Australia’s John Senden recorded his first USPGA Tour win on Sunday at the John Deere Classic and clinched a berth in the British Open. Senden moved atop the leaderboard for good with a birdie on the 17th hole and parred the 18th after an impressive bunker shot to win the -million event.
Australia’s second Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Brisbane later this month sold out on Monday, with officials hoping for a record crowd at Lang Park. The last 1 500 tickets for the July 29 Tri-Nations clash were snapped up less than an hour after they went on sale on Monday morning.
They have the flowing black robes to lend them dignity and gravitas. They have gavels to command attention from the wise guys in court. Now judges in New York have been given permission to carry guns while carrying out their duties. The ruling was prompted by a query from one of New York state’s 3 400 judges, who asked whether it was ”ethically permissible” to carry a firearm in court.
At least 25 villagers were hacked to death and 21 others injured in a major attack by Maoist rebels in India’s central Chhattisgarh state on Monday. ”Between 500 to 800 rebels surrounded a village in Dantewada district shortly after midnight and killed 25 people using axes and knives,” OP Pal, the district’s superintendent of police told Deutsche Presse Agentur.
Cape Town beach volleyball international Leigh-Ann Naidoo was the only member of the South African squad at the 2004 Olympics to publicly ”out” herself as a lesbian. ”There were other gay people in the squad,” said Naidoo, ”but they didn’t want to admit it publicly.”
The local publishing industry continues to feed South Africans’ insatiable appetite for ”exclusive” new details of what Paris, Angelina and Britney are up to. Afrikaners now have a new celebrity mag in Mense, while an up-market gossip sheet, In Style, will soon hit the news-stands.
Luis Felipe Scolari, the coach who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002 and took Portugal to the semifinals of the recently completed tournament in Germany, has emerged as the dark horse for the plum job of national coach of South Africa. However, he will have to beat the frontrunner, Gerard Houllier, whose wife is concerned that a change of climate might exacerbate the former French coach’s health problems.
Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Lebanon on Monday and Hezbollah announced more rocket attacks on Israel after world powers put the onus on the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Shi’ite guerrilla group to end the fighting. Overnight raids destroyed two army posts on the northern Lebanese coast, killing nine Lebanese soldiers, and damaged the homes of Hezbollah officials in eastern Lebanon
The death toll from severe rainstorms and flooding across China in the aftermath of severe Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 154, state media said on Monday. Torrential rain hit several provinces including Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Zhejiang in the aftermath of the storm, forcing millions of residents to be evacuated and wreaking havoc on transport and communications.
Michael Schumacher cruised to a polished victory for Ferrari in Sunday’s French Grand Prix and then set his sights on a remarkable eighth drivers’ world title. The 37-year-old German, seven-times drivers’ world champion, drove a faultless race to finish ahead of defending champion Fernando Alonso of Spain.