ZIMBABWE will use traditional wooden ballot boxes in parliamentary elections on June 24-25 because they are still credible and readily available, Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede said on Saturday. He said the use of transparent ballot boxes used in other countries to guard against fraud would be a burden to taxpayers. “Our wooden ballot box is […]
ZAMBIA have called up Bayern Munich midfielder Andrew Sinkala for their Castle Cup Southern Africa championship quarter-final against Lesotho on Sunday. The Germany-based star is one of three players from outside the country included in a 22-man squad. Defender Hilary Makasa and striker Dennis Lota line up with South African clubs. Sinkala returns to the […]
FORMER West Indies captain Brian Lara returned to form in spectacular fashion on Saturday when he scored 176 runs in a three-day match against Zimbabwe at Arundel on Saturday. The West Indies reached 364 for six by the close as Zimbabwe struggled to cope with the left-hander’s impressive batting. Lara reached his century off 93 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Sunday 3.00pm. ERITREA claimed on Sunday that it foiled a large-scale Ethiopian offensive on the Assab front, inflicting huge losses on the Ethiopian army which was forced to retreat to its original positions. In a statement, the Eritrean foreign ministry said the Ethiopian offensive on the Assab front involving more than […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 1.45pm. AN offer of immunity by South African prosecutors to sacked cricket captain Hansie Cronje does not extend to legal proceedings currently under way against him in India, an official said on Sunday. Cronje, opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs and bowler Henry Williams have all been offered immunity from prosecution […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.00pm. SUNDOWNS failed to live up to their favourites tag when they were beaten 1-0 by Kaizer Chiefs in the Bob Save Superbowl final, losing out on an historic treble. The 80000 strong FNB Stadium crowd were captivated by the match, which was not a classic by any stretch of […]
BRITISH soldiers are due for a beating in Sierra Leone … on the football pitch at least, army officials admitted on Saturday. A scratch side from 42nd Marine Commando, the unit which has been patrolling Freetown and manning checkpoints for the past few weeks, are to take on the Sierra Leonean national team in a […]
KHEIREDDINE Ameyar, director of one of the most influential French-language Algerian dailies, La Tribune, committed suicide this week, the paper announced on Saturday. The sudden death of Ameyar, 54, who killed himself early on Friday, left the Algerian press in shock, with papers unanimously paying tribute on Saturday. Ameyar worked for the government newspaper El […]
PROTEAS offspinner Nicky Boje says he has “no idea” why he is mentioned in the tapes in possession of New Delhi police — which upon their release in April triggered off one of cricket’s worst match-fixing scandals. Boje told the King Commission probing alleged match-fixing in cricket on Friday that disgraced former Proteas skipper Hansie […]
EGYPTIAN customs officer Gamal El-Ghandour will make history when he officiates at the Spain-Norway match in Rotterdam on June 13 becoming the first non-European to referee a Euro 2000 tie. El-Ghandour’s participation follows an agreement between football’s governing bodies in Europe and Africa to exchange referees for their top competitions. French referee Alain Sars took […]