BA cancels 34 flights from new T5

 

British Airways has cancelled 34 more flights from Heathrow’s Terminal 5 the day after it opened but says passengers will be able to check in hold luggage.
Hold luggage services were suspended as a result of a baggage backlog and 34 flights were cancelled at the £4.3bn T5 on its first day of operation.
Some stranded [...]

Chris Webber Announces Retirement From NBA

 

Golden State Warriors forward/center Chris Webber announced his retirement from the NBA this morning at a press conference at ORACLE Arena, closing the final chapter on a 15-year NBA career that included five All-Star appearances and five All-NBA Team selections. “There have been so many people who have supported me through my career, from players [...]

David Beckham won his 100th cap in England’s 1-0 defeat by France in Paris on Wednesday

 
Playing on the right-hand side of midfield, Beckham was booked for a foul on Franck Ribery and was replaced by David Bentley after 63 minutes.
France won the game through Ribery’s first-half penalty.
Beckham, 32, becomes the fifth player to reach a century of England caps, after Billy Wright, Sir Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore and Peter Shilton. [...]

Goals from Mark Viduka and Michael Owen gave Newcastle their first win

 
Viduka struck in the sixth minute when he collected a pass from Geremi and fired low past goalkeeper Kasey Keller.
Owen should have doubled their lead with a close-range header before nodding in from Geremi’s free-kick.
Jimmy Bullard had Fulham’s best chances but his long-range efforts were comfortably dealt with by Steve Harper.
The victory will be a [...]

Zimbabwe election run-up ‘flawed’

 
Zimbabwe is failing to meet its democratic obligations in the run up to polls on 29 March, a rights group says.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the government has intimidated opposition supporters, and that the electoral process is deeply flawed.
The US-based group says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is inadequately prepared to run the poll.
But the [...]

SA 2010 could cost $3.7 billion

 
Hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup could cost South Africa $3.7 billion, according to the organisers. Original estimates had been as low as $295 million, but costs have risen steadily. In 2006, the projected cost of hosting the event had soared to just over $1.5 billion. The country’s Deputy President has warned that government spending [...]

Rockets Beat Lakers to Stretch Win Streak to 22

Houston 104, L.A. Lakers 92

 
HOUSTON, March 16 (AP) — Tracy McGrady had carried the Houston Rockets through their winning streak since Yao Ming went down with a foot injury.
On Sunday, it was everyone else’s turn to help him.
Rafer Alston scored 31 points and hit eight 3-pointers, both career highs, and the Rockets beat the Los [...]

The Top 10 Reasons Why the Rockets Are Red Hot

 
1) The team’s adaptation to Rick Adelman’s system
The defense was there a year ago, which was something that Rick obviously was pushing hard to have continue, but they have adapted to his offensive style after taking a couple of months to fully adjust. His is a motion offense that is structured around everyone passing the [...]

Italian priest testifies against Mahalu

 
A legal counsel from Ital y, Father Marco Papi, yesterday testified against immediate former Tanzanian ambassador to Italy, Costa Mahalu, in a corruption case he faces alongside former counsellor Grace Alfred Martin.
Papi told the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court in Dar es Salaam that he signed only one contract worth euros 1, 032,913.80 between Prof.
Mahalu and the [...]

£5m mystery gift to Sport Relief

  

A mystery donor gave £5.5m to the BBC’s Sport Relief appeal, pushing the total raised for vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to more than £19m.
After announcing the donation during Friday’s live BBC broadcast, presenter Patrick Kielty said: “Wherever you are tonight, you are amazing.”
Organisers said it was a telephone donation and the [...]