London, Jan 20 : Racing ace Lewis Hamilton has revealed that fine dining at posh restaurants is not his cup of tea - and would rather prefer pizzas.

The Formula 1 star who moved to Switzerland for tax reasons said that he doesn't like splashing out big bucks at high-class eateries.

"I don't like fine dining at high-end restaurants. It is very rare I go to these places because they are just not my thing," The Sun quoted him as saying.

London, Jan. 20 : The England cricket team under new captain Andrew Strauss will have to prove to its fans and spectators both here and in the Caribbean that it has the unity to perform in the run-up to the Ashes to be held later in the year.

Strauss and his teammates will embark on their tour of the West Indies today, and in purely cricketing terms, playing the West Indies in the Caribbean - or anywhere else - is not what it used to be.

The Independent says that the team has been mediocre for years.

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Melbourne - Spain's Fernando Gonzalez crushed the home hopes of Lleyton Hewitt as he dumped the former finalist out in the first round of the Australian Open 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday.

The second-day shock at Melbourne Park derailed the 27-year-old Hewitt's plans as he played his home major for the 13th time.

He had not lost in the first round at Melbourne Park since 2002. It is the first time since the 2000 Open that he has not been seeded at a Grand Slam.

London, Jan. 20: Brazilian and A C Milan football star Kaka says that he was moved by the support of his Italian club fans in taking the sensational decision to reject a world record offer from the Arab-owned Manchester City football club.

He turned down their 243-million pound bid, 107 million pounds of which was to be his playing fees.

London, Jan. 20: Brazilian and A C Milan football star Kaka has rejected Manchester City''s record breaking 107 million pound offer.

The decision was announced after a tense day of high-level meetings between Kaka's representatives and leading officials from both clubs.

A C Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, who is also Italy's Prime Minister, took the extraordinary step of telephoning a national television station to declare that Kaka was staying.