Madrid - Brazilian striker Edu de Souza is out of action for around six weeks due to injury, his Spanish club Real Betis announced on Friday.

Hamburg - Germany captain Michael Ballack and coach Joachim Loew have met to resolve a row amid media speculation on Friday on its outcome.

The German football federation (DFB) announced statements on the meeting, which took place on Thursday at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt, for later Friday.

Chelsea's Ballack, 32, had criticised Loew last week in a newspaper interview, mainly for benching fellow-midfielder Torsten Frings at two World Cup qualifiers. Ballack said that Loew did not show enough respect for long-time Germany players.

New Delhi, Oct 31 : Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was banned for one Test match after he was found guilty of elbowing Australia all-rounder Shane Watson during the ongoing third Test in Delhi.

International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad today charged Gambhir with a level-two offence of not conducting play "within the spirit of the game as well as within the laws of cricket".

Meanwhile, the BCCI is going to appeal to ICC to relax the punishment on Gambhir.

Sydney, Oct 31 : Australian team is angry that Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was not charged with a more serious offence following his mid-pitch collision with all rounder Shane Watson during the third Test.

Match referee Chris Broad charged Gambhir with a level-two offence of not conducting play “within the spirit of the game as well as within the laws of cricket” after a dust-up with Watson during which he raised his elbow into the all-rounder’s chest, a reflex the batsman later claimed was an accident.

Watson was charged with a level-one offence under the same section of the players’ code of conduct for not playing within the spirit of the game, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

London, October 31: Ace car racer Lewis Hamilton has once again been racially abused by Spanish Formula One fans, ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Over 16,000 racist messages have been posted on a Spanish website, which use terms like “nigger” and “half-breed” to denote the British racing driver.

The website allegedly encourages visitors to leave imaginary nails for Hamilton on a computer mock-up of the Interlagos racetrack.

Spanish fans of Hamilton''s rival, Fernando Alonso, are believed to be behind the outrage.

The very well known World Champion Viswanathan Anand has managed to retain his title. Anand, born on December 11, 1969 in Chennai, is the son of 

Vishwanathan, who is now a retired general manager, Southern Railways.

His friends call him ‘Vishy’ and he learnt to play chess from his mother Susheela at the tender age of six, and since then he had developed great love for 

the game. His mother had been a great source of inspiration for him.