World Cup Snippets

Yorke, who played for the the team that won their third trophy of the season against Bayern Munich in the European Cup final on Wednesday, came onto the field with the drinks trolley during Australia8217;s innings. He joked with childhood friend and fellow Trinidadian Lara and the rest of the team. Lara had earlier asked for permission to go and watch Yorke play in Barcelona on Wednesday but the West Indies management refused as it would have meant him missing the group B8217; game against Scotland.

Official song released, a day too late

LONDON: The official song will be released here today 8212; 24 hours after hosts England were knocked out and 18 days after the launch of the tournament. The lyrics of the song, 8220;life is acarnival8221;, caused some wry amusement in the media.

Its opening line, 8220;heroes come and heroes go8221;, according to the British press, clearly did not refer to Alec Stewart8217;s home side, who failed to reach the second round after being beaten by India.

The Guardian, meanwhile, ridiculing the late release of the song 8211; and England8217;s early exit 8211; argued it should be translated immediately into Hindi.

Bursting firecracker kills 6-year-old boy

HYDERABAD: In a freak incident, six-year-old Vishal lost his life when he was hit under the throat by a splinter from bursting of crackers at Malkajgiri in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday night.

The bizarre incident happened when some boys excited over the fall of Greame Hick8217;s wicket. Vishal hails from Bidar in Karnataka and had come to his grandparents house here for summer vacation. He died on the way to the hospital, police said.