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LONDON. — A British graduate collapsed in a heap yesterday after batting for 26 hours solid at The Oval cricket ground in London in a bid to break the world record.Alby Shale (22) from Oxfordshire in southern England began his marathon stand in the indoor nets at 6:45am on Monday and finally declared his innings at 8:45 am yesterday.
Asafa Powell battles to salvage career
LONDON. — Accused Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell is battling to salvage his career by blaming his positive drug test for the stimulant oxilofrine on a range of new nutritional supplements prescribed to him by a physiotherapist he has only been working with for two months.Mourinho targets four trophies for Chelsea
BANGKOK. — Jose Mourinho said yesterday Chelsea would be gunning for victory in all four soccer competitions this season as he prepared to kick off his second spell in charge with a friendly in Bangkok.
Aussies help Chipembere
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere AUSTRALIA A coach, Troy Cooley, says they are looking forward to their three-day cricket match against Zimbabwe which begins at the Country Club tomorrow.
The Australians are on the first leg of their Southern African tour, which will include a stop in South Africa, and their visit once again strengthens the bilateral relationship between
Snowden to stay in Russia for now
MOSCOW. — Fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden will stay in the transit zone of the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for three weeks while Russian authorities process his asylum request, a lawyer helping him said yesterday.One of Europe’s most wanted criminals nabbed
MADRID. — Spanish police said yesterday they had arrested a Briton suspected of leading a drug-trafficking organisation, describing him as one of Europe’s top 10 most wanted criminals.Mexico captures leader of brutal drugs cartel
MEXICO CITY. — The brutal leader of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels, the “Los Zetas”, has been captured in a dawn raid in the gang’s heartland.Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as “Z-40”, was arrested on Monday by Mexican marines outside his hometown of Nuevo Laredo, the gang’s headquarters on the border with
Raila Odinga’s aide faces probe
NAIROBI. — Former prime minister Raila Odinga’s aide Eliud Owalo has been summoned to the Criminal Investigations Department over allegations of a plot to destabilise the government.Kenyans to get passport in five days: Govt
NAIROBI. — It will now take only five days for one to be issued with a national passport, the government has announced.Director of Immigration Services Jane Waikenda said applicants with proper documents will get a passport after five days, down from 10.
Woman caught with 6kg heroin at airport
NAIROBI. — Kenyan police yesterday arrested a woman with 6kg of heroin with market value of US$180 000 at the country’s main airport in Nairobi.The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport CID commander, Joseph Ngisa, said the 38-year-old Kenyan woman was arrested after the anti-narcotics police officers conducting routine