NIGERIAN midfielder Sunday Oliseh was on Tuesday signed by German Bundesliga football side Borussia Dortmund from Italian club Juventus Turin. The 1997 Champions League winners, who were just five points from relegation to the second division last season, paid a $7,5 million (DM 15-million) transfer fee for the 25-year-old Nigerian skipper. Oliseh signed a five-year […]
FORMER South African netball goalshooter Irene Van Dyk, who relocated to New Zealand earlier this year, was named in the New Zealand Silver Ferns netball side for their international programme which will kick off against Australia in the one-off Fisher & Paykel Cup test in Newcastle on June 20. Van Dyk’s eligibility to play for […]
SOUTH Africa’s bid to host the 2006 World Cup is set to get a strong boost from South American nations, who will flock to its cause on the understanding that African countries will then vote for a Brazilian World Cup in 2010, the London Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The deal, to be sealed next […]
THE South African women’s cricket team leaves for a tour of England on Saturday that will include five one-day internationals. The team will also play England A in two warm-up matches on June 14 and 16 before going into the one-dayers being played on June 20 at Chelmsford, June 22 at Trent Bridge, June 25 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bath | Wednesday 1.30pm. FORMER England and British Lions flanker Andy Robinson replaced Clive Woodward as England coach on Wednesday ahead of the two-Test series against South Africa, although the large membership of the anti-Woodward camp were not fully sated as he moved upstairs to the manager’s post. Woodward twice missed out on […]
NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered a police investigation into an attack by robbers on the training camp of Nigeria’s national womens’ team. One person was killed and two seriously injured when robbers attacked the Ota training camp of reigning African champions ‘The Falcons’ near the economic capital Lagos on Sunday night as the team […]
SOUTH Africa’s department of foreign affairs has emphasised that free and fair Zimbabwe elections are vital for the stability of the southern African region. The department’s Director General, Sipho Pityana, told journalists in Pretoria that the elections had to be “beyond reproach”. He said tongue lashing had produced no results in Zimbabwe. “Now there are […]
AT least 15 people have been killed in a communal clash in southwest Nigeria as the West African country sinks deeper into crisis. According to Nigerian press reports, the violence on Monday in Owo in southwest Ondo State reflects a long-running struggle between factions laying rival claims to the traditional post of headman of the […]
LIBYAN international Al Saadi Gadaffi, the son of Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadaffi, will play for Maltese champions Birkirkara next season, the club announced on Wednesday. “He will play with us for the first two qualifying rounds of the Champions League and will stay for the third if we reach it,” Birkirkara president Victor Zammit […]
TOP Durbanite surfer Heather Clark has made waves in the sport this year and is riding the crest of the wave following two third-place finishes in the first three 2000 World Championship Tour events. Clark is considered to be one of the favourites to finish well at the international Mr Price Pro, which replaced the […]