The Reds, not looking their forceful best without Steven Gerrard, did create chances and Dirk Kuyt should have done better than sky the ball over the bar after a neat one-two with Crouch.

BBC: Luton 1-1 Liverpool

But not for the first time Carlton and Granada have been wrong-footed by Sky, whose chief executive Tony Ball has persuaded Airey instead to accept a job as managing director of Sky Networks.

BBC: ITV still headhunting

That's pretty far away, but we could still see the glittering ball touching the sky.

CNN: A mixed-race romance, a family rift

"It was nice to make it, " he told Sky Sports "And nice to see the ball going in the hole, I've been working hard for the last few months and nice to see the result, " he added.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

An amateur video said to be shot early Sunday in the Damascus area showed a huge ball of fire lighting up the night sky.

NPR: Syria News Agency: Israel Strikes Near Damascus

The extraordinary lobby of the palace is centered on a marble fountain supported by cherubs, while the sky-blue walls are frescoed with cotton-ball clouds, birds, garlands and idealized rural scenes.

FORBES: Taj Falaknuma Palace: A New Experience of Palatial Splendor