Chelsea edged closer to their first title in 50 years with a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, and Manchester United and Arsenal also won in the fight for second place. Newcastle couldn’t continue their European form, drawing 1-1 with Portsmouth. Also, Manchester City lost 2-1 at Tottenham.
Jamie Noon’s try hat-trick was the centrepiece of England’s 43-22 victory over Scotland as the world champions finished the Six Nations by retaining the Calcutta Cup in London at Twickenham on Saturday. But the victory was a sorry consolation for the fact they finished fourth in the table.
Namibian President Sam Nujoma on Saturday hailed his country’s 15-year record of democracy and peace, as he gave his farewell speech to Parliament before he steps down. He praised the members of the former Constituent Assembly who elected him as head of state in 1990 and who drafted the country’s Constitution after its independence.
Department of Home Affairs offices will be open on the weekend starting from April 1, the department said on Saturday. ”This is to accommodate those who cannot visit our offices during the normal office hours by providing them with extra opportunities to access our services,” said a departmental spokesperson.
A British institution will this week rubbish France’s perennial claim that its unique soil and climatic conditions are responsible for producing some of the world’s finest wines. Two economists have concluded that environmental conditions are not important when it comes to producing memorable wine.
They are the epitome of safe family entertainment, renowned for lavish animations, exquisitely filmed scenes of natural grandeur and utterly tame scripts. But Imax films have suddenly found themselves catapulted into controversy, thanks to their occasional use of the dreaded E-word: evolution.
Cheerleaders and band majorettes in Texas could soon be barred from performing bump-and-grind routines in an effort to make Friday-night football games more "family friendly," according to a Bill working its way through the state legislature. Representative Al Edwards proposed last week to bar "sexually oriented" performances.
At least 27 people were killed and 18 wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday at a gathering of minority Shia Muslims in a remote town in south-west Pakistan. Thousands of worshippers had congregated at the shrine of a Shia saint near the town of Naseerabad, about 336km south of Quetta, when the bomb went off outside at about 10.20pm.
Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, is facing trying times. Last week, Greece’s newly inaugurated President, Karolos Papoulias, spurned tradition by refusing to kiss him. Days earlier, his closest confidant, Theoklitos, the Bishop of Thessaliotis, resigned amid accusations of homosexuality and drug dealing.
The Aids pandemic carries the face of a woman, former president Nelson Mandela told thousands of people gathered at Fancourt, George, on Saturday night for his second Aids benefit concert. The purpose of the 46664 concert was to give a voice to the women of Africa in the fight against Aids, he said.