SOUTH African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and all-rounder Lance Klusener told the King Commission of inquiry on Monday that Hansie Cronje approached them with an offer to throw a match. The two Proteas stars said that they and all-rounder Jacques Kallis were sitting in an hotel room in March 2000 just beforee the second Test against […]
A BANGLADESH official on Monday denied any knowledge of alleged match-fixing during the 1999 World Cup in England. South African cricket chief Dr Ali Bacher told a government inquiry in Cape Town on Monday he had learned World Cup matches between Pakistan and Bangladesh and Pakistan and India had been fixed. Bangladesh beat Pakistan in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 12.30pm. PAKISTANI umpire Javed Akhtar, who was on Monday implicated in match-fixing by United Cricket Board of South Africa chief Dr Ali Bacher, on Tuesday strongly denied the accusations, calling Bacher’s statements “a load of rubbish” Akhtar has also indicated that he plans to take legal action against Bacher, […]
THE Australian Rugby Union (ARU) are still intending to stage the historic closed-roof international against South Africa at the troubled Colonial Stadium here next month, it was confirmed Monday. ARU officials will inspect the new arena this week, but the national body remains hopeful the loose playing surface will recover for the July 8 Mandela […]
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asked the Security Council on Tuesday to force the Rwandan and Ugandan armies out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He asked the council, “acting under Chapter Seven of the UN Charter,” to demand that Rwandan and Ugandan forces withdraw immediately from the war-shattered city of Kisangani, and from the […]
President Nelson Mandela said on Monday while visiting Finland that he is confident that South Africa and the European Union will reach a deal on a fr
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.30am. GOLD shares powered ahead after Tuesday’s delayed open on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, cheered by the bullion price’s rally to above $290. Trade on the JSE was delayed two hours to give brokers time to adjust their books after Monday’s technical problems. By 11.20am, the All Gold index was […]
MICHAEL VLISMAS, Johannesburg | Monday 2.30pm. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett says he will not be forced by the country’s quota system into selecting players solely on the basis of their colour for the opening test against England on Saturday. Mallett told a press conference on Monday that merit remains his criteria for selection and that […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Tuesday 6.00pm. THE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) rejected match-fixing allegations on Tuesday from South African cricket chief Ali Bacher and said it would not reopen a corruption probe unless he provided evidence to back his claims. ”No inquiry will be conducted until Ali Bacher promises to us to provide evidence to […]
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