Michael Schumacher will soon run out of records to set. In winning the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, he became the first formula-one driver to win 12 times in a season with teammate Rubens Barrichello completing the Ferrari 1-2 sweep. Schumacher has failed to win only once in the most lopsided season in formula-one history.
Eidur Gudjohnsen ensured Jose Mourinho’s reign as Chelsea manager got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win over Premiership title rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The Icelander’s well-taken 15th-minute strike made the difference between the two teams and secured a valuable psychological edge for the west London club.
The underdogs roared at the Olympics in Athens on Sunday with basketball minnows Puerto Rico pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the 108-year history of the Games with victory over the United States ”Dream Team”. In the swimming pool, an expected duel between the Australian and United States contingents went out the window.
Greece’s Olympic 200m champion Kostadinos Kenteris and women’s 100m silver medallist Ekaterini Thanou have asked for a further 48-hour delay in their hearing with Olympic chiefs, their lawyer revealed. The two Greek stars risk being expelled from the Games for missing a mandatory drugs test last Thursday.
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The Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus have welcomed former president FW de Klerk’s decision to leave the New National Party. De Klerk resigned from the NNP on Friday, saying the party had gone too far in merging with the ruling African National Congress.
The story is like the plot of a Coen brothers film: A couple frustrated by their inability to conceive kidnap a baby. After widespread media coverage the child is found abandoned in a derelict house. When those charged appear in court, their greatest fear is not the law but the man mouthing threats in the public gallery, an alleged gangster whose child was kidnapped.
A senior government official offered Germany’s first apology on Saturday for a colonial-era crackdown that killed 65 000 ethnic Hereros — a slaughter she acknowledged amounted to genocide. ”The atrocities committed at that time would have been termed genocide,” said Germany’s development aid minister.
Hurricane Charley blew out of Florida on Saturday leaving death and destruction in its wake. The storm had battered the US coast with an unexpected wind force and a 15ft-high surge of seawater that destroyed airports, hospitals and homes. Initial estimates of fatalities ranged from dozens to more than 200.
A reward of up to R250 000 was offered on Saturday for information about those responsible for the kidnap and murder of student Leigh Matthews. The reward was put up by concerned community activists, groups of individuals, and captains of industry.