MONDAY, 12.30PM:
SOUTH Africa and Poland shared the spoils after they drew their sixth and final men’s hockey international at Epson Queensmead in Durban on Sunday. Poor finishing by South Africa cost them the game.
Sunday’s game had all the ingredients of an explosive clash after the two teams played to a 2-2 draw at the same venue on Saturday.
South Africa came back strongly in the second half and looked on more than one occasion as if they would score. They threw everthing into attack, but failed to score.
South African midfielder Brenton Key was voted man of the series and won the Addidas Golden Boot Award.
SPORT BRIEFS
MNISI MISSES LUIGI CASTIGLIONE retained his World Boxing Union super flyweight title when he beat South Africa’s Abbey Mnisi on a split desicion in San Severio, Italy at the weekend.
BAFANA BLOW BAFANA BAFANA coach Clive Barker’s plans of winning the World Cup warm-up against Germany suffered another severe blow when he learnt over the weekend that his two playmakers, Doctor Khumalo and Shoes Moshoeu, will not be available for selection. Goalkeeper Andre Arendse will also miss this one because of club commitments.
CANCER CHALLENGE NIEL DU PLESSIS of Bloemfontein won the Sanlam Cancer Challenge national golf tournament at San Lameer in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. Du Plessis, 14, scored 70 Stableford points over 36 holes in the final rounds of the competition.
BUCS OUT OF LEAGUE OBUASI Goldfields of Ghana will contest the final of the African Champions League against Raja Casablanca of Morocco. Raja beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-1 at the FNB Stadium on Saturday to book a place in the final.