28 bogies overturned in goods trains’ collision

HYDERABAD: Twenty-eight bogies were overturned in result of the collision of two goods trains at Kotri Railway Station near Hyderabad on Thursday. Moreover, two persons were injured while oil from bogies spilled around the area. According to reports, a goods train coming from Karachi collided with another goods train stationed at Kotri Railway station due to which several bogies were overturned. A train driver Shahid and a fireman Rashid sustained injuries in the incident and they were taken to Taluka Hospital Kotri for immediate medical treatment. The collision resulted in spilling of oil in huge quantity.The incident took place at 1-30 pm but relief operation has still not begun after the accident.However, Railway officials said that a rescue train has left Karachi towards the spot and the Railway officials have also gone to the scene.Police and Rangers cordoned off the area just after the trains collided while fire-brigade and Edhi ambulance immediately reached the spot.According to the Railway officials, each bogie contains 49,000 litres of oil and 28 bogies were overturned from which oil is being taken out.Taking notice of the accident of the goods trains, minister of state for Railway Jadam Mangrio has ordered GM and DS Railway for investigation.He also directed to investigate that how both trains reached the same track.

Iverson Worth The Risk For Grizzlies

What on earth, you might ask, would a team like the Grizzlies—a young, impressionable and still very much rebuilding bunch—want with an aging malcontent like Allen Iverson? Fair question, because many around the league are asking the same thing. As one East general manager told me, "You have a kid like Mike Conley. You have a kid like O.J. Mayo. You have Rudy Gay. You have Hasheem Thabeet, the No. 2 pick in the draft. How is a guy like Iverson going to help them?"

Considering the events of last season, when Iverson was traded to Detroit for Chauncey Billups and proceeded to shred the Pistons' chemistry, skepticism about Memphis' signing of Iverson to a one-year, $3.5 million deal is rampant. But it shouldn't be. Because, in the end, consider what the Grizzlies just did—they signed the 16th-leading scorer in NBA history to a contract that ends in seven months and costs them less than half what they're due to pay Marko Jaric.

Where did it all go wrong for England's Michael Owen?

Wide-eyed, arms stretched aloft celebrating his hat-trick against Germany seven years ago... it is the iconic image of Michael Owen’s career so far.

There was a disbelieving expression of joy on his face in that famous 5-1 win in Munich.

Seven years and two months on, that expression has been replaced by a frown as he sits on Newcastle’s bench and contemplates his international exile.

He has effectively been relegated to, at best, England’s eighth-choice striker – behind the likes of Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch.

Where has it all gone wrong for Michael James Owen?

From 18-year-old World Cup prodigy to 28-year-old forgotten man under Fabio Capello? Owen – the fourth highest all-time England scorer – will be toiling on the training ground at Newcastle’s HQ this week as his England team-mates once again travel to Germany.

Instead of Berlin, and a chance to relaunch his career, it is more rehab in Benton ahead of the thankless task of an away game at Chelsea at the weekend.

Can it really be possible that Owen is no longer one of the nation’s top seven strikers? Even with Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey out, he is not worthy of a call-up?

Why is it that Owen’s bosses for club and country refuse to believe in his goalscoring talents? Injuries. Fitness concerns. Form. Not fitting in with Capello’s tactical formula. Playing for a basket case of a club. Take your pick.

But Owen has answered everyone with the commodity no other England striker has delivered over such a sustained period – goals.

Since his magnificent performance in Munich, Owen has suffered injuries ranging from knee ligament damage to a broken foot, thigh strains, hamstring problems, a double hernia and even last summer a painful dose of mumps. Yet his goal record remains phenomenal.

Since his hat-trick in Munich on September 1, 2001, he has made 287 appearances for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and England, including dozens as a substitute, and has still found the net 135 times.

He has taken his England tally from 13 after Munich to 40, the last two instrumental in the demolition of Russia last season. But that counts for nothing with Capello.

Last season, despite the injury niggles, he made 40 appearances and netted 16 times. And even in a disjointed current campaign for Newcastle he has already got six. It will take time on the pitch to alleviate the injury doubts, but Capello’s tactical concerns were surely answered last season.

Under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan, Owen found a new lease of life, and more goals, playing in a deeper role at St James’ Park

Richmond Tiger to Albury Tiger

OVENS and Murray league club the Albury Tigers have been installed as early premiership favourites despite finishing outside the finals in the past two seasons.

The Tigers have scored the prized signatures of a handful of top-line players and look set to bolt up the ladder next year.

Former Richmond midfielder Chris Hyde became the latest star recruit when he signed with Albury earlier this week.

Hyde joins former Sydney and Brisbane player Ben Fixter, who was recruited to the club midway through last season, and three-time Keysborough best-and-fairest Shaun Daly, who had previously played at rival Ovens and Murray club Corowa-Rutherglen.

Other key signings include Jindera premiership player Joel Mackie, along with Andrew Carey, who is returning to the area from ACT club Queanbeyan.

Both Mackie and Carey have also played with other Ovens and Murray clubs in the past.

New senior coach Paul Spargo is undoubtedly a key factor in the Tigers' recruiting blitz.

Spargo is one of Albury's favourite sons, having coached the club to back-to-back flags in 1995 and '96.

He last coached the club in 2002 but has held various other roles, including a stint as senior runner last season.

He also spent two years as an assistant coach at Richmond, when new recruit Hyde was beginning his AFL career.

Spargo was appointed to the coaching position in June after then-coach Luke Carroll announced he would be stepping aside at the end of the season.

Spargo told local media the club was "desperate for success''.

"The best part about the players we've picked up is they're going to assist and develop the foundations which have been laid by the existing group,'' he said.

Albury lasted tasted premiership success when it won three consecutive flags from 1995 to '97.

Sports news at SW19

No Andy Murray, new technology, Greg Rusedski's Wimbledon tour, ticket touts and all topped off with a thrilling win for Tim Henman … the sports news menu from Wimbledon has been as varied as the catering outlets at the site, and that's just in the first two days.

Throughout each day, the sports news team will be trying to strike the balance between unearthing news stories and providing match reports for all of the BBCs many sports news outlets.

Like all other areas of interest, the sports news team pitch their ideas to the output editors who have to weigh up the merits of all the other stories in the world that day and decide what to put in their bulletins. It would be fair to say that competition for space can be quite lively at times!

The presenters and reporters work on the roof of the broadcast centre at our live position with its view across to Number One Court. Before you get a mental image of them clinging on to the side of a pitched roof with one hand while holding the microphone in the other, this particular roof is flat, has grass and flower beds dotted around it and there's even a bar at one end, though clearly no one would be visiting that before they go on air!

We share the roof with other rights holding broadcasters from around the world and it's from there that we present the afternoon and early evening sports news bulletins on News 24, provide reports for the main BBC ONE bulletins and sports output on BBC World.

Of course we don't just broadcast to a British audience … one of the big challenges for our teams is that they might have to provide a report for News 24 one minute and then for BBC World the next. While viewers to News 24 might be particularly keen to hear about the trials and tribulations of Henman, for our BBC World team it's a complex balancing act between how the top seeds in each draw are doing irrespective of their nationality, as well as considering which part of the world has its peak audience at a particular time.

The production team don't tend to get out into the fresh air too much - our nerve centre is a room off one of the many corridors in the rabbit warren that is the broadcast centre. But it does have the advantage of one wall being almost entirely glass and looking out over Court 14. Squeezed in there will be the producers, the editors with all their kit, and all our computers for writing scripts and finding out the necessary background information … not to mention empty coffee cups and sandwich wrappers as balanced diets and healthy eating goes out the window for a couple of weeks.

For the early risers amongst you Chris Hollins is spearheading BBC Breakfast's coverage and will be live from Wimbledon every weekday, with colleagues from the sports room covering him at the weekends. Breakfast news have four possible presentation positions for Chris, three outside and, of course, the crucial wet weather position which we hope won't be used too often over the next fortnight. Chris will be making sure Breakfast viewers know what happened on the court but is also trying to capture some of what makes this such a special tournament. Watch out for his report on spending the night outside with fans and keep an eye out for some of your favourite faces from the BBC Sport team being dragged out of bed bright and early.

The whole operation takes months to plan. Which office space can we use? How do we dovetail with the sport coverage on BBC ONE and TWO? How many reporters do we need? Which cameramen can go where and when? And how do we edit all our different pieces at the same time?! The beauty of sports news is that all those plans can need changing at a moment’s notice, but hopefully however frantic things get behind the scenes you'll get a clear and accurate picture of what's gone on.