Mining loses one of its biggest heroes

At eight two, Chinua Achebe finally bid the world goodbye. He was no doubt a great writer and an interpreter of Igbo folktales. He more than any other writer of igbo extraction brought the Igbo literature to the world map. He was a great son of Igbo ...

Richard Cockerill insists there will be no room for sentiment when Leicester bid farewell to a number of favourites at Saturday's Aviva Premiership final. Captain Geordan Murphy is retiring to join the coaching staff, prop Martin Castrogiovanni is ...

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson bid goodbye to Old Trafford with a passionate speech after his side's 2-1 victory over Swansea in his final home match in charge of the team. Here is the speech in full: I've actually no script in my mind. I'm just going to ramble on and hope I get to the core of what this football club has meant to me. First of all, it's a thank you to Manchester United. Not just the directors, not just the medical staff, the coaching staff, the players, the supporters.

Saturday Night Live's season finale was full of surprises, goodbyes and guest stars. While it was hosted by Oscar-winner Ben Affleck, the show-stealer was a tribute to eight-season cast member Bill Hader, who announced last week that he would be ...

The Winnipeg Jets have once again failed to banish the spectre of the Atlanta Thrashers as they bid goodbye Friday after bowing out of the playoff race in their final game. Last night is three years in a row now for me and it just leaves an empty ...

A funeral ceremony was held for Bursaspor Chairman İbrahim Yazıcı, who died on Tuesday afternoon, with the attendance of thousands of people at the Bursa Atatürk Stadium on Thursday. (Photo: AA) Thousands of Bursaspor fans and Bursa residents ...

LONDON The bells of Big Ben fell silent Wednesday as Britain bid an elaborate final farewell to Margaret Thatcher, a towering leader who in death, as in life, . Although not a state funeral a status reserved largely for monarchs the military honors ...

It's been with us for close to a year, but that hardly feels like enough. We reluctantly bid adieu to our reliable workhorse, the Dzire. DETAILS Make Maruti Suzuki Model Swift Dzire Edition ZDI It's with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to one of ...

, 1:08 PM One goodbye is apparently good enough for Steve Carell. During a conference call on Wednesday "The Office" executive producer Greg Daniels confirmed that the former star will not be back for the May 16 finale episode. "I think Steve felt, ...