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The ICC, not the most renowned organisation for getting things done (or doing them properly), showed some welcome grit when handing down the verdicts in the now infamous spot-fixing scandal against Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and former captain Salman Butt. For those not familiar with the details of the case, the three cricketers were […]

“Nothing will come of nothing,” the old King Lear lashed out at his youngest daughter Cordelia. Cordelia unlike her older siblings, Regan and Goneril, had failed to shower the King, who was nearing the end of his mortal existence, with praises in order to earn an inheritance. This enraged the old king. For having “nothing” […]

There is an ominous threat hanging over the established order of the oval ball, from lands large and rich in diversity. Since the coming of the professional era, rugby has slowly been spreading itself across continents with the IRB aiming to make the game rival soccer in popularity. It’s a tall order, but not impossible […]

After a perfect start to their current league campaign, Sundowns have had to endure a bad loss of form lately and the supporters are calling for coach Antonio Lopez Habas to be fired. The Brazilians started this season like a house on fire and were at one stage seven points clear at the top of […]

Time and time again SMS is the technological exception to the rule. Not only is it incredibly resistant to downward price pressure, which has seen it immune to the dramatic price drops in the tech world over the last 10 years, it also refuses to be usurped by newer technologies. A case in point is […]

By Warren Glam I do love a good story. I’m especially fond of the ones which touch on what you might call heroic motifs — like the errant knight wandering through all manner of realms intent on making his mark in the world. Strong stuff, to be sure. And maybe I’m wrong in this, but […]

The current brouhaha about Kenny Kunene and his (probable) preference for hot women and sushi is another example of the narrow and sensationalist reporting and debate that plagues so much of our discourse. I personally do not give a rat’s ass where and how Kunene likes his raw fish and seaweed served. If he is […]

Three years ago, when I travelled through Egypt, I had an enlightening conversation with an Egyptian. He was working as a guide, although he had a master’s degree in Egyptology, and judging by his articulateness (and I am talking about his English), could easily have held a university post. Because he came across as a […]

Quite often one hears the argument that this or that technology may work wonders elsewhere, “just not in my company or industry”. The problem, one hears, is that “we’re too boring for Facebook”, that “our customers aren’t mobile and print their emails” or that “we can’t afford the computing infrastructure”. Increasingly, these arguments are losing […]

Grand Slam. These two words are the most important a professional tennis player will hear in his or her respective career. It is the height of achievement in the tennis world where being a Grand Slam champion means your name is written into the folklore of the sport (and big endorsement deals perhaps). Four are […]