Jacques Freitag of South Africa won the men’s high jump at the World Championships in Paris on Monday to fulfil a prediction he made four years ago. Freitag sneaked over with his first attempt at 2,35m to throw down the gauntlet to the two remaining jumpers and neither man could pick it up.
The South African Cycling Federation has unveiled a massive team to wave the South African flag at the forthcoming world mountain-bike championships in Lugano, Switzerland, during early September.
Despite praise for its regulatory approach to gambling, the country is about to undergo another round of introspection aimed at softening the impact of the demons of ”inner urges” that lead to addiction and ”problem gambling”.
Pete Sampras has refused to be drawn into the debate over whether or not he was the greatest player in tennis history, leaving his rivals and admirers to make the case for him on the day he retired.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has warned he will not tolerate a repeat of the debacle at the Hungarian Grand Prix where Rubens Barrichello crashed out and Michael Schumacher finished eighth.
Gary Kirsten said he was having second thoughts about retiring from Test cricket following his match-winning performance against England at Headingley.
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Zimbabwe’s opposition gave the government one month to return to talks on the country’s spiralling political and economic crisis, threatening mass demonstrations if the discussions did not resume.
Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest car maker, is hoping the new fifth version of its best-selling Golf model, unveiled on Monday, will steer the group back into the fast lane of the world’s car makers.
At least 40 people were killed and more than 125 injured in a series of explosions in Mumbai on Monday morning. One was near the Gateway of India, a famous Mumbai seafront landmark and tourist attraction.