Ese es un bandido vestido de futbolista... es vulgar", repitió dos veces el narrador colombiano en vivo por televisión al ver al delantero panameño Luis "Lucho Moreno" patear a su rival en la grama en un partido en Colombia.

El futbolista está metido en otro lío, luego de haber pateado una lechuza el pasado domingo 27 de febrero en Colombia y haberse ganado el repudio de la comunidad internacional, vuelve al centro de la discordia.

Moreno, de 29 años, no escarmienta y varios diarios colombianos hablan de la tremenda patada que le propinó al jugador Andrés "Manga" Escobar, del Deportivo Cali, cuando su equipio, Deportivo Pereira, caía 2 a 1 en el Torneo Apertura.

Las imágenes del panameño, al igual que en el caso de la patada a la

Pulling another day…

Almost a year after an announcement was made by the Communist-led government of India’s eastern state of West

Bengal to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in the city, considered an inhuman form of work, strong opposition in the State Assembly has not allowed the related bill to be turned into a law. The bill, seeking to amend the 87-year-old Calcutta Hackney-carriage Act of 1919, was also aimed at easing, to some extent, the traffic congestion caused by the slow-moving vehicles. – AFP Photo Series

Messi Facebook page draws more than seven million

In contrast to his electronic peers, however, within just a few hours his page had attracted more than seven million followers.

Such popularity warranted a speedy response from the Argentina international.

“Welcome to everyone and thanks for all the messages you have been sending me. Now we shall be closer with Facebook,” said the two-time world footballer of the year, whose followers come from all corners of the globe.

Messi, 23, was later hoping to help propel Barcelona towards the Champions League semi-finals with Barca taking on Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk at the Nou Camp Wednesday.

Assuming the three-time winners advance they will likely face La Liga rivals Real Madrid, 4-0 up from their first leg with Tottenham – a semi-final which will doubtless attract a welter of further posts from player and fans alike.