Australian and Dutch forces prevented from taking control of MH17 crash site

Deployment of multinational force of policemen and soldiers to site of Malaysian Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine held up by haggling with both Ukrainian and rebel authorities 

 Journalists film a Hercules C130 transport plane of the Royal Dutch Airforce taking off on Eindhoven Airbase, the Netherlands, with 40 members of the Dutch military police on board, on July 25, 2014

Australian and Dutch officials are still negotiating the deployment of a multinational force of policemen and soldiers to the site of the Malaysian Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine.

Four Australians and four Dutch investigators are already on the ground in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, and have visited the crash site several times in the past few days along with an OSCE observer team that has been based in the city for some time.

But The Hague and Canberra are both pushing for a larger multinational force from a “coalition of the grieving” to take control of the crash site.

Mr Razak said the rebels had already met the first two demands by returning the bodies of the victims and handing over the airliner’s flight recorders.

MH17: US says Russia planning to send rebels 'more powerful' rocket launchers

State Department warn the Kremlin may be furthering arming separtists as they say they have evidence Russia is firing artillery into Ukraine 

 Anatoly Antonov, deputy defence minister has said Washington's claims that pro-Russian rebels fired a missile that hit the plane did not correspond to reality

The United States has said that it had evidence that Russia was planning to deliver “heavier and more powerful” rocket launchers to pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

"We have new evidence that the Russians intend to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers to the separatist forces in Ukraine, and have evidence that Russia is firing artillery from within Russia to attack Ukrainian military positions," said Marie Harf, a spokeswoman for the State Department.Ms Harf said the information was based on intelligence reports but did not give specifics.

The claim came as Russia said that America was trying to fabricate evidence that separatists in eastern Ukraine shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on July 17.

I DON'T WANT TO SIT ON THE BENCH

Petr Cech fit and firing in Chelsea battle to hold off Thibaut Courtois as first-choice goalkeeper

    Battler: Petr Cech, Chelsea's No1 for a decade, is determined to see off Thibaut Courtois's challenge

It is 10 years since Petr Cech moved to Chelsea as the most expensive goalkeeper in the club’s history.
He was signed for £7 million from Rennes as a highly-rated 22-year-old, who was sure he could take over from the established number one Carlo Cudicini.

Cech was immediately given his big chance by the new manager Jose Mourino after Cudicini suffered an elbow injury in pre-season.Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in the opening game of the 2004-05 season and in March 2005 Cech set a new Premier League record of 1,025 minutes without letting in a goal.

Didier Drogba set for return to Chelsea, says manager Jose Mourinho

Former favourite is expected to arrive at Stamford Bridge shortly and Mourinho insists it is for playing rather than emotional reasons

 

Jose Mourinho has confirmed that striker Didier Drogba is set to make a return to Chelsea.
He is out of contract and is understood to favour Chelsea’s offer over rival bids from Juventus and Major League Soccer clubs in the United States.

Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, believes Drogba can still be a key player for the club, two years after he left with the penalty kick that secured Champions League success, and the move has the backing of owner Roman Abramovich.

“We want to win matches and win titles, and Didier is one of the best strikers in Europe, who is still very adapted to the needs of the Premier League, and we are thinking about it in a non-emotional way,” said Mourinho.

New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is the new Sir Alex Ferguson

Ryan Giggs claims the Dutchman is 'infectious' and has qualities that made Manchester United great under Sir Alex Ferguson

Making a point: New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal reminds Ryan Giggs, his assistant, of Sir Alex Ferguson

It was when Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored an injury-time winner for Holland against Mexico, moments after being introduced as a substitute during a World Cup second-round tie in Brazil, that Ryan Giggs knew the real Manchester United would return under Louis van Gaal.

A bold substitution, made by a manager going for broke, and a winning goal to cap a late fightback when the game had seemed lost. It struck a chord with a man accustomed to similar drama under Sir Alex Ferguson.

Having already sat face to face with Van Gaal in Holland prior to the World Cup, Giggs had experienced the straight-talking, decisive nature of the 62-year-old before watching from afar as the Dutch progressed to the semi-finals in Brazil and he admits that the similarities with Ferguson were unavoidable.