As I'd sat by the roadside cradling a cup of milky chai, I'd sensed from the gathering crowd of onlookers that tourism isn't thriving in the Indian state of Uttarakhand the way it is in other parts of the Himalayas.
Senegal are in Group D in the Africa Cup of Nations along with Tunisia, Angola and South Africa.
I've spent a lot of time with him, we get on very well and at the World Cup we'd sit in a room together and watch the other games.
"I dreamed the dream that I'd be lifting the World Cup - but it wasn't to be, " said Fleming, after announcing he was giving up the captaincy of the one-day team.
"I'd like to play another World Cup and if I'm to get through to it something has to give, " said the 32-year-old.
"I've never played in the Heineken Cup, it'd be something really nice and it would be a great competition to be part of, " Golding continued.
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"I think it's in a pretty healthy place at the moment but we want to get it even healthier in England - and obviously we'd like to win the World Cup, " she said.
"This Saturday I brought Vahid Halilhodzic's contract to an end because one of the aims that was set for him was not reached and that was to win the 2010 African Nations Cup, " Cote d'Ivoire football federation president Jacques Anouma reportedly said on national television.
We'd love to be winning the Heineken Cup, but this certainly is the next best thing.
Former slalom world champion Ivica Kostelic is the latest racer to suffer an injury this season after he was hurt in Friday's World Cup super combined in Val d'Isere, France.
Wales share a tricky Pool D with Samoa, Namibia, 2007 World Cup nemesis Fiji and world champions South Africa.
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Meanwhile, Saturday's women's World Cup Super G race at Val d'Isere was called off due to heavy snow at the French resort.
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He said he'd always wanted to go to the World Cup and instead of walking there, wanted to honour the tournament by dribbling a football.
We've got the World Cup coming up and I'd hate to see guys go into their shells but it's decision-making - when is the right time to attack and the right time to defend - and we haven't done that well enough.
Algeria, who contested last year's World Cup finals, lie bottom of Group D with just one point, trailing both surprise leaders Central African Republic and Morocco by three points.
"Last year's Aberdeen Cup was the first time we'd played alongside each other in quite a while and we've since gone on to play together three or four times on the ATP Tour, " he said.
At Fairyhouse, Mikael D'Haguenet, considered a potential future Cheltenham Gold Cup contender, was sent off hot favourite despite making his first start in almost 600 days and his first outing over fences in Ireland.
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Without issue, the ripping process started and I sulked away to pour a cup of coffee and contemplate what I'd do on my vacation -- or in jail, depending on how this ripping process went.
American Hannah Kearney, who won the women's moguls on the first day of the Games, said afterwards she didn't even know if she'd have the money to compete at the next World Cup event, despite winning gold.
"It's really unfortunate to lose Claire who'd been at the peak of her game in our World Cup camps, " said Street.
But at least one of the five World Cup finalist won't make the semifinals, and I'd be surprised if they keep their head coach.
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Rakesh also says that the company is in front of a potential second-quarter catalyst that is the World Cup, which could add some buzz to the nascent 3-D TV market.
Val d'Isere, one of the most famous ski runs, had to cancel its World Cup downhill and Super G skiing events on Wednesday.
Val d'Isere is the traditional host of the start of the main European swing of the World Cup season, having staged men's races last weekend as part of the traditional Criterium de la Premiere Neige ("races of the first snow").
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The most important part of the morning is the coffee, and Romans are passionately divided as to who makes the best cup: Sant Eustachio (Piazza Sant'Eustachio, steps behind the Pantheon) or Tazza d'Oro (Via degli Orfani, a few feet in front of the Pantheon).
They finally extended their lead when Nacewa finished off a fine move involving D'Arcy, O'Driscoll and Rob Kearney four minutes after the break to claim his first Heineken Cup try.
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