”Sri Lanka is full of long, elegant words that glide effortlessly off the tongue: Tissamaharama, Jayasuriya, Trincomalee, Parakramabahu, Polonnaruwa, Radawaduwa, Aravinda da Silva, Nuwara Eliya, Gunasekera”. Twenty years of turmoil have failed to wipe the smile from the face of what Marco Polo called the most beautiful island in the world.
"I believe we have found a happy medium, together with a great deal of public participation and media interest – as we have in the debate around the proposed N2 toll road." On the eve of leaving the government, the minister talks to <i>Earthyear</i> about progress in sustainable development over the past decade.
Some commissioners and the administration staff of the dysfunctional Gauteng Provincial Boxing Control Commission have been left pondering their future. Their office has been closed down by Boxing South Africa, the mother body for all provincial structures.
A David Beckham-deprived Real Madrid travel to Monaco on Tuesday for their Champions League quarterfinal second leg confident of completing the job they started at the Bernabeu a fortnight ago. Real are firmly in the driving seat after overcoming Didier Deschamps’s side 4-2 in Madrid.
Small wonder the South African government was incensed at the recent coup attempt against President Joseph Kabila. The attempted coup in the Central African giant has exposed the need for Kabila and his government to speed up the transition process. The peace was the foreign policy highlight of President Thabo Mbeki’s first term as president.
Santos moved into the quarterfinals of the Absa Cup knockout soccer competition when they beat Cosmos 1-0 at the Athlone Stadium on Sunday. There was no score at half-time. The goal came in the 70th minute when Tyren Arendse picked up a clearance ball and buried it in the back of the net.
International soccer games could become terrorist targets and security should no longer be taken for granted at sporting venues worldwide, top soccer officials warned on Monday. ”Football is the most attractive event to really disrupt,” said the general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation.
Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello left with a scent of rose water while the opposition dusted off the sand after their latest defeat to Ferrari. Schumacher made it three wins in as many season races and teammate Barrichello completed the second one-two finish for Ferrari in the campaign.
West Indies legend Gary Sobers has lent his support to Brian Lara saying that the under-fire West Indies captain should not be made a scapegoat for the Caribbean team’s first home series defeat by England for 36 years. ”Brian’s contribution has been tremendous,” said Sobers.
France, champions 18 times since 1969, look set for another crack at annexing the International Rugby Board World Under-19 Championship title after blocking the path of defending champions South Africa with an 18-12 victory in their crucial 2004 encounter at Woodburn on Sunday.