TUESDAY, 11.00AM:
KAIZER CHIEFS management is having a rethink about Amakhosi’s participation in the African Caf Cup competition, and whether to go ahead with a planned tour of China in the last week of June.
Chiefs’ coach Jeff Butler and the club directors will meet on Tuesday to discuss how financially viable it will be for the team to go to China, as one of the two scheduled tour matches has been called off. Also, Butler said, “A lot of celebrations are being planned for the pull-out of Britain from Hong Kong and football is not considered part of the celebratory plans.”
Butler also said the Caf Cup is under consideration. “If I had my way I would not take part in a competition which has no (financial) returns for the club,” he said. The directors’ decision will be announced later this week.
SPORT BRIEFS
COETZER SIXTH FOR WIMBLEDON SOUTH AFRICAN tennis champion Amanda Coetzer has moved even further up the rankings — she was named sixth seed for the Wimbledon tournament, which begins next week. Top SA men’s player Wayne Ferreira, who has been out of form due to injury, was ranked 15th.
KINGS OF THE CASTLE CUP MOZAMBIQUE ousted Zambia from the leader’s spot in the Castle Cup African mini-league on Sunday, with a 3-0 win over Tanzania. The two teams will face each other again in a final showdown on August 2, for the $500 000 prize money.
BOKS REINFORCED SPRINGBOK rugby stars James Small and Gary Teichmann, out of action for a week due to injury, were pronounced fit to play in Saturday’s first rugby Test against the Lions at Newlands in Cape Town. Small and Teichmann rejoined the squad in training yesterday.
16 COMRADES DISQUALIFIED SIXTEEN runners were disqualified after the Comrades Marathon yesterday for breaking product advertising regulations. At least one of the disqualifications was for wearing the controversial Nike nose strip, distributed illegally by the clothing manufacturers to all Comrades entrants last week.