About 400 of the Zimbabwean farms recovered so far from senior government officials who ignored a presidential directive and held multiple properties will be given to farmers who are ”serious and committed” to agricultural production, authorities said on Monday.
Steve Waugh was at the crease in his final Test innings trying to save Australia from a heavy defeat to India in the fourth cricket Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. India have been in control of the Sydney Test since scoring a record 705 for seven declared in the first innings.
PSV chairperson Harry van Raaij has blasted Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson over his bid to sign the Dutch club’s 19-year-old Arjen Robben, whom United see as the new Ryan Giggs. Van Raaij is angry United invited the player to Old Trafford without informing him.
French driver Stephane Peterhansel hung on to his lead in the Dakar 2004 rally despite being penalised five minutes after his teammate pushed his car near the end of the fifth stage on Monday. Peterhansel believed the assistance from Andrea Mayer 300m from the finishing line was legal, but officials ruled he had broken the rules.
The final Test between Australia and India finished in a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The series ended 1-1 with India holding on to the Border Gavaskar Trophy as winners of the previous 2001 series in India. Australian skipper Steve Waugh scored 80 in his 168th and final Test.
Prosecutors said on Tuesday that International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Kim Un-Yong, under investigation for alleged corruption, maintains that a secret stash of foreign currency found at his home was destined for North Korea. Investigators raided Kim’s home and office last month.
For Australia’s cricket hero Steve Waugh his final day as a Test cricketer was as good as it gets. Waugh thrilled his legions of fans in Australia and around the cricket world with a pugnacious innings of 80 to help his team see off the threat of series defeat against India in the final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
Zambia has given a British journalist one day to leave the country for ”insulting” President Levy Mwanawasa in his weekly column in a private newspaper, Home Affairs Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha told a group of Mwanawasa’s supporters who marched on the interior ministry to demand Clarke’s deportation.
A two-year-old baby was raped in the Free State township of Hlohlowane, police said on Monday. Constable Christopher Mophiring said the girl was rushed to the nearby Clocolan hospital where it was confirmed she was raped.
There is no need for an investigation into the Eastern Cape’s 8,2% improvement in its matric pass rate, Umalusi, the body responsible for monitoring matric examinations, said on Monday. The results have improved by 24,4% since 1999.