula, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. 'ICL Zeebras' will be seen performing for the first time at the opening ceremony at Hyderabad on 10 October.

Rakhi Sawant is happy with ‘ICL Zeebras' squad and is looking forward to lead the squad during ICL tournament.

Rediff reported:

"It was after my performance at Panchkula during ICL's Season One, that I saw a huge opportunity about a possible Indian cheerleading squad. That dialogue got resumed a few months later and culminated in the formation of the ICLs Zeebras. I can't wait to don my Zeebra outfit and break into a jig every time Rohan (Gavaskar) or Raviraj (Patil) hits a six. I am sure, this will be one cheerleading squad that the country will remember for a long time to come.", added Rakhi.

This year, Indian premier league teams hired cheerleaders from America. However, the American cheerleaders created criticism with their short outfits while cheerleading during the IPL matches. Now, it will be interesting to see how Indian people will react to the performances of ICL Zeebras during ICL matches. However, we can assume that ICL authority will keep the Indian culture in mind while featuring cheerleaders to entertain the crowd.