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/ 8 May 2006

Ajax down PSV to win Dutch Cup

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored two goals on Sunday to help Ajax win the Dutch Cup with a 2-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven. The win boosted Danny Blind’s chances of keeping his job as Ajax coach. On Friday, a club spokesperson told The Associated Press that Blind’s position would be reviewed after Sunday’s match.

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/ 26 May 2005

Bird flu virus ‘close to pandemic’

A leading scientist warned on Wednesday that the avian flu virus is on the point of mutating into a pandemic disease and says that current estimates that such a pandemic could cause 7,5-million deaths may understate the threat. His warnings come as experts writing in Thursday’s edition of Nature voice concerns about the world’s inability to manufacture sufficient vaccines for a pandemic.

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/ 15 February 2005

Clay aces victorious in Rotterdam

Clay-court kings Juan Carlos Ferrero and Guillermo Coria broadened their tennis horizons with convincing opening-round victories indoors at the €782 250 Rotterdam Cup on Monday. Ferrero and Coria have both abandoned the inviting red-dirt events of South America this month to polish their indoor fitness in Europe.