Champions League: Arsenal hoping against hope when they face Anderlecht tomorrow |
- Champions League: Arsenal hoping against hope when they face Anderlecht tomorrow
- FitBit offers superwatch as latest product offering
- Former Gapena chief Tan Sri Ismail Hussein dies at 82
- Tokyo International Film Festival puts focus on on animated films
- Bloomberg Video: Ever wondered how hotdogs are made?
- French oil company Total CEO killed in plane crash
| Champions League: Arsenal hoping against hope when they face Anderlecht tomorrow Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:06 PM PDT
Arsenal go to Brussels knowing they must improve upon their showing against Hull City in the Premier League on Saturday, when they required a last-minute Danny Welbeck equaliser just to earn a 2-2 draw. The result left them in seventh place in the table, already 11 points behind leaders Chelsea, and they have mustered just two wins in their last nine games in all competitions. "At the moment we are having a bad period, but we didn't lose," said defender Per Mertesacker after the Hull game, while Wenger urged his side to get back to winning ways in the Belgian capital. "Let's focus on winning the next game. Football is made of pragmatism and realism so let's focus to go to Anderlecht and win the game," he told journalists. Arsenal got off to a bad start in Group D, losing 2-0 away to Borussia Dortmund in their opening game last month, but they bounced back in convincing fashion in their last match, thumping Galatasaray 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium, with Welbeck scoring a hat-trick. Six points from their double-header against Anderlecht — the return fixture in London is on November 4 — will have them well on course for a place in the knockout stage once again, but Arsenal are not helped by their on-going selection problems. Goalkeeping problems Mesut Ozil and Mathieu Debuchy are on the sidelines while centre-back Laurent Koscielny sat out the Hull draw with an achilles problem and Jsck Wilshere came off in that game with a leg injury, although Wenger later described the midfielder's problem as "not a lot". In addition, with Wojciech Szczesny suspended after his sending-off against Galatasaray and David Ospina still not fit, Wenger is set to hand a start to 22-year-old Argentine Emiliano Martinez, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday. At least Aaron Ramsey made his comeback after a hamstring injury against Hull and Theo Walcott returned after more than nine months on the sidelines in a reserve game last week. This game may come just too soon for the England winger but Wilshere is eager to see his colleague back in action. "I've never played with someone before who times their runs so perfectly and keeps doing it, time after time," he told Arsenal's website. "It's tough in a game to repeat those sprints 15 or 20 times but he does it, and it's a dream for a midfielder." One of the leading sides in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, Belgian champions Anderlecht have struggled in the Champions League in recent seasons, particularly at their snug Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. A 1-1 draw at Galatasaray in their opening game was followed by a 3-0 home loss to Dortmund last time out, a result which did little for their prospects of avoiding finishing bottom of the group, just as they have done in each of their last seven appearances at this stage of the competition. Indeed, their 1-0 win at home to Zenit St Petersburg in 2012-13 was their first at home in the competition proper in nine years, and since then they have suffered five straight group-stage defeats with an aggregate score of 17-3. They are unbeaten domestically this season, but coach Besnik Hasi was not enamoured by his side's performance against Mechelen in a 1-1 draw at the weekend. "The first half was the worst since I have been in charge of the team," said the former Albania international. "To say that I was angry at half-time is over the top but I certainly said to some of the players that they had been very bad." _ AFP  |
| FitBit offers superwatch as latest product offering Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:59 PM PDT
The Verge reports that the gadget will be marketed as a superwatch and its capabilities include GPS tracking and Fitbit's PurePulse heart rate monitoring, which will also be available on the Charge HD. Between the two aforementioned items and what The Verge says is a promise of real-time workout data, it's more than likely the watch will provide statistics on pace, heart rate intensity and elevation climbed, to name a few. They've found out the Surge will carry over Fitbit's 24/7 activity tracking system, which ensures users spend a significant portion of each day on their feet by displaying data on floors climbed, calories burned and active minutes. It will also manage sleep and wake users with a gentle, vibrating alarm in the morning and will sync with the user's computer and smartphone. The Verge cautions would-be users against considering the gadget a smartwatch, for while its notification system will offer the basics, it's not going to compete with more sophisticated devices like Android Wear or the Apple Watch. The Surge looks set to sell for US$249 (RM814). To stay up-to-date: http://www.fitbit.com. — AFP/Relaxnews |
| Former Gapena chief Tan Sri Ismail Hussein dies at 82 Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:56 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 ― Ex-Federation of National Writers Associations (Gapena) head Tan Sri Ismail Hussein died at 9.36pm tonight at the University Malaya Medical Centre, believed to be due to old age.
Gapena chief Prof Datuk Dr Abdul Latif Abu Bakar said Ismail was a well known figure in Malay literature throughout the country for his writing. "He was a soft-spoken man who was always lending a helping hand to others. In terms of leadership, he has successfully made Gapena renowned in the fight for Malay literature and culture in the country," he said when contacted here, today. The late Ismail, who was also Universiti Malaya's former head of the Malay Studies Department, was born on Jan 30, 1932 in Kampung Sungai Limau Dalam, Yan, Kedah and headed Gapena from 1971 to 2013. His remains would be taken to the International Islamic University Mosque in Section 16, Petaling Jaya, at 10am tomorrow and would be buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery at about 11am. ― Bernama |
| Tokyo International Film Festival puts focus on on animated films Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:45 PM PDT
The 2014 TIFF, which runs October 21-31, opens with the world's first showing of Disney's east-meets-west sci-fi "Big Hero 6," will showcase 50 works from Hideaki Anno ("Evangelion") at Nihonbashi's Toho Cinemas, and is to close with the manga-inspired "Parasyte," directed by Takashi Yamazaki of The Eternal Zero. "Anime is a unique type of content that Japan can take pride in," festival director Yasushi Shiina told The Hollywood Reporter. A repeated emphasis on anime and anime-related material at this year's event is part of a strategy to differentiate the Tokyo event from others of its kind around the world. Shiina believes that by doing so, the TIFF will be better able to draw in Japan's cinemagoing public as well as its movie industry, while "promoting cultural exchange between people from around the world." — AFP/Relaxnews |
| Bloomberg Video: Ever wondered how hotdogs are made? Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:45 PM PDT Duration: 00:53, Published 21 Oct 2014 Americans spent US$2.5 billion (RM8.15 bilion) on hot dogs last year ― and that was just in supermarkets. Have you ever wondered what goes into making them? ― Bloomberg |
| French oil company Total CEO killed in plane crash Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:43 PM PDT
"There was one passenger registered on the plane, French citizen Christophe de Margerie. The three crew members were also French citizens. They all died," the TASS news agency cited an aviation source as saying. TASS reported that the plane "according to a preliminary version, crashed into a snow plough". The Interfax news agency cited a police source as saying that one of the dead was a top executive at Total, naming de Margerie, 63. A Falcon-50 plane crashed at Vnukovo airport at 11:58pm yesterday Moscow time, apparently on takeoff, the emergencies ministry said in a statement. "There are casualties." A spokesman for the emergencies ministry told AFP that he could not give information on the casualties. There was no immediate response from Total in France. — AFP |
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