Mike Tyson’s recent bankruptcy filing has delayed the ex-heavyweight champion’s best shot at a potential huge payday: his civil lawsuit against promoter Don King.
India’s 36 top cricketers assembled in Bangalore on Thursday for a 13-day pre-season fitness camp amid a growing row over the government’s decision to waive import duty worth thousands of dollars for a Ferrari given to superstar Sachin Tendulkar.
Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain’s unbroken stand of 56 checked South Africa’s progress in the third Test at Trent Bridge in England on Thursday. At lunch on the first day England were 85 for two with Butcher 37 not out including seven fours and former captain Hussain 20 not out.
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Thousands of Liberians looted food Tuesday from Monrovia’s port, a day before rebels were due to hand the area over to aid workers eager to feed the starving city. The pillaging coincided with the arrival of a United Nations ship stocked with food and medicines, which was anchored off the coast.
The Durban High Court has granted businessman Schabir Shaik leave to appeal against a previous ruling forcing him to answer questions relating to allegations of bribery against Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
The leadership of South Africa’s Catholic Church on Wednesday welcomed the government’s undertaking to mount an anti-retroviral HIV/Aids treatment programme, but warned that logistical problems should not slow down the programme’s roll-out.
Described as the karma of literature, book crossing is a phenomenon taking UK cities by storm, writes Helen Carter.
Residents of Nigeria’s serene southeastern city of Calabar fretted on Wednesday about the arrival of Charles Taylor, despite official reassurances that Liberia’s former president and indicted war criminal would pose no threat to national security or to his neighbours.