Manchester City fat cat Sheikh Mansour, has reclaimed his perch on top of Football’s Rich List. The oil magnate has seen his worth soar from £3billion to £20billion. Jealous much Roman?

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Corporate deception, along with the recent catastrophic failure of the Kin, his massive bonus penalties for sizeable losses in the mobile market and in particular, this Youtube video, make watching Steve Ballmer fail in the web browser market, traditionally one of Microsoft’s strongest fronts, all the more delicious.

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Technology has claimed its second victim in as many weeks. Not long after the Segway Company owner plummeted to his not-so poetic death (he was attached to a Segway at the time), a Spanish man has perished after plunging his Peugeot into a reservoir, at the instruction of his GPS. Maybe he had the Yoda voice activated?

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If you knew you were going to die, what would you take with you to the grave…literally? I think I would take a cellphone, just in case…

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Liverpool’s board have confirmed that a takeover deal has been agreed with the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. However current co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have vowed to resist any sale of the beleaguered club ‘without due process or agreement’.

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Monday evening’s episode of Idols SA was the standard mix of tepid content, low production values, and a small group of talented vocalists vainly struggling against a tide of disinterested public, average backing tracks, and of course, inebriated judges.

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Jerome Kerviel, the rogue French futures trader who almost single-handedly caused a stock market meltdown, has been found guilty of breach of trust, forgery and entering false computer data. The sentence passed down by the judge is being described by commentators as “pant-wetting”.

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The Olsen twins have started eating! And they are not the only one’s who seemed to have gained a massive amount of wait.

Check out who else is a fatty boom-boom after the jump.

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Part-time homophobe and full-time joke, 50 Cent (or Curtis James Jackson to his grandmother) has refused to apologise for an apparent anti-gay rant on his Twitter page.

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South African media’s most ubiquitous judge and man-about-town, Randall Abrahams has been filmed with what appears to be clear liquid seeping from his eye sockets during shooting for SA’s Got Talent.

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That inspirational fellow known as ‘Cigar Guy’ has certainly caught the attention of photo-manipulating gurus in the past 24 hours. Amazingly, this photo has developed a whole new vibe since it was taken: originally a snap of Tiger Woods’ chip travelling towards a cameraman’s lens, it’s now the birth of a new character in the Where’s Wally books. Where’s Cigar Guy? Sounds good, won’t you agree?

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Ever wondered if she has actually faked it? Who is getting more head? And is it ok to like a five course meal and sometimes want a snack too – why does it bother her when you go at it on your own?

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VVS Laxman withstood severe back spasms to guide India to a thrilling 1-wicket win over the Aussies this morning to ensure that Ricky ‘Punter’ Ponting is still winless as captain on Indian soil. The hosts were in a bad way at 124-8 chasing 216, but an immense 10th-wicket stand of 81 between Laxman and Ishant Sharma propelled the Indians within touching distance of the win.

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The Bush administration was universally panned. Today even the world’s darling, Barrack “Anyone-But-Bush” Obama’s detractors are becoming increasingly vocal. It is at this quagmire in their nation’s history that Americans are pleading, “Who will help us achieve a smaller, fiscally responsible, decentralized federal government?”

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Mariah Carey isn’t exactly humble when exhibiting her lady lumps. So how does one reconcile the flaunting of flesh, international stardom and conservative countries? Answer: Censorship by cat. Beware. Awesomeness after the jump.

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If you managed to grab today’s Business Day, have a squizz at page 12, which features a truly informative article by Thabiso Mochiko about 2oceansvibe Radio and our union with MWEB. And if you didn’t manage to get that, you can check out the online version here.

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You have never seen feet dance on pedals like this before – Walter Rohrl driving the Audi Quattro – people flying out of the way!

And the awesome background tune!

You HAVE to watch this! Exclamation mark!

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Tiger had a phenomenal round yesterday, ending the tournament joint top-scorer with Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Steve Stricker. However, it wasn’t looking promising for him when this frozen moment was recorded!

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I am in a state of shock as I write this. I was just trying to remind myself when the Killer’s debut album, Hot Fuss, was released and Wikipedia told me it was 2004! As in nearly seven years ago. I dared Wiki to try lying to me one more time but it promised me it was telling the truth. “Why would I lie?” it asked. I had no good answer.

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Marmite, Mrs Balls Chutney, Iron Brew, and Tropica. These are the flavours of my childhood, and every now and then, a craving hits, and the inevitable binge ensues. I know, I disgust myself. Happily, I’ve been vindicated by science. Get a child hooked on your product in their formative years, and you’ve got them for life.

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What an end to an up-and-down, stop-start Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. The Europeans have won, despite an awesome American comeback in the singles matches. The class of the Irish shone through as Graeme McDowell held a remarkable putt on the 16th to seize the initiative from Hunter Mahan, who conceded on the 17th to hand Europe a memorable victory.

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There’s a lot to be said for the emancipation of the modern female. We haven’t done all that badly. But there is one thing that a woman could never get right: “Female freedom – The Freedom to Pee Standing Up!” Well because you know, you don’t have real freedom until you can urinate in a bank queue.

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Sky Sports golf reporter, Di Stewart (former girlfriend of Jonny Wilkinson), is flexing her golfing intellect from course side at Celtic Manor as the Ryder cup moves towards its finale.

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A recent study has revealed what many of us have known for years. If you make an unholy grunting noise as you hurtle a tennis ball towards someone at 180km/h, their reaction times might be ever so slightly diminished.

Strange, but true.

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That’s what they’re calling it over at itweb.co.za. Round these parts we call it ‘logical.’ So does Howard Stern, who is making the move from satellite radio over to internet radio. And so are a number of big players in SA! Not to mention MINI, who are launching the ‘Countryman’ soon, which comes with built-in Internet Radio!

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Remember those days when there was nothing quite like the excitement you felt when arriving at an air show with your parents? Well Jaguar has managed to create that same fuzzy feeling with their C-X75 concept which was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show last week

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Didier Drogba proved yet again to be the scourge of Arsene Wenger’s striplings. Incredibly, his deft backheel was his 13th goal in just 11 starts against the Gunners and it’s as plain as the nose on one’s face that he relishes playing against them. Arsenal were dragooned off the pitch once again by a Chelsea side that ran out 2-0 winners.

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The PigSpotter has been getting a lot of media attention over recent weeks. The Mail & Guardian has nailed the most readable interview thus far, with a few moments of awkward email correspondence passive aggression.

“You talkin’ ta me?”

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I can imagine that the big worry when divorcing a comedian is having your private life dragged on stage for the world to ridicule. Doubly so if your name is Annelise Holland and you’ve been caught cheating on your comedian husband less than a year after your wedding.

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A similar question has been asked countless times amongst South Africans after we successfully hosted sport’s biggest mega-event. India is the second fastest-growing economy in the world and has had to spend £3bn to host the games, 60 times the original budget!

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