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Race row over talent show ‘blackface’ skit

October 8 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Health, Music, TV

An Australian talent show has sparked international outrage after featuring a segment with contestants portraying the Jackson 5, with their faces painted black. The act, performed by six doctors who dubbed themselves the ‘Jackson Jive’, aired on a reunion episode of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday variety programme in Australia on Wednesday night. US singer [...]

Moore signs for Lancs

October 8 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Cricket, General Sport, Health

Lancashire have announced the signing of former Worcestershire batsman Stephen Moore on a two-year contract. The England Lions player, 28, will head to Old Trafford for the start of the 2010 County Championship campaign after choosing to leave New Road at the end of last season. And Lancs head coach Peter Moores describing the signing [...]

Cook and Mahmood return to one-day fold

October 8 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Cricket, General Sport, Health

Lancashire paceman Sajid Mahmood has been welcomed back into the England set-up with a place in the one-day squad touring South Africa, but there is no room for Owais Shah. Shah has been England’s leading run-scorer in one-day internationals for the past few years and scored a scintillating 98 against South Africa in the ICC [...]