London, May 12 (ANI): Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp has revealed that officials and referees always feared upsetting Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who is due to retire at end of the current English football season after being at helm for 26 years.

Manama, May 7 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has asked foreigners staying illegally in the country to take advantage of the three-month grace period to regularise their situation.

Sydney, Apr 25 (ANI): The premature unveiling of the Australian squad for the Ashes has given England a free kick and a head-start to prepare their pitches and players accordingly, according to Australian cricket sources.

Washington, Apr. 21 (ANI): ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal has said that he regrets that the steel giant had to permanently close two French blast furnaces, but added that high labour and energy costs have kept France at a competitive disadvantage.

Washington, April 19 (ANI): University of Alberta researchers are abuzz after using fruit flies to find new ways of taking advantage of caffeine's lethal effects on cancer cells-results that could one day be used to advance cancer therapies for people.

Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has expressed his excitement at his participation in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament to be held in India later this year, saying that he hoped that the Indian pitches will be an advantage for him in the tournament.

London, Mar. 28 (ANI): Carla Bruni has dismissed the accusation as 'unthinkable' that her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, took advantage of the mental weakness of an elderly billionaire to finance his rise to power.

Melbourne, Feb. 27 (ANI): Sofia Vergara has said that her breasts are part of her act and she is not afraid to use them.

New Delhi, Feb. 23 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said dental tourism as a concept has caught the imagination of foreign visitors who would like to take advantage of the high quality of implant services and related treatments that are more affordable in India.

Washington, February 20 (ANI): Scientists have now demonstrated the advantages of wavelength-modulated Raman spectroscopy, opening the door to wider biomedical and clinical applications such as real-time assessment of tissues during surgery.

Washington, February 18 (ANI): As people move more often and become more urbanized, skin color-an adaptation that took hundreds of thousands of years to develop in humans-may lose some of its evolutionary advantage, according to a Penn State anthropologist.

London, Feb 16 (ANI): Men who are circumcised are in for some bad news - it puts them at a disadvantage in the bedroom, experts have claimed.

Mumbai, Feb.5 (ANI): England seamers Katherine Brunt (2-10) and Anya Shrubsole (4-21) took full advantage of early morning conditions at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground to dismiss West Indies Women for a paltry 101 in a Group A game of the ICC Women's World Cup.

Tezu, Feb 02 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has called upon the people to take full advantage of festivals by making relationships and intermingling for peaceful coexistence that would pave way for overall development in a congenial atmosphere.

Gangtok, Jan 25 (ANI): Climatic advantage coupled with a skilled workforce gives Sikkim a definite edge in the business of floriculture.

New York, January 12 (ANI): Keeping an affair secret can be a lot of work, but philanderers in Japan have an advantage thanks to a stealthy flip phone only sold in that country.

London, Jan 12(ANI): Football teams are no longer enjoying home advantage on their grounds due to the improved level training of referees, according to a study by University of Wolverhampton and the University of Portsmouth.

Ranchi, Jan. 11 (ANI): Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Gauri Shankar Rath, who has condemned the barbaric and cowardly act of the Naxals to surgically implant a bomb inside the stomach of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter, on Friday said the ultras have grown stronger technically with external support.

London, Dec 13(ANI): India gained an upper hand against England at the end of day one of the final Test match at Nagpur after the visitors toiled hard to manage a score of 199 in 97 overs with loss of five wickets at stumps.

Sydney, Dec 12(ANI): Veteran Kumar Sangakkara believes Australia's pace advantage in the Hobart Test can be annulled if the skillful Sri Lankan bowlers can make better use of the projected helpful conditions.

Dubai, Dec 11 (ANI): Sir Ben Kingsley insists on looking forward in life, and taking advantage of every opportunity that comes along.

Johannesburg, Dec 4(ANI): South Africa captain Graeme Smith has backed England to beat Australia in next year's Ashes series due to the home team advantage.

London, Dec 2 (ANI): "Friends with benefits" relationships do have one advantage, as a new study found that no strings couples are more likely to practice safe sex than those in traditional partnerships.

Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Entertainment manager Louis Walsh has said that Adele should be "working now" and taking advantage of her worldwide success of album '21' rather than taking time off for her son.

London, Nov. 28 (ANI): The US has decided not to declare China as having manipulated its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage.