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The Lesotho Amateur Boxing Association (LABA) is in limbo as the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) has remained adamant they will not endorse their executive committee before a probe on its legitimacy is over. LNOC public relations officer Moshoeshoe Mokake said they have withheld the approval of the LABA executive committee at the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) until a probe on its legitimacy is finalized. "We have information and protests from some me ...

The LNOC publicist said the delay of the probe was also attributable to uncooperative behavior of the Hakane group. "The LNOC have, on several occasions, summoned the group which is currently said to be running the boxing association to discuss this problem without any success whatsoever. On the other hand, the group of those complaining has been cooperative and we have their side of the story," he said. The current LABA secretary general Monethi Monethi had, in a press ...

Portuguese central defender Ricardo Carvalho said Monday that he is quickly settling into life at his new club Real Madrid. Carvalho was a signing that was specifically asked for by Madrid coach Jose Mourinho. The pair have previously worked together at Porto and with Chelsea and Mourinho trusts the 32-year-old's defensive capabilities. "I feel very good and integrated at Real Madrid. The club is just as I imagined it would be," he commented. "Mourinho is working very well, he is the be ...

FC Barcelona and Argentina forward Leo Messi said he is looking forward to the chance to face World Champions Spain Tuesday. Spain plays Argentina in Buenos Aires in a friendly game, but Messi is anticipating a game with both teams giving everything they have. "It is a great game to be able to play in," he said in an interview with Spanish sports paper Marca this Monday. "I am sure it will be an open match, Spain plays possession football and that will allow us to play as well. We will ...

Film director James Cameron said Sunday he will return to Brazil this year to make a 3D film on indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose construction of a huge dam for fear it could flood tribal lands.

On September 7, Sara Bareilles follows up her hit album Little Voice, Interpol releases its fourth and Megadeth celebrates its 20th with a live recording.

Philadelphia-based experimental folk-rock band The War On Drugs is the most popular artist on The Hype Machine on September 6. Kanye West maintains his number two slot, while Neon Indian, Ra Ra Riot, and Chromeo re-enter the most-blogged top ten. 

Casey Affleck on Monday presented an "unflinching" documentary tracing Joaquin Phoenix's lurch from actor to wannabe rapper in "I'm Still Here" at the Venice film festival.

Lady Gaga and Arcade Fire continued to battle for chart domination last week, with Lady Gaga's latest single, "Alejandro," regaining its position at the top of Last.fm singles chart. Katy Perry's hit "Teenage Dream" also moved into top position by jumping 14 slots to fourth place.

Fans of Tom Waits can expect to see a whole lot more of him in the upcoming book Waits/Corbijn - Photographs 1977-2010. A joint effort with Dutch photographer/director Anton Corbijn, the book is set to be released in October 2010.

Tim Waterstone, the founder of the bookshop chain that bears his name, is reportedly mulling a bid to buy back the stores if the current owner, HMV, fails to improve the business by next year. The bid would be valued at £100m or more.

If U Be Dead had been entirely fictional it would have been both less extreme and more so.

Remember the cosy nights of your childhood tucked up in bed as mummy or daddy read you softly to sleep?

Ever wondered what your favourite tipple would look like under a microscope? No, we hadn’t either. But American scientist Michael Davidson did.

Leading music event the Brit Awards is to move to London's O2 Arena, leaving its home of more than a decade, it was announced today.

ITV's new breakfast show got off to a lively start today with a mixture of serious items, features and banter between presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley.

A former member of rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed onto his van, police said Sunday.

You wouldn't want Casey Affleck as a brother-in-law. His directorial debut is a warts-and-all account of a year in the life of the troubled movie star turned hip-hop artist Joaquin Phoenix. The emphasis is firmly on the warts.

In the annals of silver-screen catastrophes there can be few productions unluckier than Terry Gilliam's endeavours to make a film about Don Quixote.

It might not be up there with "one small step for man" but it did the job – sort of. "Dawn is happening, day is breaking behind us," intoned Adrian Chiles yesterday as he welcomed viewers to the first edition of Daybreak, ITV's much vaunted replacement for GMTV. But far from heralding a brave new era in breakfast time infotainment, it was more a case of Groundhog Day for those who had set their alarms to join Chiles and his co-host, Christine Bleakley, for their first day on the job.