ROB DAVIES, Cape Town | Wednesday 12.30pm. DE Wet Barry, the exciting 21-year-old Stormers centre will make his Springbok debut in this Saturday’s one-off Test against Northern Hemisphere hardmen Canada in East London. Barry, who performed with distinction in the Super 12, will start on inside centre, partnering his Stormers midfield partner Robbie Fleck. The […]
Former president Nelson Mandela will meet Burundi military strongman Pierre Buyoya.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bath | Wednesday 1.30pm. FORMER England and British Lions flanker Andy Robinson replaced Clive Woodward as England coach on Wednesday ahead of the two-Test series against South Africa, although the large membership of the anti-Woodward camp were not fully sated as he moved upstairs to the manager’s post. Woodward twice missed out on […]
NIGERIAN midfielder Sunday Oliseh was on Tuesday signed by German Bundesliga football side Borussia Dortmund from Italian club Juventus Turin. The 1997 Champions League winners, who were just five points from relegation to the second division last season, paid a $7,5 million (DM 15-million) transfer fee for the 25-year-old Nigerian skipper. Oliseh signed a five-year […]
ELAINE HARDCASTLE, London | Wednesday 11.30am. THE UK’s third biggest property group British Land on Tuesday said it is unlikely to take up the offer of a seat on rival Liberty’s board, leaving the door open for a hostile bid. British Land snapped up a 29,9% stake in Liberty International on Monday, calling it a […]
ADRIAN MILEDGE, Nottingham | Tuesday 10.00am. ZIMBABWE, destroyed by England in the first Test, finished the second Test on Monday with a spring in their step as the rain-hit game at Trent Bridge ended in a draw. England won the series 1-0. But after Murray Goodwin had restored some Zimbabwe pride following their heavy defeat […]
FORMER Springbok eightman Rudolph Straeuli is likely to take over the coaching position at the Natal Sharks, taking over the position vacated by Hugh Reece-Edwards, who was sacked as coach after a miserable Super 12. Straeuli is said to be a near-certainty for the job, with Business Day reporting that that the Natal Rugby Union […]
ZIMBABWE have won the toss and elected to bat in their one-day 50 overs match against Ireland at Clontarf on Wednesday. Zimbabwe are currently on tour of England, and on Monday drew the second Test at Trent Bridge, losing the series 1-0 after being thrashed by an innings and 209 runs at Lord’s in the […]
FORMER Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana, jailed for a year on rape charges, is considering asking for a pardon, his lawyer said Tuesday. Banana began serving a one-year prison term on Friday. Banana, now 64, was found guilty in December 1998 of forcible sodomy, mostly committed while he was president from 1980 to 1987 and involving […]
THE Canadian rugby team to take on the Springboks in a one-off Test in East London on Saturday will show five changes from the usual starting line-up, with coach David Clarke beefing up his forwards to meet the Bok challenge. Clarke, a former Queensland coach, has not made significant the changes in the Canadian backline, […]