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/ 28 September 2005
Glamour girl Maria Sharapova’s meteoric rise to world number one is inspiring a new generation of Russian teenage girls to head for the courts hoping to emulate her sporting and financial success.
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/ 28 September 2005
Alex Ferguson refused to be drawn into a debate about Manchester United’s tactics following their important 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Champions League group game at Old Trafford last night. The long-serving United manager saw his team go top of Group D with goals from Ryan Giggs and, five minutes from time, a scrambled winner from Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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/ 28 September 2005
Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick to confirm Barcelona as one of the favourites to win this year’s Champions League, beating Italy’s Udinese 4-1 on Tuesday. Other former European champions Juventus, Bayern Munich and Manchester United also won in the second round of Europe’s top club competition.
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/ 28 September 2005
Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) has been named one of South Africa’s top three leading business-school brands in the Markinor/<i>Sunday Times</i> Top Brands survey for 2005, released this week. It achieved third place in the survey.
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/ 28 September 2005
Listed diversified black economic empowerment (BEE) company Mvelaphanda Group (Mvela) will acquire a further effective 2,47% stake in banking group Absa, the company said on Wednesday. This follows an agreement with Mvelaphanda Holdings and BEE group Batho Bonke.
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/ 28 September 2005
Despite his growing stature as one of Africa’s superstars, Oliver Mtukudzi remains a humble man.
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/ 28 September 2005
An enigmatic smile appears on his wrinkled face and his faded eyes shine brightly as his fingers caress the ivory keys of the one musical instrument he truly loves, his piano. The melodious music which comes out grabs the attention of those nearby.
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/ 28 September 2005
Americans are travelling to Cuba in dramatically fewer numbers and at the same time United States fines against those who come without permission are on the rise, the Cuban government said as it launched its annual international campaign against the decades-old US embargo.
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/ 28 September 2005
Last minute-wrangling aside, Turkey’s long-awaited accession talks with the European Union are to finally get under way on October 3 marking a major victory for the Ankara government and the beginning of one of the country’s biggest diplomatic endeavours.
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/ 28 September 2005
In the early morning light, a park ranger applies broad green and brown stripes to his face. Dressed in camouflage fatigues, with a small rucksack on his back, a large knife at his belt and an M-16 rifle on the ground next to him, he is preparing for the day’s mission: a helicopter drop into a remote marijuana plantation.