The last time many fans saw Andy Roddick with a trophy, it was falling out of an overhead luggage compartment on an airplane and hitting him in the head. The TV ad still airs often, and Roddick was asked about it on Monday after reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Cricket Australia acknowledged that the government had a right to impose sporting bans on other countries on Tuesday after officials revealed they were considering campaigning for Zimbabwe to be barred from international cricket. This follows a New Zealand request that Australia and Britain join it in lobbying the ICC to ban Zimbabwe.
Taking extra vitamin C does little to stop most people from catching a cold, according to a new survey, but it helps stop those exposed to extreme physical conditions from coming down with the sniffles. Soldiers and skiers are among those most likely to benefit from taking extra doses of the vitamin.
Malawi risks missing out on international financial aid unless its Parliament reconvenes to quickly approve a budget, the United Nations representative in Malawi warned on Monday. The budget debate adjourned indefinitely on Friday when speaker Rodwell Munyenyembe fell ill during a heated exchange over a motion to impeach President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Two United States journalists were on Monday night facing the possibility of spending 18 months in jail for refusing to reveal the identity of a source within the Bush administration who leaked the identity of a CIA agent. The supreme court on Monday in effect rejected an appeal from the reporters against the prison term when it refused to hear the case.
The All Blacks are not thugs and captain Tana Umaga would never deliberately maim anyone, coach Graham Henry said on Tuesday, showing frustation at the ongoing ”sideshow” over the tackle that dislocated the shoulder of the Lions captain in the first rugby Test.
President Thabo Mbeki is hosting Côte d’Ivoire leaders on Tuesday for a new round of talks aimed at reviving a stalled peace process in the war-divided West African nation. Two months after Côte d’Ivoire’s rebels and government signed the latest in a series of deals, the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire has only gotten worse.
The United States was in the grip of shark fever on Monday after second attack in three days off the Florida panhandle, in which a teenage boy lost a leg. Craig Hutto (16) of Lebanon, Tennessee, was taken to Bay Medical Centre in Panama City, where his leg was amputated.
Scientists should on Tuesday finally get the go-ahead to build a prototype nuclear fusion reactor which could offer a clean source of unlimited energy. Ministers are expected to announce at a meeting in Moscow that a -billion experimental reactor, designed to prove the new type of nuclear power is commercially viable, will be built in France.
Police have arrested three South African women accused of trying to leave Brazil with nearly 30kg of cocaine stashed in their suitcases, authorities said on Monday. Stela Khumalo, Patricia Motsoeneng and Roberta Putteing were taken into custody on Saturday night at Sao Paulo’s International airport as they were preparing to board a flight to Johannesburg.