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Johannesburg, Feb 08 - South Africa cricket team captain AB De Villiers has claimed that being told not to return home as 'losers' by their country's sports minister merely reflects the passionate desire of all the people in their nation for a maiden Cricket World Cup triumph.

South Africa's Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula created a stir earlier this week when he said at the team's official departure that they did not want them to be at the World Cup to add numbers and just become a bunch of losers.

De Villiers said that their country of South Africa expects a lot from their sports people, and added that they are expected to come there and win the tournament, Sport24 reported.

Washington, Feb 08 - Ziauddin, father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has written an open letter to the parents of the Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted by terrorist group Boko Ha

London, Feb 08 - French President Francois Hollande has reportedly termed a peace plan drawn up by France and Germany as "one of the last chances" to end the conflict in east Ukraine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that it was unclear if the plan would succeed but added that it was "definitely worth trying," reported the BBC.

Hollande said that the plan included a demilitarised zone of 50-70km around the current front line.

The two leaders are due to discuss the plan with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko via telephone on Sunday.

Although few details are known about the peace plan yet it is believed to be an attempt to revive a failed truce signed in Minsk, Belarus, in September last year.

Los Angeles : Actress Busy Philipps says she lost touch with her 'Dawson's Creek' co-star Katie Holmes after her marriage to Tom Cruise.

Philipps said Holmes stopped talking to her after her marriage to Cruise in 2006, reported Us magazine.

"I did not, no," Philipps, 35, told host Andy Cohen on whether they spoke after the Holmes-Cruise nuptials.

"I left her several voicemail messages."

The Cougar Town actress seemed to brush off the bizarre fallout, but noted that Holmes and Cruise's relationship did take her by surprise.

"I just remember when it happened and I was like, 'Are you on a plane in San Fransisco with Tom Cruise? What's happening?'. And then I saw her like three years later and she had a kid," she said of Suri, now 8.

Los Angeles : 'Hunger Games' star Jennifer Lawrence and actor Chris Pratt are reportedly in talks to join the cast of a sci-fi love story.

Adelaide: Star opener Rohit Sharma feels that arch-rivals Pakistan who will be "under pressure" going into the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup as they have never won against India at the mega event.

"The pressure will be on them rather than us. They are the ones, who have not won a game against us in the World Cup.

We will try and use it to our advantage," Rohit told the mediapersons at India's Open Session, here on Saturday.

Not denying that Pakistan match will be a huge affair, Rohit wants that fans go back with happy memories and they will prepare to the best of their abilities to win the game.