Uganda’s lions appear to have become the main casualties in a dispute between landless herdsmen and the authorities managing one of the country’s biggest reserves. And with Britain’s queen due later this year to visit the park that was named after her, the pressure is on to find a solution.
Pakistan boosted security on Saturday fearing further attacks a day after a suicide bombing during protests at Islamabad’s pro-Taliban Red Mosque killed 14 people. Authorities were also investigating how the attacker was able to strike at a crowded market in the heart of the capital.
A penalty by centre Oliver Fowles five minutes into referee’s optional time earned the Border Bulldogs a dramatic 19-19 draw against the Pumas at a wet East London’s Absa Stadium on Friday night. It was a game of two halves with the visitors doing the bulk of their scoring in the first and the Bulldogs in the second.
Zaheer Khan took three wickets as India reduced England to 169 for seven at stumps on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Friday. India’s performance was all the more impressive as all the wickets fell in just two sessions after a wet outfield meant there was no play before lunch.
The Golden Lions massacred the Valke 62-5 in an Absa Currie Cup fixture at a chilly Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Friday evening. The Lions jumped to fourth place on the Currie Cup log with only their second win from five games, while their opponents remain rooted to the bottom.
Cycling was in the first modern Olympic Games 111 years ago. Some Olympic officials, however, are starting to question if keeping cycling in the family could tarnish the Games as the sport’s doping problems spiral out of control. Cycling’s doping crisis has reached new lows at the Tour de France.
David Beckham will not play on Saturday for LA Galaxy in a Superliga match in Los Angeles against Chivas of Mexico because of his injured left ankle, the Major League Soccer club announced on Friday. The English superstar only made his Galaxy debut last Saturday in the 78th minute as a substitute because of the nagging injury.
Vijay Singh patiently worked his way up the leader board, leaving playing partner Mike Weir behind again in the Canadian Open on Friday. The 2004 winner in a play-off with Weir, Singh shot a six-under 65 to finish the second round a stroke behind leaders Steve Allan and John Mallinger.
Two Afghan lawmakers — one of them a former Taliban member — and several influential elders have joined negotiations with the hard-line militia to step up pressure for the release of 22 South Korean hostages, an official said on Saturday. The Taliban has demanded the release of insurgent prisoners in exchange for the hostages.
The extent of the deterioration in United States-Saudi relations was exposed for the first time on Friday when Washington accused Riyadh of working to undermine the Iraqi government. The Bush administration warned Saudi Arabia, until this year one of its closest allies, to stop undermining the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.