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/ 6 September 2004

England take series despite India win

India saw off a Michael Vaughan-inspired recovery to beat England by 23 runs in the third one-day international at Lord’s in London on Sunday. But England still took the three-match series 2-1, a warm-up for the ICC Champions Trophy that starts on Friday, after seven-wicket and 70-run wins at Trent Bridge and The Oval respectively.

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/ 6 September 2004

Sanzar moots Super 14 competition

Sanzar said on Monday it wants the Super 12 rugby union competition expanded to 14 teams and an extra round of Tri-Nations Tests under a new broadcast deal being negotiated with media giant News Corporation. A Sanzar statement released by the Australian Rugby Union said South Africa and Australia would each have an extra team in an expanded Super 14 competition.

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/ 6 September 2004

Easy wins for tennis champs at US Open

Serena Williams left her opponent swinging at shadows, then Andy Roddick finished off his work with a 217kph fastball. Roddick and Williams easily aced their latest tests in the US Open on Sunday, serving notice that they are just warming up. Roddick overpowered Guillermo Canas 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

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/ 6 September 2004

Rossi’s winning streak continues

Italian Valentino Rossi, known as ”Il Dottore”, won the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday, racing the 28 laps of the 4,182km circuit in 46 minutes and 34,911 seconds into his fourth consecutive victory. Japan’s Makoto Tamada, who took the pole position, finished second with 46:40,022.

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/ 5 September 2004

Mbeki, Mandela send sympathies to Russia

President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday joined the global community in expressing condemnation of the horrific hostage drama at a school in Beslan, Russia this week. ”It is with great shock and sadness that we have learnt of the loss of lives in the incident in Beslan yesterday (Friday)”, he said in a statement.

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/ 5 September 2004

Western Cape destroys 5 138 firearms

A total of 5 138 firearms, mostly illegal have been destroyed during an ongoing firearm operation since last year in the Western Cape. Police spokesperson Superintendent Riaan Pool said the ongoing operation started on September 2003 and has seen about 967 people being arrested for possession of illegal firearms.