The Olympic torch arrived in South Korea on Monday from Japan as part of the flame’s voyage through the world’s five continents ahead of the Athens Olympics in August. The torch was taken directly to Olympic Park in eastern Seoul following its arrival aboard a chartered jet at Inchon International airport.
Bangladesh continued to endure the long, hard, futile grind and feel the weight of Ramnaresh Sarwan’s bat when the West Indies vice-captain completed a maiden Test double hundred on the third afternoon of the second and final cricket Test on Sunday.
England were on the brink of going 2-0 up in the three-Test series against New Zealand after reducing the tourists to 102 for five in their second innings at stumps on the fourth day in Leeds on Sunday. That left New Zealand still 15 behind and needing a superb rearguard action or rain on Monday.
Argentina’s Gaston Gaudio won the French Open title in Paris on Sunday in dramatic circumstances, saving two match points as he battled back to a 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 win against injury-hit compatriot Guillermo Coria. The 25-year-old Gaudio becomes the first Argentinian man to win a Grand Slam since 1979.
Supersport United hammered Zulu Royals 8-1 in a Premier Soccer League fixture in Pretoria on Sunday. The visitors opened the scoring in the 24th minute via the boot of their frontman, Phumlani Mkhize. However, the lead was short-lived when three minutes later, United’s Ricardo Katza equalised.
Argentina’s Gaston Gaudio won the French Open title on Sunday in dramatic circumstances, saving two match points as he battled back to a 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 win against injury-hit compatriot Guillermo Coria. As well as collecting 860 000 euros, 25-year-old Gaudio becomes the first Argentinian man to win a Grand Slam since Guillermo Vilas won the Australian Open in 1979.
Major General Derrick Mgwebi last week became the first South African to head a United Nations peacekeeping mission when he assumed the command of the UN Operation in Burundi. Mgwebi last Tuesday donned a UN blue beret at a ceremony in Bujumbura to mark the end of the African Union mission in Burundi.
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World leaders past and present paid tribute to Ronald Reagan, remembering the former United States president who died on Saturday as a hero and visionary statesman as well as a friend. Perhaps the warmest words came from former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Reagan’s closest ally and ideological soul mate throughout the 1980s.
A woman is killed every six hours in South Africa by her intimate partner. This is one of the key findings from the first national study of female homicides in South Africa. A worrying finding of the research was the low conviction rate of the known perpetrators. Just over a third, (35%) were convicted of the crime.