Crossings

Tied

Justin Gatlin thought he had the 100-m record at 9.76 sec at the IAAF Super Tour. It’s a ‘timing error’, he’s levelled with Asafa Powell at 9.77 sec.

Awarded

Music directors Kalyanji-Anandji win US-based BMI copyright award for Ye Mere Dil, AeNaujavan. Rappers Black Eyed Peas had sampled it.

Died

Floyd Patterson, 71, who in ’56 became the youngest boxer, at 21, to take the world heavyweight title. He’s in Ali’s list as "most skilled boxer". 

Published

Deposed Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein’s 4th novel, Get Out, Damned One, is out. In it, a plotting Ezekiel is defeated by Arab forces. Metaphor for the US?