Cowboy triumphs The Australian Space Cowboy, who juggled knives and torches blindfolded on a three metre (10ft) unicycle, won first prize at the Street Performance World Championships in Merrion Square, Dublin, yesterday. The championships took place on Saturday and Sunday.
Sluggers scoop silver
The Irish baseball team got the silver medal in the European Baseball Championships in Belgium on Saturday. In its best-ever performance, the Irish team reached the final but lost to Croatia, 12-2.
US heat takes high toll
New York city's heat-related deaths rose to 20 at the weekend. That toll could still rise as the medical examiner's office continues to conduct autopsies, even as the weather has cooled off.
Temperatures were in the 80s (high 20s Celsius) at the weekend continuing the cool-off after the heat wave broke on Thursday night. The blistering temperatures had at times hit triple digits, causing power outages.
Authorities said the heat contributed to at least 50 deaths in the Midwest and East, with 164 others in California last week.
Walter returns
Walter Wolfgang, (83), who was manhandled at the British Labour Party conference last September after heckling about Iraq, has been elected to a place on the party's national executive committee.
Going all the way
Environmental campaigner Lewis Gordon Pugh yesterday became the first person to swim the entire length of the river Thames, 325 kms from its source in the Cotswolds to the North Sea, to promote environmental awareness. "I just hope that my swim has brought home the message that we have to do all we can to tackle climate change," said Mr Pugh, a South-African born lawyer. - (PA)