WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM:
AMAZULU have signed up Zimbabwean international striker Stewart Murisa from Caps United in Zimbabwe. Murisa will replace Simon Magagula, who moved to Orlando Pirates earlier this month.
Murisa said on Monday he was looking forward to the new challenge with great interest. “If I am selected in the starting line-up on Sunday, I will give it my best shot and maybe pay back something to my new masters by either scoring or contributing to a win,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mamelodi Sundowns will not release unhappy midfielder Zane Moosa unless they receive a tangible offer from interested clubs. Sundowns’s PRO Alex Shakoane said: “We have invested a lot of money in the player on salaries and other benefits and for anyone to suggest that we should let him go for free, must be joking.” Moosa has not kicked a soccer ball for almost two years.
Sundowns has confirmed reports that Wits University were interested in their Malawian international midfielder Chancey Gondwe and former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Roger De Sa. Sundowns managing director Natasha Tsichlas said they will talk to the coach and the players before negotiating with Wits.
“Gondwe is a class player but because we have an excess of foreign players and a surplus of midfielders we would consider Wits’ offer,” she said.
SPORT BRIEFS
SA WOMEN TRIUMPH SOUTH AFRICAN women cricketers beat their Irish counterparts by 93 runs in the first of their three one-day matches on Tuesday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The remaining two matches will be played in Dublin on Thursday and Friday.
MULDER SENT HOME SPRINGBOK rugby management on Tuesday night decided to send centre Japie Mulder back to South Africa after his failure to recover from a shoulder injury, which he sustained in the test match against the British Lions on June 28. Mulder was part of the 26-man squad for the Tri-nations tour of Australia.
WORLS GYM CHAMPS TAMMY LE ROUX, Christian Brezeanu and Zoltan Erdy will represent South Africa at the 1997 World Gymnastics Championships later this month in Lusanne in Switzerland. Paddy Chadwick has been appointed as manager, while JC Cloete and Ella Reitz will be judges.
SA SWEEPS BOWLS SOUTH AFRICA won the men’s and ladies’ pairs and trips in the African States bowls tournament on Tuesday at Jwaneng in Botswana. In the fours, the men and ladies beat Botswana 22-16 and 29-10 respectively, and in the opening singles Neil Burkett beat Swaziland’s Allan Thomas 25-20. Jo Peacock beat her Swazi opponent 25-8. *
LADIES’ GOLF WESTERN Province A leads with a score of 466 after the third round of the Prestasi South African women’s interprovincial golf tournament on Tuesday in Durban. Free State and Northern Cape A share the second position with 470, followed by defending champions Transvaal A at 471.