South Africa delays Hospital for World Cup

A hospital building program in South Africa has been delayed to help pay for the country's hosting of the 2010 football World Cup.

The construction of two hospitals in the remote Northern Cape has been held up for a year while funds are diverted to pay for the tournament.

Speaking to the BBC, the South African Treasury said spending on health was increasing but did not deny that the money had been transferred.

The cost of providing new and renovated stadiums for the World Cup is rapidly rising, with construction bills hundreds of millions of dollars over budget.

A spokesman for the opposition Democratic Alliance has put the budget blow-out down to inadequate government planning.

President Thabo Mbeki has staked South Africa's reputation on the success of the World Cup.

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bing Devine, who helped build St. Louis Cardinals teams that won World Series championships in 1964 and 1967, died. He was 90.

The Major League Baseball team didn't disclose a time, place or cause of Devine's death in a statement. The Associated Press reported that he died today at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis after becoming ill around Christmas.

Devine was the Cardinals' general manager from 1957-64 and 1968-78, and acquired Hall of Fame outfielder Lou Brock, first baseman Bill White, shortstop Dick Groat and outfielder Curt Flood in trades.

St. Louis hadn't won a National League nor World Series title since 1946, but took three NL pennants in the 1960s. Devine was fired by owner Gussie Busch in 1964, two months before the Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in the World Series.

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