South Africa's new president has risen from the ranksMay 8th, 2009 PRETORIA - Jacob Zuma, who will be sworn in as South Africa's third democratic president at the Union Buildings here Saturday, has been deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) for the past decade and a former deputy president of the country. Zuma was born on April 12, 1942 in Inkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
Poll panel lets off officers who released Commonwealth Games adMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday let off the officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, responsible for releasing advertisements which violated the model code of conduct. Appearing before the poll panel, the director general of the organising committee said the release of the advertisements was not intended to violate the poll code and 'it was totally a bonafide exercise', Election Commission officials told reporters here.
ICC moves World Cup secretariat to MumbaiApril 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday shifted the 2011 World Cup secretariat to Mumbai from Lahore and said India will host 29 matches in the quadrennial event. The move comes after ICC removed Pakistan as the co-hosts of the World Cup due to the volatile security situation there.
South Africa confirms BCCI approached it to host IPLMarch 23rd, 2009 DURBAN - Cricket South Africa (CSA) Sunday confirmed that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has approached them to host the Indian Premier League (IPL). 'We received an official approach this morning to be one of several options they are considering to host the tournament outside India,' CSA CEO Gerald Majola said in a statement.
Cricket World Cup secretariat may be shifted to IndiaMarch 10th, 2009 KARACHI - The 2011 World Cup Secretariat that is being established in Lahore could be relocated to India in the wake of a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers in the city earlier this month, media reports said here Monday. Media reports quoting International Cricket Council (ICC) sources said that the ICC and the Organising Committee of the 2011 World Cup are seriously considering the idea of moving the Secretariat away from Pakistan.
FIFA disappointed at lack of Confederations Cup hypeMarch 4th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - World football body FIFA expressed their disappointment at the lack of hype surrounding the Confederations Cup that is to be hosted in South Africa June 14-18. FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told a press briefing here Tuesday that he did not see a single poster for the competition.
'Durban ideal for 2010 World Cup opening ceremony'February 16th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The chairperson of 2010 Local Organising Committee said that Durban and not Johannesburg is the ideal city to host the opening ceremony of the 2010 football World Cup. 'I wish the opening ceremony would be hosted here in Durban but that decision doesn't lie with me.
Cricket World Cup committee to meet TuesdayFebruary 15th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt left here for New Delhi Monday to attend a meeting of the 2011 World Cup Central Organising Committee Tuesday. Before leaving he declared that the meeting will help disperse the 'clouds of uncertainty' hovering over the quadrennial spectacle.
PCB delegation to attend 2011 World Cup meeting in DelhiFebruary 8th, 2009 KARACHI - A high-powered four-member delegation of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will attend an emergency meeting of the 2011 World Cup Central Organising Committee in Delhi Feb 19. According to a PCB official, Board chairman Ijaz Butt will head the delegation that will also include PCB's chief operating officer Saleem Altaf and Salman Butt, the new Managing Director of the World Cup secretariat in Lahore.
South Africa gets ready for 2010 FIFA World CupJanuary 22nd, 2009 PRETORIA - South Africa has begun preparation for one of the world's biggest sporting events, the FIFA World Cup 2010, BuaNews reported Friday. With just 500 days to go, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) has stepped up its activities to host Africa's first FIFA World Cup June 11, 2010.
US president's inauguration speech not a legal requirementJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Since George Washington's first inauguration in 1789, every president has delivered an inauguration speech, although it is not a legal requirement. Washington's second inaugural address is the shortest on record, with 135 words.
Schedule of events for Obama's inaugurationJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Here is the schedule of events for Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the US Tuesday:
8 a.m. (6.30 p.m. IST): Gates to the inaugural ceremony on the West Front of the US Capitol open.
National Games postponed to JuneJanuary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Olympic Association Saturday decided to postpone the 34th National Games, scheduled to be held in three Jharkhand cities Feb 15-28, till June due to delay in construction of infrastructure. The IOA steering committee reviewed the state's preparations for the Games to be held in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad and concluded that the state was not ready to host the tournament as infrastructure was not in place.
Djokovic's family to host ATP tour event in BelgradeDecember 31st, 2008 LONDON - Novak Djokovic can officially don two hats after his family consortium will host an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour event in home town Belgrade. The world number three will leave most of the heavy organisational lifting to his relatives, but is delighted that his behind-the-scenes work over the past months finally resulted in a first tennis stop for the newest power nation in the game.
Court pulls up Commonwealth Games organising panelDecember 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The panel organising the Commonwealth Games here in 2010 has invited the ire of the Delhi High Court for not providing information about the progress in preparation under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. 'The Commonwealth Games are round the corner and people have the right to know how you are organising it,' Justice G.S.
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