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SYDNEY – Australia crushed India by an innings and 68 runs in the second Test cricket in Sydney yesterday to take a 2-0 lead in the series and leave Sachin Tendulkar still waiting for his 100th international ton.
Milan, Juve to battle for top spot
ROME – AC Milan may be facing a tug-of-war with neighbours Inter Milan over Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez but it is with Juventus that the champions are battling for Italian Serie A soccer supremacy.
Madrid to keep top spot
MADRID – Real Madrid start 2012 still looking for a way to beat Barcelona but they do hold a three-point lead in the title chase and this weekend they take on struggling Granada while the Spanish soccer champions face a tricky derby away to Espanyol.
SA dismiss Sri Lanka
CAPE TOWN – South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to clinch the series 2-1 on the fourth day of the third and final Test cricket at Newlands yesterday, despite a fighting century by Thilan Samaraweera.
Woods chases Nicklaus
WASHINGTON – Tiger Woods chasing Jack Nicklaus, World No. 1 Luke Donald seeking his first major title and Rory McIlroy eyeing an encore to his first major triumph are golf’s top storylines as the 2012 golf season begins.
Obama presents plan for ‘leaner’ US military
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama unveiled a strategy on Thursday for a leaner US military focused on countering China’s rising power and signaling a shift away from large ground wars…
Gulf states brace for unwanted US, Iran war
DUBAI – The Arab states that lie just miles across the Gulf from Iran are nervously eyeing the prospects of a war between Tehran and the West that none of them want and all know could devastate their economies.
Mujuru in SA for ANC celebrations
From Caesar Zvayi in PRETORIA, South Africa
ZANU-PF and South Africa’s ruling African National Congress are inseparable
Respite for jobless nurses
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses
Missing boy: Fresh details emerge
Crime Reporter
POLICE have found new information that may assist in investigating the case of Given Flint Matapure (3) who went missing at the Harare Agricultural Show in August last year. Deputy police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka yesterday confirmed the new development and said investigations were continuing.
“We have received fresh information that we believe will assist us to a greater extent to appreciate what could have happened to the child,” he said.
Chief Supt Mandipaka, who could not divulge the latest information, said the Criminal Investigations Department Homicide Section was following the leads.
“Our CID Homicide Section is carrying out intensive and thorough investigations on the matter. We still appeal for any information that would assist in probing this matter further,” he said.
On the skeletal remains that were discovered at the Harare Exhibition Park in November last year, Chief Supt Mandipaka said they were yet to receive a report from a pathologist.
“There are also indications that the bones (skeletal remains) picked up could be mixed,” he said.