Unfit Gay likely to skip NY meet
Former world champion Tyson Gay’s fitness level is likely to keep him out of Saturday’s New York Diamond League meeting, his agent said on Monday.
“It looks very unlikely he will compete,” Mark Wetmore said in a telephone interview from New York. “There’s a readiness (needed) to run the 100 metres, and he does not have that.”
Lunch with Buffett? Get ready to pay $80,000
Want to lunch with legendary investor Mr Warren Buffett? All it takes is a few mouse clicks on online market place eBay, though you should be prepared to shell out thousands of dollars for an invite.
A famed humour shows in rude Britannia
“I think of them all as prats to start with and work from there” — veteran cartoonist Gerald Scarfe’s irreverent approach to politicians he lampoons is typical of a new show celebrating British humour
Pak: Taliban leaders have fled from AfPak
Pakistan’s military operations in tribal areas have forced some important Taliban leaders to flee outside of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Meh-mood Qureshi said on Monday.
Israeli patrol kills 4 militants
An Israeli naval patrol killed at least four Palestinian militants in diving gear off the Gaza coast on Monday, Hamas security officials and the Israeli Army said.
Drummer Cable found dead in UK
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was found dead at his home in Wales on Monday.
Polish priest killed by secret police beatified
Thousands of worshippers attended an open-air mass in Warsaw on Sunday for the beatification of a Polish priest and anti-Communist activist murdered by the secret police in 1984.
2 men with militant ties held in US
Two men were arrested on Saturday at John F. Kennedy International airport where they were believed headed for meetings with militant groups in Somalia, the New Jersey Star Ledger reported. The men were arrested as they tried to board flights to Egypt. They were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism
Nadal’s high five
Rafael Nadal reclaimed his French Open crown in emphatic style on Sunday when he battered Sweden’s Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to win the title for the fifth time in six years.
An italian makes history in Paris
Francesca Schiavone celebrates after defeating Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the French Open women’s singles final at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday to become the first Italian woma