And so farewell, Pete Sampras. Or at least farewell to that 95% of you that has decided to pack up tennis. And what a nasty, niggling 5% of uncertainty it is that will not allow you yet to retire for good, thereby denying a host of commentators the chance to place your career achievements in a historical context.
In the February edition of Golf Digest, the American magazine that is the biggest and best-selling of its kind in the world, a piece appeared entitled ”The Amazing What’s Her Name”.
The diplomatic quiet three weeks after the African troika’s visit to Harare is seen by Zimbabwe watchers as the calm before the storm.
In a move designed to attract the top players to next year’s Olympic women’s tennis tournament, results will count toward the WTA world rankings system, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Friday.
Bills and taxes are no longer a concern, at least for the moment. All Nicolas Coutelot has to worry about is fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
When Vuyani ”The Beast” Bungu climbs into the ring at Carnival City on Saturday night he will not merely be fighting an elimination bout for the right to contest the IBO featherweight world title. Bungu will be fighting for the right to leave the sport gracefully, champion that he is.
Imagine for a moment that you are a senior official in Iran’s foreign ministry. It’s hot outside on the dusty, congested streets of Tehran. But inside the ministry, despite the air-conditioning, it’s getting stickier all the time.
The basic income grant stands a very small chance of becoming policy. While this proposal to pay every household a basic income of R100 a month has broad support, it has not caught the imagination of President Thabo Mbeki.
Chances of a bloodless change in Zimbabwe increased this week, but even this is not good news for the people of that beleaguered country.
A couple of weeks ago Ernie Els was back in the country for just three days to get his second child, Ben, christened at the little church in Herold’s Bay. It’s about a three wood from his newly completed house, which occupies prime position overlooking the sandy bay. The local florist spent the morning trying to cover up all signs of Catholicism in the church – ”But I couldn’t do much about the altarpiece.”