Tiger Woods said he would like to see testing on the PGA Tour for performance-enhancing drugs as soon as possible to make sure golf remains clean. ”I don’t know when we could get that implemented,” Woods said. ”Tomorrow would be fine with me.” Woods did not say he thought anyone was using steroids, but said it could be a problem in the future.
Another United States sprinter coached by Trevor Graham has tested positive for use of a performance-boosting drug, according to the Chicago Tribune in its edition on Friday. LaTasha Jenkins, silver medallist at the 2001 indoor world championships, was tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in July, the report said.
South Africa suffered yet another injury blow ahead of their Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand in Pretoria on Saturday when loose forward Joe van Niekerk was ruled out. The Springboks have already lost International Rugby Board 2004 Player of the Year Schalk Burger to a career-threatening neck injury and in-form Juan Smith went down in midweek with a thigh strain.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Herbert Murerwa, on Monday launched a thinly veiled attack on Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono when he told Parliament he had not been consulted on the latest currency initiative that has become a new political front in the Zanu-PF power struggle.
Since search engines entered the world interviews have become a circular form in which almost every interviewer asks the same questions as every previous interviewer, writes Pico Iyer.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the latest example of the "mockumentary" genre, <i>Confetti</i>.
Lisa Johnston reviews Patricia Schonstein’s new book, <i>Quilt of Dreams</i>.
After ticking slightly higher in early trade, the JSE was a tad softer by noon on Friday, with traders waiting for a lead from external factors. By noon, the all-share index was down 0,19%, with the gold-mining index down 1,93% and resources off 0,39%. Industrials were off 0,2%. Financials firmed 0,21% and banks advanced 1,01%.
The New York Times has announced the appointment of its first perfume critic, in what the paper describes as a breakthrough for olfactory journalism and a wake-up call for a secretive, hype-driven industry. As far as the paper is aware, Chandler Burr, a journalist and author, will be the first full-time perfume critic for an English-language newspaper.
The authorities in Zimbabwe have threatened fuel dealers who have refused to cut fuel prices in line with a government directive. State radio said the dealers who are selling fuel for prices of up to 1Â 000 new Zimbabwe dollars ( at the official exchange rate) per litre, instead of the gazetted Z a litre for diesel and Z for petrol, would face legal action.