Do men love younger women? Well, do ducks take to water? There are many reasons why old sods like me find ourselves shamelessly looking at pretty young things and wishing age was on our side. Sometimes, as Mandla Mthembu has proved, with a bit of money we can turn the hands of time.
India’s newly-appointed cricket coach Graham Ford flew back to England on Sunday facing delicate negotiations with his current employers over switching jobs. South African Ford (46) who is contracted with English county Kent as director of cricket, was on Saturday selected as coach of the Indian national team
Australian rider Casey Stoner won the Catalunyan MotoGP in Barcelona on Sunday to record his fourth victory in seven races this season. The Ducati rider beat home Italian star Valentino Rossi while Spaniard Dani Pedrosa was third. ”There was a lot of overtaking going on out there,” admitted Stoner.
An international adventure photographer, who has survived working in war zones, is fighting for his life after his vehicle was hit by a rock in Cape Town. United States citizen Bobby Model (34) who was visiting Cape Town from Kenya, was in a critical condition on life support in hospital, the newspapers said on Saturday
Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando grabbed four wickets as Asia clinched the Afro-Asia cricket series with a 31-run win over Africa in the second one-day international in Chennai on Saturday. Asia restricted their rivals to 306 under lights after posting a challenging 337-7 to gain an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Every Friday Gila Svirsky is to be found dressed in black jeans and T-shirt at one of Israel’s major road junctions, in a silent vigil, carrying a placard that says simply: ”Stop the occupation.” Those in her group — Women in Black — have been abused, sometimes violently, since they began their protests almost 20 years ago.
It was 17 or 18 seconds depending on your watch but the Spanish title dramatically fell into Real Madrid’s grasp on Saturday, in roughly the amount of time it takes to run the length of a football pitch. In that short space of time, Ruud van Nistelrooy gave Madrid a last gasp equaliser in their 2-2 draw at Real Zaragoza barely a minute before the whistle.
Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi is multiplying her problems by dismissing strikers and threatening action against others, said Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Sunday. ”We will not settle the strike until all threats have been withdrawn and every person who went on strike goes back to a workplace.”
Rafael Nadal destroyed Roger Federer’s historic Grand Slam dream for another year by capturing his third successive French Open on Sunday. The Spaniard’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory emulated the great Bjorn Borg’s record of three Roland Garros titles in a row.
France coach Bernard Laporte said his battered young team had learnt a painful but valuable lesson about the reality of international rugby following their record 61-10 loss to New Zealand. Laporte selected an inexperienced squad for the two-match tour because it clashed with the French club championship and the result was a massacre.