Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo won two player-of-the-year awards voted for by his fellow Premier League players on Sunday. Ronaldo won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year at a dinner in London. He’s the first man since Aston Villa striker Andy Gray in 1977 to win both awards in the same season.
Singapore’s powerful former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, acknowledging the view that some people are genetically destined to be homosexual, has questioned the city-state’s ban on sex between men. Under Singapore law, a man who is found to have committed an act of ”gross indecency” with another man can be jailed for up to two years.
The JSE remained flat in a directionless session at noon on Monday, failing to get the most out of the strong moves in the Dow Jones industrial index on Friday. At noon, the all share index was flat (+0,02%). Resources were down slightly by 0,02%, but the gold and platinum mining indices gained 0,93% and 0,51% respectively.
Benoni Premier United shared a goalless draw with Jomo Cosmos in a Premier Soccer League match played in Tembisa on Sunday afternoon. The goalkeepers of both teams had a busy afternoon, but the strikers from either team failed to take their numerous opportunities.
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From the moment they stepped on to West Indies’ soil in St Vincent, Ricky Ponting’s Australia team have been men on a mission. Even judged by the exalted standards of previous Australia captains, Ponting is a particularly driven individual. Over the past Australian season he has forged a team in his own image.
South African technology firm Allied Technologies (Altech) has teamed up with United States based CityNet Wireless to provide broadband services in Africa. Atech said in a statement it would use unlisted CityNet’s wireless broadband technology to tap pent-up demand for internet access in the poorest continent.
First National Bank (FNB) is strengthening its competitive position on the African continent with the launch of its cellphone-banking offering in Namibia on Monday set to herald a new era in the country’s electronic banking system. Namibia is the second country outside South Africa to launch FNB’s innovative and cost-effective cellphone banking channel.
China is now the biggest investor in Zimbabwe with at least 35 companies operating in the Southern African country and more investors eyeing opportunities there. On Saturday officials from China handed over a -million financing facility that will be used to purchase farming equipment, implements and tools in Zimbabwe.
Heavy shelling shook the Somali capital on Monday as Ethiopian forces battled Islamist insurgents for the sixth straight day. After a night of sporadic fire, heavy explosions hit northern Mogadishu’s districts, where rival sides exchanged machine-gun fire, mortars and anti-aircraft artillery, residents said.
British bank Barclays has agreed to buy Dutch rival ABN AMRO for just over €67-billion as it seeks to head off rivals to clinch the world’s biggest ever bank takeover. Barclays said on Monday it would pay 3,225 new shares for each ABN AMRO share, equivalent to €36,25 a share at Friday’s closing price.