STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 12.00pm. DISGRACED cricket skipper Hansie Cronje has taken the stand to start his cross-examination in front the King Commission of inquiry into his alleged involvement match-fixing. Cronje’s psychiatrist told the King Commission earlier on Wednesday that the disgraced former cricket skipper is suffering from “clinical depression” but will be […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.10pm. A CONTRITE Hansie Cronje on Wednesday disclosed that more than R139000 had been deposited into his bank account in January 1997, and while he had no idea where it had come from, he thought it had been an additional payment from Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta. Previously Cronje had […]
A LONDON journalist who has been close to the Indian side of the Cronje affair, on Tuesday revealed there are tapes alleged to be of further conversations between Cronje and Hamid “Banjo” Cassim the day after the first one-day international between India and South Africa in Cochin on 9 March, the Cape Argus reports. Journalist […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kimberley | Wednesday 9.00am. ENGLAND overcome strong home resistance after their own slow start and romped home 55-16 against Griqualand West on Tuesday. Flyhalf Ali Hepher converted all seven England tries and added two penalties in a flawless kicking display for a personal haul of 20 points. England’s superior fitness and organisation told […]
FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Phillipe Troussier is meeting with the head of the Japanese Football Association, Shunichiro Okano, in Tokyo to discuss conditions for a new deal. The ”white witchdoctor” took Bafana to their first ever World Cup in France in 1998, where they had a poor showing. He took the contract to coach Japan’s […]
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THREE months after the world learned of the serious drought on the Horn of Africa, the head of Unicef has warned that the lives of millions of people remain under threat. “This drought is still here, it’s very serious and the women and children of the Horn of Africa need our total commitment to help […]
THE leaders of developing countries on Tuesday began the final day of a summit expected to end in appeals to rich nations for more aid and a bigger share of world trade. The G-15, which comprises 19 countries from Asia, African and Latin America, has blamed the West for reducing member states to penury by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Monday 10.30am. FORMER Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif says fired SA skipper Hansie Cronje did not reveal all in his testimony last week before the King Commission into match fixing. “Cronje’s confession was not full, because he has hidden some names. “He should have named Australian players who are also involved,” […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.30am. THE King Commission of inquiry which is probing corruption in South African cricket has postpostned its public hearings until Wednesday while the Cape High Court rules on an application by three media organizations to enable them to broadcast proceedings live. The court ruling was expected later on Tuesday. […]