It ain’t so easy getting to Ouagadougou from Johannesburg. It would be nice if all these New Partnership for Africa’s Development and African Union initiatives paid less attention to providing our leaders with fancy aeroplanes and paid more attention to how ordinary natives from Africa can get from A to B on their own patch of ground.
Millions of Indians were brokenhearted Sunday as their team was crushed by Australia in the World Cup finals, a match that brought this cricket-crazy nation to a standstill.
Australia surged to a colossal 359 for two on the back of a breathtaking century from Ricky Ponting in the World Cup cricket final against India at the Wanderers on Sunday.
The South African Police Service has denied claims being investigated by former judge Willem Heath that a little-known VIP-protection firm is a “front company” – but did not deny a relationship with its members. Allegations have been made about contact between the firm, Palto, and police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
After guiding his side to an emphatic World Cup defence at the Wanderers on Sunday, Australian cricket coach John Buchanan sounded a warning to the rest of the world: his side could still improve.
The best team in the world claimed one-day cricket’s greatest prize for the third time on Sunday as Australia battered India into submission by 125 runs at the Wanderers.
The extension of Zimbabwe’s suspension from the Commonwealth is a slap in the face for President Thabo Mbeki and Nigerian leader Olusegun Obassanjo, who were hoping this punitive measure would wither on the vine.
Australians awoke on Monday to the news their cricketers had won a record third world cup overnight in South Africa and quickly set their sites on victory later this year when their nation hosts the Rugby World Cup.
Indian newspapers on Monday heaped praise on Australia for their victory in the cricket World Cup final in South Africa, but India’s performance was greeted with a mixture of forgiveness and condemnation.
The war in Iraq reverberated across sports this weekend with protests at a soccer game in Spain, an auto race in Malaysia and at cricket’s World Cup in South Africa.