Ricky Ponting’s victory lap of Wanderers Cricket Ground was curtailed by the storm that thundered the message of Australia’s emphatic victory.
Shane Warne, suspended by the Australian Cricket Board over a positive drug test, will receive up to 000 for Australia’s World Cup win despite not bowling a ball in the tournament.
India skipper Sourav Ganguly has denied his decision to field first was the reason for his team’s defeat in the World Cup final against Australia, saying his players had an ”off day” in the big match.
Kenya and Zimbabwe have been invited to replace South Africa in next month’s Sharjah Cup, organisers said on Wednesday.
The United States will not listen to calls for a ceasefire in its war with Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera television network on Wednesday.
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Infection with human papillomavirus has been found in a significant number of HIV-positive men who have never had anal intercourse, say researchers.
Fake ”dead” people are costing South Africa’s life insurance industry R3-billion a year in false claims, Parliament’s public service and administration portfolio committee heard on Wednesday.
2.30pm Iraq today claimed ”many, many” civilians were killed after coalition bombs or missiles hit a market in Baghdad. An Iraqi defence ministry representative said there were at least 12 dead and 30 injured in the air raid.
Zimbabwean officials lashed out Wednesday against the United States for its criticism of the government’s violent response to an an opposition-led national strike, denying there had been a brutal crackdown against dissent.