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From FIFA president Sepp Blatter to David Beckham, soccer's big names will converge on South Africa next week to celebrate the draw for first World Cup on African turf. Cheating, match fixing and fan violence also have forced their way onto the agenda. Blatter's personal crusade to bring soccer's biggest event to Africa has led to excitement and optimism that a continent which already...
Equatorial Guinea — a violent land of coups, petrodollar wealth and killer poverty — is holding a presidential election Sunday that its leader of 30 years says he will win by more than the 97 percent garnered in the last widely criticized vote.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. may cancel industrial contracts in South Africa tied to the A400M military transporter after the country pulled an order for the plane, La Tribune reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
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De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, expects banks to renew its $1.5 billion debt facility before it comes due in March next year, the firm said on Friday.
(RTTNews) - The US dollar soared up against the South African rand on Thursday's trading and jumped to a 2-day high of 7.5350 at about 11:00 am ET. At present the greenback is trading near 7.4917 versus the rand. The dollar-rand pair was worth 7.3312 at yesterday's close.
Ukraine's Football Association wants to offer the job of national coach to Romanian Mircea Lucescu, the current coach of UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk.
France hasn't stopped celebrating its win over the All Blacks in June. France used that first win on New Zealand soil in 15 years -- 27-22 in Dunedin -- to believe it was back on the road to respectability, and it could face down the Southern Hemisphere rugby powers. Two weeks ago, the French cited the victory as inspiration before playing South Africa, and duly outmuscled the Tri-Nations...
While the football community is gearing up for next week's World Cup draw in Cape Town, the globe's most popular game is embroiled in match-fixing scandals on two continents.
Paris, Nov 26 (AFP) European aerospace group EADS is ready to retaliate against South Africa after the country cancelled a contract to buy Airbus military planes and sought repayment of an advance, a press report said today.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- DRDGold Ltd. is receiving “good support” from creditors of its Blyvooruitzicht mine in South Africa, which is currently under judicial management, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Pretorius said.
IBM announced on Nov. 24 the opening of telecommunications development centers to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) create new business models while improving the customer experience ...
Sri Lanka will need Muttiah Muralitharan to rediscover his rhythm in the final test in Mumbai if they are to come back from a humbling defeat against India and square the series.
Residents of a townhome complex in Westlake Village are saying farewell to a herd of goats that have been sharing their backyard for the past 10 days.The 225 South African Boer goats have been grazing on several acres of open space that backs up to the Summershore townhomes on Lindero Canyon Road as a way of clearing the brush from the hillside.With their mission accomplished, it was time on ...
Rory McIlroy bounced back from his disappointing end to the European Tour season by helping Ireland surge to a three-shot lead at the World Cup teams event in China on Thursday.
U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret, and Iran said the "hasty and undue" rebuke would damage its cooperation with the agency.
Whatever surprises the draw for South Africa 2010 provides in Cape Town on December 4, the path to glory at the first African World Cup will be a familiar one.
Whatever surprises the draw for South Africa 2010 provides in Cape Town on Dec. 4, the path to glory at the first African World Cup will be a familiar one.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s peso posted a weekly gain as Fitch Ratings’s decision to shift the country’s outlook to stable damped speculation there will be more downgrades.
France coach Marc Lievremont says beating New Zealand in Saturday's rugby test would prove that France is close to matching the world's top sides while knocking the All Blacks' confidence in the final meeting between the teams until the 2011 World Cup. A win for France in Marseille would give the home side three wins from the last four meetings against the All Blacks, including an...
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- De Beers, the world’s largest diamond company, discussed with shareholders the possibility of selling a stake ahead of a March deadline to refinance a $1.5 billion facility, said two people familiar with the proposal.
