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/ 21 December 2004
Brazil’s newly crowned Fifa World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho says he is committed in the fight against racism in the sport. Ronaldinho, who beat out Thierry Henry of France and Ukrainian 2004 European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko for the prize, said the scourge of racism has to be stamped out.
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/ 21 December 2004
United States President George Bush defended his embattled Pentagon chief, Donald Rumsfeld, on Monday by praising his conduct during the war in Iraq and his compassion for US troops. The display of support comes at a time when Rumsfeld is fending off calls for his resignation from Republicans as well as Democrats, after being accused of poor military planning and for a callous approach towards US forces.
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/ 21 December 2004
Charlton head into the Christmas period seventh in the Premiership table after a 2-1 win against London rivals Fulham at The Valley in London on Monday. Jerome Thomas delighted the home crowd by putting the under-rated side 1-0 up in the opening period before a second-half header from Moroccan Talal El Karkouri doubled the Addicks’ lead.
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/ 21 December 2004
South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall has been officially reprimanded for breaching the International Cricket Council code of conduct during the third day of his country’s first Test match against England. Hall was found guilty of aggressively gesturing towards the pavilion upon the dismissal of England captain Michael Vaughan on Sunday.
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/ 21 December 2004
Jose Antonio Reyes was ruled out of Arsenal’s Christmas matches on Monday after twisting a knee in training. Spanish striker Reyes missed Sunday’s gruelling 1-0 win at Portsmouth on Sunday, which put the champions back in second place within five points of leaders Chelsea. Reyes will also miss the December 26 home game with Fulham.
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/ 21 December 2004
Determining which nation deserves to be on top of world rugby isn’t easy after some topsy-turvy international results this year. England swung low, the Wallabies were wobbly at times and the All Blacks, while finishing 2004 at number one in the International Rugby Board rankings after eight wins in 10 Tests, weren’t exactly all-conquering.
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/ 20 December 2004
The Department of Health said on Monday it intends to take its fight further to maintain controversial medicine-pricing regulations, following the Supreme Court of Appeal’s voiding of the regulations. The court found the fixed dispensing fees are inappropriate as they fail to consider the viability of the dispensing industry.
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/ 20 December 2004
The fuel price is expected to drop by 45 cents a litre from January 5, the Department of Minerals and Energy said on Monday. The department attributed the decrease to a drop in international crude oil and refined petroleum products during the fuel-price review period of November 26 to December 13.
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/ 20 December 2004
Rwanda withdrew on Monday a threat to send soldiers into the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Kinshasa accuses them of siding with rebels in the eastern town of Kanyabayonga that has been gripped by fighting. ”We are no longer going to threaten to go into the DRC,” Foreign Minister Charles Murigande said.
New DRC fighting kills at least 14