It was not the grandiloquent send-off he might have hoped for. Instead of a triumphal state funeral, Slobodan Milosevic — the ”Butcher of the Balkans”, and the man who brought war and slaughter to former Yugoslavia — was ignominiously buried on Saturday in his back garden, next to his favourite lime tree.
A former Malaysian snake farm worker may have set a new world record after kissing a poisonous snake 51 times in three minutes, a report said on Sunday. Shahimi Abdul Hamid’s feat in kissing the 4,6m-long king cobra weighing 10kg 51 times in three minutes and one second was a record waiting to be verified, the <i>Sunday Star</i> newspaper said.
Simon Burnett got one over his South African training partner Roland Schoeman on a glorious night for England with two more gold medals in the pool at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The 22-year-old Englishman, who trains at the University of Arizona with Schoeman, beat a crack field to win the 100m freestyle.
An English fan was so badly beaten at the the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens final he may need plastic surgery to repair his nose, but police denied on Saturday they were slow to react. Steve Hanson said he was punched, choked and threatened during the vicious assault during the final between New Zealand and England at Telstra Dome on Friday.
A century from opener Andrew Strauss and an unbeaten 50 by Test rookie Owais Shah helped a depleted England reach a solid 272 for three on the first day of the third and final cricket Test against India. Strauss batted with authority as he drove, pulled and swept the Indian bowlers fluently after Indian skipper Rahul Dravid asked England to bat first after winning the toss.
Henno Mentz and Jaques Botes scored second-half tries and Tony Brown landed 11 points against his former teammates to give South Africa’s Sharks a 26-11 win over the Otago Highlanders in a Super 14 rugby match on Saturday. Mentz scored the first try of the second half in the 65th minute, snapping an 11-11 deadlock at Carisbrook and pushing the Durban-based Sharks towards their second win in six matches this season.
Nico Rosberg was just six in 1991 when Michael Schumacher began his stellar Formula One career that has led to 84 wins and seven drivers’ titles. Fast forward 15 years, and he’s ahead, albeit in qualifying, in just his second Formula One race. The Williams driver edged out Ferrari’s Schumacher for third fastest in Saturday’s qualifying at the Sepang International Circuit, and immediately downplayed how at ease he felt in the stifling tropical heat.
Research on a traditional medicine claimed to treat HIV/Aids at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has not found any benefit for Aids patients. ”The university has not conducted any clinical trial research on patients with Ubhejane and refutes claims that research at the university has found any benefit for Aids patients” said Professor Nceba Gqaleni, UKZN’s head of traditional medicines research.
The Lions threw away a 14-0 halftime lead to eventually lose 15-14 to the Leopards in their Vodacom Cup match in Potchefstroom on Friday. The Lions’ John Daniels and Dewey Swartbooi looked to have sealed the match for the visitors with their first half tries.
Metallica fans can expect a broad range of the band’s music — spanning more than 20 years of its career — at Saturday’s Coca-Cola Colab Music Festival at Supersport Park in Centurion. ”It’s just us doing our thing,” said drummer Lars Ulrich in Johannesburg on Friday. ”We always play stuff from all our different records. We’re playing our full headlining show … covering all different sides of Metallica,” he said.