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/ 3 November 2006
With a R4,25-million winners’ prize dangling in front of them, the competing teams in the weekend’s Telkom Knockout games will be pondering the monetary implications of winning and losing. But for Orlando Pirates, the game against Maritzburg United could be more a case of courting their myriad supporters for love, not money.
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/ 3 November 2006
Nine months after the South African Football Association (Safa) decided to form a new company whose responsibility it was to increase the sagging profile of the national soccer team brand and take control of its administration ahead of the 2010 World Cup, the commercial wing is yet to start its work.
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/ 3 November 2006
There is much to admire about Manchester United at present. The Premiership’s top side are playing with such panache that there is only one conclusion to draw: that this is a side on the point of a significant arrival. It has been suggested that the transfer of Ruud van Nistelrooy could be a devastating blow to United’s hopes of overhauling Chelsea.
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/ 3 November 2006
Three weeks ago, both the Champions Trophy and the Proteas were in the dock, accused of promoting listless, bloated, second-rate cricket; of privileging corporate waffle over pragmatic common sense. This week, both were cleared of all charges and carried shoulder-high from the court, writes Tom Eaton.
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/ 3 November 2006
Founded in 2005 One Minute Trolley Dash is mutating into a bona fide independent label, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 3 November 2006
The success of the Levi’s Rage for the Revolution concert pivoted on its ability to create a open environment, writes Tumi Makgetla.
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/ 3 November 2006
Daniel Friedman falls in love with notions of insomnia and dislocation after he speaks to indie-art musician Nikhil Singh.
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/ 3 November 2006
Petr Cech insists the last thing he remembers is jogging the length of the pitch to change ends immediately before kick-off. The Chelsea goalkeeper spoke publicly last week for the first time since clashing with Reading left-winger Stephen Hunt only 20 seconds into the champions’ 1-0 win at the Madejski Stadium.
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/ 3 November 2006
England’s one-day cricketers have taken all sorts of abuse while wending their losing way around the world. The coach has been told to go and the players questioned about their desire, but no one has considered the ”socio-economic” roots of their game — until now.
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/ 3 November 2006
As thieves grabbed author Nadine Gordimer and her 66-year-old domestic worker she was overcome more by sympathy than fear.