The law made to deal with illegal immigration of passage of Arizona is surrounded with controversies. The center stage of these controversies exposed on this issue a philosophical division. As claimed by a Democratic Congress woman that they are poles apart in terms of philosophy. During the hearing of House Judiciary subcommittee, this explosive debate occurred.

A leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, Richard Land; dean of the Liberty University law school , Mathew Staver ;from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Gerald Kicanas; and fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, James Edwards Jr. participated in debate.

A common thread from personal experience was a suggestion that the GAA needed to demonstrate leadership on the issues arising and not hope to be rescued by a generous gesture from the Meath County Board. More of the week’s hottest topic later but first a brief look at the demise of one county and the resurgence in another’s fortunes last weekend.

Top marks to Wexford for pulling out a huge win in Galway but the focus for most people was in dwelling on just how poor the Galway team has fared in the last couple of years. As a player, up until last year I couldn’t help thinking “there but for the grace of God” when I consider the number of potholes Kerry almost disappeared down during the qualifiers in last season’s championship.

South Africa 2010 started with a number of controversial umpiring decisions. Some of these decisions were made so abruptly that they apparently tormented and shattered the hopes of the victimized teams and nations to compete any further in the cup. It is understood that decisions regarding disallowed goals and off side fouls happen quite regularly. However, the world cup in South Arica proved to be much worse and is expected to lead the list of controversial decisions in a single world cup.

Let's face it: College football and controversy are two subjects that go hand in hand. Unfortunately, one cannot survive without the other, and when you add in the Bowl Championship Series, the two become even more compelling. Let's take a look at the top college football controversies in the SEC during the BCS era.

According to sources, team manager Yawar Saeed has held separate meetings with the players to brief them about precautionary measures aimed at minimising the chances of any ugly episode taking place during the tour that will conclude on September 22.

Sources said that the players have been told in clear terms not to entertain any guests in their hotel rooms apart from their own family members. The instructions, according to sources, are particularly aimed at discouraging the players’ agents from interacting with them during the tour that includes back-to-back series against Australia and England.

On a day that could have been overshadowed by  controversies involving alleged police treatment of gay detainees following the G20 and the involvement of the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, the parade maintained its ear-splitting, boisterous example of tolerance and celebration.

In the end Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair didn’t show, though the majority of onlookers and parade participants left violent memories of the G20 behind in favour of festivity, with only a few odd signs decrying police action at the G20.

A recent survey found that the sound emitted by a vuvuzela was the equivalent to 127 decibels - louder than a drum's 122 decibels or a referee's whistle at 121.8 decibels. Prof James Hall III, Dr Dirk Koekemoer, De Wet Swanepoel and colleagues at the University of Pretoria found that the vuvuzelas can have negative effects on people’s eardrums when exposed to the high-intensity sound for a certain amount of time.

Punit Malhotra’s “I Hate Luv Story’s” starring Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor is free of all controversies and its lead pair is very much satisfied with it. Unlike a few stars who can go to any extent for the publicity of their films, Imran and Sonam are both against cheap publicity of films. Although, much has been talked about Imran and Sonam’s on and off screen chemistry.

This is despite repeated calls by both current and former great players, top football officials, commentators, and the fans all over the world. The latest demand for the use of technology was sparked by Carlos Tevez’s offside goal in the 2010 World Cup which was allowed and Frank Lampard’s which was not.

The ruling out of Lampard’s goal was simply outrageous, to say the least. I’m no England fan but hey, a goal is a goal. Millions saw the ball bounced into goal. Sadly the referee did not. Television replays made it very clear it was a goal. But the referee did not have the benefit of TV replays. And FIFA wants to keep it that way.