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/ 20 November 2006
Twenty years after Mike Tyson battered Trevor Berbick to become the youngest heavyweight world champion in history, the ”Baddest Man on the Planet” is aging as badly as any boxing cautionary tale. Tyson was 20 years old on November 22 1986 when he pummelled Berbick into submission in two rounds, seizing the World Boxing Council crown.
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/ 20 November 2006
English giants Manchester United and Arsenal, who saw their high-speed Champions League campaigns hit the buffers last time out, aim to get back on track on Tuesday. Premiership leaders United travel to Celtic still smarting from a humbling 1-0 defeat at FC Copenhagen, which shattered their 100% start.
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/ 20 November 2006
Upstart Premier Soccer League (PSL) leaders Silver Stars were in seventh heaven at a rain-swept Bafokeng Royal Sports Palace on Sunday afternoon after bundling PSL Cup kings Kaizer Chiefs out of the lucrative Telkom Knockout competition with a resolute 2-1 victory.
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/ 20 November 2006
The first MTN one-day international between South Africa and India at the Wanderers was officially called off at 6.30 pm on Sunday because of persistent rain. About 30Â 000 people had braved the elements, hoping to see some action. It was overcast in the morning, but rain started falling just before the toss at two o’clock, and the covers were brought on.
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/ 20 November 2006
Beijing is planning to build the world’s biggest subway and dramatically expand its bus network as part of efforts to combat the city’s fast-increasing traffic grid-lock, state press said on Monday. The Chinese capital will expand its subway system to 273km by 2010 and to 561km by 2020.
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/ 20 November 2006
Zambia’s ailing former president Frederick Chiluba was due in South Africa on Monday to receive treatment for an acute heart condition. Chiluba was expected to leave Zambia in the afternoon for Johannesburg where he will undergo medical examinations following his deteriorating health caused by a cardiac complication.
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/ 20 November 2006
Yahoo! will work with seven United States newspaper groups to share online advertising in a deal that could help newspapers tap into the lucrative online ad market. A total of 176 newspapers in 38 states will participate in the deal, reported on Sunday on the website of the New York Times.
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/ 20 November 2006
African leaders are expressing a renewed sense of urgency about tackling unemployment among young people and are beginning to develop and implement plans to create jobs in the region. "In Africa, the problem of youth unemployment is more complex than in some other parts of the world," says Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki.
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/ 20 November 2006
Credit Guarantee said on Monday it had reviewed and upgraded its credit ratings of four of South Africa’s trading partners and had also re-rated Angola as open for export cover. "Having emerged from under the cloud of civil war, enormous opportunities now exist in the construction, agricultural, infrastructural, tourism and oil/mining-linked sectors [of Angola]," said Credit Guarantee.
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/ 20 November 2006
The JSE was looking to snap its three-day losing streak on Monday with a recovery in precious-metals prices lifting resources stocks. News was a little on the sparse side and dealers said that the market was quiet. By 11.48am, the all-share index added 0,65%. Resources rallied 1,51%, the platinum-mining index surged 4,04% and the gold-mining index jumped 2,82%.