A Fox News ‘expert’ is the butt of all jokes for saying the city is a no-go zone for non-Muslims.
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/ 22 September 2011
Owen Hargreaves has marked his return to competitive football with a debut goal for Manchester City in a 2-0 win over Birmingham in the League Cup.
Frank Lampard refuses to concede the title race but Chelsea’s more realistic target against Birmingham on Tuesday is to finish in second spot.
Birmingham have been fined £20 000, with a further £20 000 suspended, following a pitch invasion during their League Cup quarter-final.
Tottenham’s winless streak was extended with a draw to Sunderland, while Stoke City almost lost their win to Birmingham.
Australia’s draw in the third Test has exposed weakness in England’s bowling attack and given Ricky Ponting’s men a chance of retaining the Ashes.
Australia’s Shane Watson marked his maiden Test as an opener by batting through to the rain-affected close of the first day of the third Ashes Test.
South African captain Graeme Smith made a magnificent century on Saturday to lead his team to a series-clinching victory against England.
Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen gave England a chance of a come-from-behind victory on the third day of the third Test against South Africa.
Andre Nel took three wickets and sparked a slump by England on the first day of the third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
The freak dismissal of Andrew Strauss sparked a collapse for England as they went to lunch on 82 for three after making a solid start.
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/ 24 February 2008
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could not contain his anger at Birmingham’s Martin Taylor after the defender’s horror tackle left Eduardo fighting to save his career. Eduardo underwent surgery in Birmingham’s Selly Oak hospital on Saturday night for a double compound fracture of his left leg.
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/ 3 September 2007
Jose Mourinho must be developing an intense hatred for visits to Villa Park after Martin O’Neill condemned Chelsea to yet another dose of Midlands misery. Debutant Zat Knight and Gabriel Agbonlahor both scored in the second half to leave Mourinho still waiting for his first Premier League victory at this particular corner of the West Midlands.
Ian Bell’s third 50 in as many matches was the cornerstone of England’s 42-run win against India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Monday as they took a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series. Bell, on his Warwickshire home ground, made 79 in England’s total of 281 for eight.
Manchester United secured a place in the FA Cup final and kept their treble challenge on track with a 4-1 rout of Watford in the semifinals on Saturday. Ferguson’s perfect record both at Villa Park and in semifinals with United remained intact at a canter after Wayne Rooney’s two goals and strikes from Cristiano Ronaldo and Kieran Richardson ended Watford’s dream.
Tornadoes swept across the Southern United States and killed at least 17 people across three states, ripping up a hospital and a high school, CNN and Fox News reported on Friday. They said nine were killed in Georgia, where a hospital was hit, seven in Alabama where a high school was torn open and collapsed, and one, a little girl, in Missouri.
Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday and killed at least 11 people, most of whom had been taking shelter in a high school that collapsed in southern Alabama. Five people died when the school building was torn open by the twister in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise.
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/ 31 January 2007
Police in central England arrested nine people in a major security swoop on Wednesday, which a defence source said involved a plot to kidnap and possibly kill a Muslim British soldier. Detectives said eight suspected conspirators were arrested in dawn raids across the city of Birmingham on ”suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”.
John Terry could play for Chelsea in the FA Cup against Macclesfield this weekend, barely a week after undergoing keyhole surgery on a back injury that has troubled him for much of the season. Terry trained with the rest of the Chelsea squad ahead of Tuesday’s goalless Premier League away to Aston Villa.
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/ 27 September 2006
American tycoon Randy Lerner has completed his takeover of Aston Villa after taking control of 90% of the shares in the English Premiership club. Lerner is expected to exercise his right to compulsorily purchase the remainder as soon as possible. The American officially became chairperson of the club last week in place of Doug Ellis.
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/ 11 September 2006
Sajid Mahmood starred with both bat and ball as England fell over the line to beat Pakistan by three wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at Edgbaston on Sunday and so end the series all square at 2-2. Set a meagre 155 to win, England finished on 155-7 with 19 overs to spare.
England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets on Sunday after a career-best performance from paceman Liam Plunkett gave his team an easily attainable victory target on day four of the second Test at Edgbaston. England, led by Kevin Pietersen’s 142 off 157 balls, reached 295 in reply to Sri Lanka’s first-innings 141.
Kumar Sangakkara insisted Sri Lanka’s batsmen ”had to do much better” after the tourists were skittled out for just 141 on the opening day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston. At stumps, England were closing in on a first-innings lead at 138-3 after pace-man Liam Plunkett had taken 3-43, including a double-wicket maiden in his first over.
A Marlon Harewood second-half super strike gave West Ham a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup semifinal at Villa Park in Birmingham on Sunday. England Under-21 striker Harewood sealed a tense clash and clinched West Ham’s first FA Cup final appearance since 1980 with a classy finish midway through the second half.
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/ 29 December 2005
Alex Ferguson demanded referees give Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo greater protection after Manchester United’s faint Premiership title hopes suffered further damage in their 2-2 draw with Birmingham City at St Andrews. He said there was a rising tide of hatred against Ronaldo being generated by supporters in England and claimed his side were the victims of the latest bout of crowd reaction as they dropped 11 points behind leaders Chelsea.
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/ 17 October 2005
Prolific songwriter Baker Knight, whose hits were recorded by stars ranging from Elvis Presley to Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, has died. He was 72. Born Thomas Baker Knight Jnr, he died on Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Birmingham, according to his daughter, Tuesday Knight.
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/ 19 September 2005
Aston Villa said on Monday they have received a preliminary approach to buy the English Premiership club. Villa were the subject of weekend speculation linking a Russian consortium with a possible takeover. A statement from Aston Villa plc to the Stock Exchange said such claims are ”inaccurate and unfounded”.
England captain Michael Vaughan warned his side to keep their focus after they levelled the Ashes series with a dramatic two-run win over Australia in the second Test at Edgbaston. England’s victory, the closest in 308 Tests spanning 128 years between the old rivals, squared the current campaign at 1-1.
Police have lifted a cordon around Birmingham city centre after about 20 000 people were evacuated overnight amid bomb fears in Britain’s second city, though a top officer virtually ruled out links to London’s terror attacks. Bomb-squad officers carried out four controlled explosions on a bus.
Michael Vaughan hit his ninth Test century here on Sunday as England battled back in the first Test against South Africa and then described his 156 as the best of his international career.
England wicketkeeper Alec Stewart said on Friday the thought of another tough winter away from home had prompted him to announce his retirement from Test cricket.