Wife is right: Like seat belts, bicycle helmets can save lives Question: I recently took up bicycling for fun and exercise. My wife insists that I wear a helmet. I feel that the speeds at which I ride are too slow to need a helmet. Besides, I feel my visibility i... (photo: creative commons / )Orlando Sentinel
Radcliffe has unfinished business after triple failure | : Paula Radcliffe is Britain's main hope of an athletics gold at the Beijing Olympics but the 34-year-old accepts that for all her medals and titles she still has to prove herself on the ultimate st... (photo: AP)International Herald Tribune
Hamilton horses around for Troy | IN the pantheon of ridiculous publicity stunts, it may rate among the greatest. | In Istanbul yesterday, Lewis Hamilton was required to take on the role of the Greek God Apollo in the sacking of Tro... (photo: Creative Commons / Tom)The Australian EntertainmentMotorsportNewsPhotosStar
Lance: Non-Smoking Please | He's tackled time trials, sprints and the heights of the Pyrenees en route to his seven victories in the Tour de France, but there's one thing bicycling legend Lance Armstrong hasn't missed since he... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)Palm Beach Post CancerCigarettesPhotosSmokingTobacco
Baghdad enjoying park's revival BAGHDAD -- There's a place in this city, amid the snarled checkpoints and mazes of blast walls and general anxiety, where families still gather for picnics, teenage boys ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)The Miami Herald BaghdadFamiliesPhotosTeenageparks
Saturday's sports briefs HOCKEY | Canada romps to fifth win in row | Eric Staal's four goals led Canada to a 10-1 rout of Germany 10-1 for its fifth consecutive victory at the hockey world champi... (photo: AP / Andrew Vaughan)Star Tribune CanadaHalifaxHockeyN.AmericaPhotosSportsWorld
A Basque encounter with pirates | Basques, chasing whale and cod, were probably the first Europeans to reach North America. | The Portuguese, Ferdinand Magellan, is credited with being the first man to ... (photo: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Charles Legrand (primeira metade do sculo XIX))BBC News BasquePhotosPiratesPortugalTravel
Desailly rules out Ghana position | World Cup winner Marcel Desailly has ruled himself out of contention to succeed Claude Le Roy as Ghana coach. | The former France international has emerged as the front... (photo: AP Photo / Lionel Cironneau)BBC News FranceGhanaPhotosSoccerSports
Fatigued Henin fined | World number Justine Henin has withdrawn from next week's Rome Masters with fatigue and will be fined $20 000 dollars (around R154 000) . | Tournament officials said th... (photo: WN / aruna)Independent online EntertainmentPhotosSportsStarTennis
Ivanovic through to semis May 10, 2008 | World number two Ana Ivanovic of Serbia moved safely through to the semi-finals of the German Open on Saturday with a 3-6 6-4 6-3 win over 10th seeded Hung... (photo: Creative Commons)TVNZ GermanPhotosSportsStarTennis
