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World champions South Africa held off a second-half rally from New Zealand to win their Tri-Nations opener 28-19 in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The All Blacks were trailing 17-3 early in the second half and got within four points before the Springboks sealed victory when Jaque Fourie went over eight minutes from time. All Blacks took the lead through Stephen Donald’s early penalty, but South Africa hit back with 17 points without answer
A few weeks ago, outgoing White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten gathered nearly a dozen former chiefs of staff in his corner West Wing office and held a courtesy orientation session for Rahm Emanuel, the next man to assume the second hardest job in Washington.
Manchester United have scheduled a second match in Malaysia after rejecting a request from the Indonesian government to fulfil a fixture canceled as a result of bomb attacks in Jakarta. The English Premier League champions will play a second game against a Malaysia XI in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, having defeated the same team 3-2 in Saturday’s opening match of the club’s pre-season Asian tour
Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia. Antara News, a state-run agency, said at least six people were killed and a number of others were wounded. The victims were taken to nearby MMC Hospital and Jakarta Hospital, the agency reported
The Ailsa course at Turnberry will offer a degree of difficulty worthy of a major championship, world number one Tiger Woods tells CNN as he bids to win his fourth British Open at the Scottish links. Woods had never played Turnberry before arriving for the third major of the season and after three practice rounds is fully aware of the challenge it presents, particularly if the wind blows
When Sonia Sotomayor heads to Capitol Hill for the start of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings on July 13, she’ll find two groups of players awaiting her: the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, who arguably have the easy job to flatter and protect President Obama’s pick , and the panel’s Republicans, whose primary task is to goad her into saying something inflammatory or indiscreet. To that end, the seven Republican Senators have prepared four lines of attack
England pulled off a great escape on the final day of the opening Ashes Test against Australia, with tailenders James Anderson and Monty Panesar earning an unlikely draw in Cardiff. The hosts’ final two batsmen held out for 11.3 overs late in Sunday’s final session, holding out long enough to deny Australia the chance to bat again and score what would have been a small amount of runs for victory
Play is underway at the AT&T National tournament in Maryland, USA, hosted by Tiger Woods. Second seed Federer eased to a 7-6 7-5 6-3 success, meaning he will contest a 20th grand slam final as he attempts to claim a new record 15 grand slam wins. The world number two put on a magnificent show of serving against his 31-year-old opponent — not giving up one break point in the two-hour match.
Five-times champion Roger Federer is through to his seventh successive Wimbledon final after a comfortable straight sets Center Court victory over German veteran Tommy Haas on Friday. Second seed Federer eased to a 7-6 7-5 6-3 success, meaning he will contest a 20th grand slam final as he attempts to claim a new record 15 grand slam wins. The world number two put on a magnificent show of serving against his 31-year-old opponent — not giving up one break point in the two-hour match.
In death as in life, there is never a dull moment when it comes to Michael Jackson. Police in California’s Santa Barbara County met Tuesday to discuss how to deal with an expected mad rush of traffic on the narrow hillside road leading to Jackson’s Neverland Ranch for a planned memorial service on Friday.