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/ 12 November 2003
Justin Leonard is a major champion. But mention his name, and the first thing that comes to mind — maybe the only thing — is the Ryder Cup. The twisted part of Leonard’s fame is that he’s never even won a Ryder Cup match. Throw in the Presidents Cup, and Leonard’s record in team matches is bordering on pathetic.
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/ 12 November 2003
World number one Andy Roddick struggled after an emotional tirade over an overruled line call but recovered to defeat Spain’s Carlos Moya 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in Houston on Tuesday at the ATP Masters Cup. The 21-year-old American launched into a heated exchange with chair umpire Mike Morrissey over a second-set ruling.
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/ 12 November 2003
Olympic boss Sam Ramsamy does not want to predict how many medals South Africa will bring back from Athens next year. He said Australia spent R3,2-billion in preparing its team for the Sydney Olympics, more than 100 times the amount South Africa did. ”We need to think about it: do we have the [training] experts?” he asked.
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/ 12 November 2003
Michael Owen hinted for the first time on Wednesday that he may move to a club abroad if Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League. The England striker has 18 months left on his current contract at Anfield and has given no indication that he intends to extend his stay.
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/ 11 November 2003
Fake drugs, which can be useless, harmful or deadly, are on the rise as they are easy to make and sell cheaply, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday as it launched a campaign to fight the problem. Up to 25% of medicines consumed in developing nations are believed to be counterfeit or substandard.
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/ 11 November 2003
Microsoft is to launch a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to avoid harsh penalties in Europe for alleged monopoly behaviour that could force it to change the way it sells its ubiquitous Windows software. Microsoft’s underlying aim is likely to be sniffing out the prospects for a damage-controlling settlement with the European Union.
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/ 11 November 2003
More than 60 witnesses are expected to be called by the prosecution in the corruption trial of politicians Peter Marais and David Malatsi, which gets under way next week. ”Everybody is very positive about the fact that they would like the matter to proceed and be brought to finality as soon as possible,” Scorpions prosecutor Bruce Morrison said.
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/ 11 November 2003
The ”fast-track” land grab and resettlement the Zimbabwean government claims to have completed ”successfully” has been described as one huge national scandal. Reports say senior government officials and Zanu-PF politicians are displacing ex-combatants of Zimbabwe’s liberation war resettled during the controversial exercise.
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/ 11 November 2003
Although Saudi men can have up to four wives under Islamic law, 30% of Saudi women at marriage age cannot find husbands, official statistics revealed on Tuesday. The study revealed that the number of women who have exceeded the marriage age — determined socially as 30 — reached 1 813 000 by the end of 2002.