Bollywood gets ready for the FIFA World Cup

NEW DEHLI: Shah Rukh Khan has some great vacation plans for his children – he is taking Aryan and Suhana to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup starting Friday.

“Taking kids for the matches (World Cup) in South Africa,” Shah Rukh posted on Twitter. “Soccer is beautiful … will play today if it rains. Rain and soccer more of a turn on than singing in the rain.”

Shah Rukh says he is nostalgic about the FIFA World Cup as he used to watch it with his mother.

Venus sent spinning out of French Open

PARIS: Second seed Venus Williams crashed to Russia’s Nadia Petrova in the fourth round of the French Open as four-time champion Justine Henin edged a tight battle with Maria Sharapova.

Williams, a runner-up here in 2002, became the biggest casualty of the tournament so far when she lost 6-3, 6-4 to Petrova, the 19th seed, on Court Philippe Chatrier. Williams spurned two break points in the first set and Petrova made her pay for her profligacy by converting one of the two break points that came her way to take a one-set lead.

A netted forehand from Petrova, twice a semi-finalist, gave Williams an early break of serve in the second set but the Russian broke back and then broke again to take a 4-3 lead.