Three swimmers used the final evening of the Telkom South African National Championships to collect their fourth titles of the competition in Durban on Sunday. After the evening’s proceeding, Gerhard Zandberg, Melissa Corfe and Suzaan van Biljon were named as the swimmers of the competition.
A Marlon Harewood second-half super strike gave West Ham a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup semifinal at Villa Park in Birmingham on Sunday. England Under-21 striker Harewood sealed a tense clash and clinched West Ham’s first FA Cup final appearance since 1980 with a classy finish midway through the second half.
As evening mist slowly embraces the village of Kringa in the heart of Croatia’s picturesque Istrian peninsula, a few young enthusiasts gather in a bar trying to revive the legend of a 17th-century local Dracula. Sitting in a red velvet chair in the Vampire bar, decorated with garlic wreaths and lamps with crosses, Mladen Rajko explains how local tourist authorities launched a project last year called "Jure Grando, the Vampire from Kringa".
Australian Stuart Appleby captured his second United States PGA event of the season, taking the by firing a final-round five-under par-67 Sunday on to win by a record-tying six strokes. Appleby finished 72 holes at Redstone Golf Club on 19-under-par 269 to defeat American Bob Estes by six strokes.
Rafael Nadal forced Roger Federer out of his comfort zone to defeat the Swiss for the fourth time in five meetings with a 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory on Sunday to win the Monte Carlo Masters. Success in three hours and 49 minutes marked Federer’s second defeat this season — both at the hands of Nadal.
Overtaking at the San Marino Grand Prix is about as difficult as passing another car on the narrow, single-lane country roads that surround the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit. Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso know the routine all too well. Schumacher held off Alonso for nearly half of the 62 laps in a duel to the finish on Sunday.
The two most senior judges in the Supreme Court of Appeal will form part of a full bench to hear the appeal of Schabir Shaik later this year, media reports said on Monday. They are Judge Craig Howie, president of the court, and his deputy Judge Lex Mpati.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will fully cooperate with a probe into corruption allegations against a number of its executive members, spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said on Monday. ”We will accept the outcome of the probe and implement whatever recommendations will come of it,” he said.
Six boys at a small Alaskan middle school were arrested at the weekend on suspicion of planning to carry out a Columbine-style massacre. Police in the town of North Pole said the arrests were made after a concerned parent raised the alarm. Officers say the boys — all around the age of 13 — intended to bring guns and knives to the school to kill their classmates and teachers.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille will demand police protection before going into townships again — and she’s laying charges after being attacked at a meeting, media reports said on Monday. She was hit on the head and suffered bruises after being attacked at a community meeting in Crossroads on Saturday.