Challenges In The News 10/04/08

John O'Shea is convinced the challenge he gets at Manchester United is one he would not experience anywhere else.

THE French daredevil who walked a highwire between two pylons of the Harbour Bridge in the 1970s is planning an even more spectacular challenge in Sydney.

Pieced together details show Dell getting ready to launch new MP3 players and a distribution system to challenge iTunes.

Chris Russo, the Mad Dog of radio's "Mike and the Mad Dog," admitted yesterday he'd been plotting his exodus from WFAN for the last five months, saying he needed a new challenge after 19 years of barking about sports with co-host Mike Francesa...

Housing Authority will deal with challenge

Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo, now regarded as the world's No. 1 pool player, lost the chance to bring home the top prize in the finals of the $50,000 winner-take-all “International Challenge of Champions” held August 11-12 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

This is the first time Lifecycle, with the support of HSBC Life Assurance (Malta) Ltd, is taking the challenge to a destination outside the European continent, aptly naming it ‘Strait to Africa’.

If defending basketball world champion Spain was supposed to pose a serious challenge to Mike Krzyzewski's merry band of would-be Olympic redeemers, Pau Gasol and his teammates never got the memo.

On June 24, Sgt. Matthew McCaffrey of the Taunton Police Department challenged local businesses and organizations to donate $400 to the Shane Duffy Memorial Fund.

Tottenham Hotspur were tipped to challenge for a top-four place, but defeat at Middlesbrough has left Juande Ramos with some thinking to do.

Ottawa technology firm drops challenge but reserves right to sue