It is a measure of Diego Maradona’s genius that the scandals which dogged his career will not stop him from being remembered as one of the two greatest footballers to grace the sport. Like Pele, Maradona etched his name among the legends of the game on the most demanding stage of all, the World Cup.
Bus drivers in eastern England are threatening to kick up a stink over an order from their bosses to sort out their body odour, The Times newspaper said on Tuesday. Guidelines issued by First Bus in Norwich have told drivers to wash regularly and use deodorant following complaints about their personal hygiene, the daily said.
Governments in Asia are considered among the world’s worst ”enemies” of internet freedom, as they increasingly censor websites and jail people who express views deemed dangerous online. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, experts say countries including China, Vietnam and Nepal are feeling more threatened by cyberspace than ever as internet use booms.
Soldiers guarded natural gas fields and refineries across Bolivia after President Evo Morales ordered the sector nationalised, threatening to evict foreign companies unless they cede control over production within six months. Reconquering ownership of Bolivia’s natural resources, he said, is ”a fundamental means for recovering our sovereignty”.
Three young women whose naked bodies were discovered on Monday morning in Mamelodi, eastern Pretoria, have been positively identified by their next of kin, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported. Police spokesperson Brenda Kgafela said all three were residents of Section R in Mamelodi.
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Jacob Zuma’s rape trial is expected to end on Tuesday with the defence resting its case at the Johannesburg High Court. All that will remain is for Judge Willem van der Merwe to decide whether the former deputy president raped a 31-year-old HIV-positive woman at his Johannesburg home on November 2 last year.
A 33-year-old Malaysian man who married a 104-year-old woman said it was "God’s will" that he tie the knot with someone old enough to be his great grandmother. "It may seem strange to those who don’t understand us but I have found peace since we got married two months ago," said Muhammad Noor Che Musa.
As concerns mount over soaring fuel prices and the United States’ dependence on foreign oil, ethanol is emerging as a controversial balm for the nation’s growing energy problem. Politicians and automakers say the corn-based biofuel can reduce demand for gasoline.
The Royal Swazi Sun Golf Club in Swaziland’s majestic Ezulwini Valley promises a wonderful challenge for the Sunshine Tour field arriving for the R550 000 Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open, which tees off this week from May 3-6. The evergreen course, playing to an increased yardage of 5 983m, has now grown into several changes affected by course superintendent Gaerun Wilkinson over the last two years.
If Wayne Rooney’s latest injury has got England fans worried, the use of new, lightweight football boots by some of the world’s top players could start alarm bells ringing. Four years after David Beckham’s foot injury first brought the words ”metatarsal bone” into common parlance, Rooney is facing the same injury agony as the England captain ahead of the 2002 finals.