London - A leading British bookmaker on Saturday said it had turned away punters wanting to place bets on US president-elect Barack Obama being assassinated, media reports said.

William Hill said it had received more than 100 requests from customers wanting to place bets but that the firm was not interested, according to Britain's Press Association.

"I cannot imagine why any reputable bookmaker would even consider taking such a bet or any punter contemplate placing one," William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe was quoted as saying.

London  - Luiz Felipe Scolari turns 60 on Sunday and is an experienced coach who has won the World Cup, but that doesn't mean he can't be surprised anymore.

The Brazilian coach acknowledged earlier this week that the force and physicality in England's Premier League is bigger than he expected when he took charge at Chelsea in summer.

"Sometimes the games are more physical than I was expecting," Scolari told Sky Sports this week.

"I think I have learnt more than I have taught my players. I have learnt a lot about English football. I am very happy here."

London, Nov 8 : American actress Hayden Panettiere has also joined the ranks of chest-bearing showbiz hotties.

Panettiere was spotted wearing a plunging top, without a bra to Madonna’s LA gig on November 7.

Her attire for the evening left nothing to the imagination, as she headed past the crowd and into the Dodger Stadium, where Madge’s fans were given an eye-catching rear view as she walked past in tight trousers.

London, Nov 8 : English rocker Ronnie Wood’s wife Jo Wood has decided to become an artist just like him.

Jo, 53, who is an ex-model and who had left 61-year-old Wood after he started dating Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, 20, revealed that she plans to create her own works of art.

“I’m good at drawing. I haven’t had any exhibitions yet,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

“I draw the kids and my grandchildren – my interpretation of them,” she said.

She had revealed her plans at the launch of her Organics perfume at House of Fraser in London.

London, Nov 8 : American singer Mariah Carey has revealed that she abstained from having sex with her now hubby rapper Nick Cannon until they were married.

Carey, who started dating Cannon in February and married him in the Bahamas in April after just two months of knowing him, said that the wait was well worth it.

“It’s not that we had NO intimacy, we just didn’t have complete intimacy. It’s just me, and my feelings,” the Mirror quoted her as saying.

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