New Zealand made two changes to its starting XV for Saturday’s Tri-Nations rugby union Test against South Africa at Christchurch from the line-up that beat Australia last weekend. Greg Somerville replaced Carl Hayman at tighthead prop and rugged Jerry Collins was selected on the blindside flank in place of the injured Jono Gibbes in the line-up announced on Tuesday.
Everton are braced to sell Wayne Rooney to Manchester United when the teenage striker returns from his Caribbean holiday this week. Goodison Park director Paul Gregg admitted it is ”incredibly sad” that the club has to even think about offloading their 18-year-old superstar.
Lance Armstrong may not have won his record sixth yellow jersey yet, but a day before the Tour de France restarts with the mountainous 15th stage, his team manager Johan Bruyneel could not feel better. After just two weeks of racing, Armstrong has taken massive steps towards a sixth consecutive yellow jersey.
Ten Janjaweed militiamen have been sentenced to six years in jail and each will have his right hand and left leg amputated in the first conviction by a special tribunal in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, the Sudanese Media Centre reported on Monday. The men were convicted of committing crimes against the western region’s black population.
The United States is offering South Africa defence equipment and training to upgrade its forces. Outgoing US Ambassador Cameron Hume said on Friday that South Africa has agreed to the US training and equipping two of its infantry battalions for peacekeeping duty.
An earthquake measuring 6,2 points on the Richter scale struck Vancouver Island off the Pacific coast of Canada early on Monday, but caused little damage and no known casualties. ”We have no report of damage” from the temblor, said Brad Fraser, spokesperson for the city’s police department.
Pro-whaling Japan narrowly failed on Monday in a bold attempt to ensure that voting at the International Whaling Commission is carried out in secret. Japan said secret balloting would allow small nations to vote without fear of economic or political pressure from foreign governments or anti-whaling organisations.
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As a vice-president at security software leader Symantec, Matthew Moynahan applauds Microsoft’s effort to make its Windows operating system safer from attack. But Moynahan is not so excited about the flood of help-desk calls almost certain to come when Microsoft releases a security overhaul of Windows XP next month.
Casino and gaming equipment group Admiral Leisure looks set to be the latest company to delist from the JSE Securities Exchange. Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) — a company incorporated in Austria — is proposing a scheme of arrangement to acquire all of the shares held by shareholders.
Monsoon rain on Monday swept the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, forcing thousands of city residents to live on the roofs of buildings in submerged residential neighbourhoods. Meanwhile, incessant rains lashed northeastern India on Monday, causing floods and displacing millions.