The first breath of life eventually leads to the last exhale at death, but for whatever span that lies between, breathing is an unassuming, if essential, part of living. It seemed odd to me that one would need lessons in how to breathe. Yet people worldwide are turning to the intensive Art of Living course on lowering stress and finding renewed vigor and clarity through age-old Hindu breathing techniques.
Ralph Schumacher will leave Williams for Toyota in 2005 after signing a three-year deal, the Japanese formula-one team said on Wednesday. Toyota racing team principal Tsutomu Tomita said: ”He has proven himself to be an extremely quick racing driver in his career … his vast experience will be extremely beneficial to our team.”
Chelsea’s new manager, Jose Mourinho, has told Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to cut out the mind games. Mourinho fell out with Ferguson when Porto knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League last season.
Cycling fans across Australia watching the Tour de France must be wondering if it is a coincidence that the race’s main jerseys correspond with the national colours. The fact probably didn’t escape Lotto sprinter Robbie McEwen, who was inches away from a repeat of Monday’s convincing stage win with a third-place finish that got him the yellow jersey.
Llewellyn Herbert, 26-year-old South African record holder and Olympic medal winner, is back on the main stage of global athletics. He was the pick of the South African competitors at the prestigious 2004 Athletissima IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne on Tuesday when he clinched an excellent second place in the 400m men’s hurdles.
Chris Gayle’s 132 not out in his 100th one-day international took West Indies into the Natwest Series final with a seven-wicket win against England at Lord’s in London on Tuesday. Not even a total of 285 for seven could prevent England extending a losing-streak batting first that stretches back to last year’s World Cup.
The Olympic flame made a symbolic trip from Europe to Asia and back again on Tuesday when the Olympic global torch relay visited the Turkish city of Istanbul. The first of 125 bearers to carry the torch in Istanbul was Turkey’s only Fifa-accredited female referee, Lale Orta.
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Medical doctors are to seek leave to appeal against the Pretoria High Court’s dismissal of their constitutional challenge to regulations obliging them to acquire special licences to dispense medicine. The Department of Health said it will defend the legislation. It believes provisions for dispensing licences are legitimate.
Fourteen years of war have brought about a near-terminal decline of public services in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. As a result, the streets are littered with household waste, shrapnel, carcasses, rubble and scrap that are an eyesore at best — at worst, a dangerous pollutant of underground water sources.