German prosecutors are preparing to drop all the most serious charges against the only man convicted for the September 11 attacks, because they fear that crucial American evidence was obtained by torturing detainees. The case is set to deepen further the rift between Germany and the United States.
AS Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of Congo won the new Kudu Horn trophy and a whopping R1-million after defeating Kaizer Chiefs 4-3 on penalties at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. Chiefs, having won the Vodacom Challenge Cup three times since its launch five years ago, took home R500 000.
More fickle than the weather at the British Open was the leaderboard it left behind. At the top was the ultimate journeyman, Todd Hamilton, who breezed through Royal Troon in every condition imaginable on Saturday for a four-under 67 and a one-shot lead. Chasing him was a collection of golf’s biggest stars.
Greg Emslie, South Africa’s sole remaining contestant in the Billabong Pro at Jeffrey’s Bay, gave the country something to get excited about on Saturday by eliminating former world number two Taj Burrow (Australia) and advancing to the last 16 in the R1,8-million ASP World Championship Tour event.
Free State flyhalf Willem de Waal was the hero of the Cheetahs’ 26-20 victory over Western Province at Newlands on Saturday where his shrewd tactical boot condemned the home side to their second straight defeat. Free State were not the better side, but they were the smarter of the two.
The Impala Leopards beat the Boland Cavaliers by 31-28 in a first-division Absa Currie Cup match in Potchefstroom on Saturday. The Leopards took revenge for losing the division final to the Cavaliers last season. It was not an easy victory as the visitors scored two tries in the first half and led by 11 points at the break with 18-7.
American Lance Armstrong admitted he was surprised to see who exactly are his remaining rivals in the Tour de France after taking another step towards winning a record sixth yellow jersey. The 32-year-old US Postal rider claimed his 17th stage victory overall on Saturday after beating Italy’s Ivan Basso to the finish.
After a series of disappointing home-ground performances in the Super 12 — and a dodgy Absa Currie Cup start two weeks ago — the Sharks returned to their Durban base with purposeful intent on Saturday to take the maximum five log points off the Golden Lions in fashioning an important 38-25 Currie Cup rugby victory.
Armies of firefighters were on Friday battling fast-spreading wildfires across the western United States, including one menacing more than 1 000 homes in Nevada’s state capital, officials said. The towering flames in the Carson City blaze, the worst in history of the city of 50 000 people, have already charred 14 homes.
Thousands of tourists flock to northern Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park every year to watch pink flamingoes, but recent mass deaths of the birds have brought a new tragedy. ”The death of more than 10 000 flamingoes in Lake Manyara is a real tragedy,” Tanzania National Parks director general Gerald Bigurube said.