John Smit Reckons Experience Was Key – South Africa coach Peter de Villiers’s decision to name the most experienced Springboks side to ever take the field paid off when they managed to overcome a battling Wales 17-16 in their opening rugby World Cup Pool D clash on Sunday. [sport24]
Samantha Stosur Cleans Court With Serena To Win US Open – The No. 9 seed Samantha Stosur pulled off one of the biggest Grand Slam final upsets in recent memory, thoroughly outplaying the 13-time Grand Slam champion and heavy favorite Serena Williams and beating her, 6-2, 6-3, in the 2011 U.S. Open Women’s Singles final. [nytimes]
Nadal Face Djokovic In US Open Final – For Rafael Nadal to retain his U.S. Open title, he’ll have to do something he hasn’t done all year: beat Novak Djokovic. Djokovic, the top seed at the tennis season’s final Grand Slam event, plays second-seeded Nadal this afternoon in the first U.S. Open finals meeting of a No. 1 and No. 2 seed in 15 years. [bloomberg]
Serena Williams Tunes Umpire During US Open Final - In the middle of Sunday’s U.S. Open final, Serena Williams lost her cool with a chair umpire, who penalized her for celebrating before a point was concluded. Williams’ outburst will likely overshadow the match’s surprising outcome: Australian Samantha Stosur soundly defeated Williams, winner of 13 Grand Slam titles and the heavy favorite coming into the match. [huffers]
Malema’s Constitution Breach Argument Rejected – The African National Congress’s national disciplinary panel on Sunday dismissed an argument by ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema that it breached the constitution of the ruling party. ”The NDC dismissed the application. A full copy of this ruling is also sent out in full to the media,” he added. [mail&guardian]
Malema Loses Bid To Block Media Updates – Embattled African National Congress (ANC) Youth League leader Julius Malema suffered yet another blow yesterday when the ANC’s national disciplinary committee dismissed his application to keep details of the proceedings and decisions from the media. [businessday]
EuroMillions Lottery Rolls Over – Nears Record Jackpot - The Euromillions lottery has rolled over again, resulting in Tuesday night’s draw sitting with a jackpot of R1.55 Billion (EUR157 Million). This is close to the record winning jackpot of R1.8 Billion (here), which was won in July this year by a Scottish couple. You can buy your tickets for Tuesday’s draw safely and securely online. [2oceansvibelottos]
Gaddafi’s Son Is In Niger - Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi entered the territory of Libya’s southern neighbor Niger on Sunday, Niger’s justice minister said. ”He was in a convoy of nine people. They were intercepted heading in the direction of Agadez,” Marou Adamou told a news conference, referring to the northern town through which at least two previous convoys of Gaddafi loyalists have entered in the past week. [reuters]
Grateful Dead Skateboards – After closely guarding their music and logos for decades, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead are significantly increasing their merchandising and licensing deals. The pioneering jam band’s music has appeared in at least four movies since April, and over the last several months, the number of licensees has increased 20%, including new deals with Burton snowboards, Dregs skateboards and Wines That Rock. [latimes]
Dad Sues Facebook For Daughter’s Naked Photo Post - An Irish father is taking a landmark case against Facebook after sexually suggestive photos of his 12-year-old daughter appeared on the website. The distraught father has claimed his daughter has been put at risk from paedophiles as a result of the publication of the images. [herald]
Boardwalk Epire Wins Seven Emmys - The period drama – set in 1920 Atlantic City as the dawn of Prohibition begins to shift the landscape for mobsters, politicians and the like – received seven awards, including casting for a drama and cinematography for a drama, during Saturday’s ceremony, held at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Others winners included.. [sacbee]
Demi Moore Tweets Nude Pic – Even at 48 years old, Demi Moore is no stranger to tweeting some pretty provocative self-portraits. From steamy bikini-clad poses to bent over bum shots to public sexy-time propositions to her husband, Ashton Kutcher, if Moore were our mom, we’d say cut it out! [huffpo]
9/11 Memorial Carries Names Of All Who Died – On the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, as the nation reflected on its losses, thousands of families gathered at the new World Trade Center rising in Lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and on a field of wildflowers in Pennsylvania to commemorate nearly 3,000 killed on that infamous morning when jetliners were turned into missiles and a new age of terrorism was born. [newyorktimes]
Threats Posted On White House Facebook Page – Threatening messages were posted on the White House Facebook page Sunday amid heightened alerts surrounding a possible 9/11 terror threat. ”We’ll come back U.S.A. One day only 11/9/2011,” says one message, featuring a photo of Osama bin Laden, using the date/month formula to reference Sept. 11. Charming. [msnbc]
Cyndi Lauper Ballsed Up The National Anthem – Singer Cyndi Lauper is taking some heat for flubbing the lyrics to the national anthem at the U.S. Open during a 9/11 remembrance. Lauper performed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but instead of singing “O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming,” Lauper sang, “O’er the ramparts, we watched as our flag was still streaming.” It was the same line that singer Christina Aguilera botched during this year’s Super Bowl. Blind. [foxnews]
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