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 […]
NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered a police investigation into an attack by robbers on the training camp of Nigeria’s national womens’ team. One person was killed and two seriously injured when robbers attacked the Ota training camp of reigning African champions ‘The Falcons’ near the economic capital Lagos on Sunday night as the team […]
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, […]
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 […]
ROB DAVIES, Cape Town | Tuesday 12.50pm. THE King Commission probe into disgraced former South African cricket skipper Hansie Cronje’s involvement in match-fixing starts on Wednesday in Cape Town with 40 former and current players and officials expected to testify. Among those who will give testimony regarding Cronje’s alleged involvement in rigging matches are former […]
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba returned from a meeting with Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila Monday to accuse DRC rebel rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba of failing to respect a ceasefire he signed last August. Chiluba told state television after meeting Kabila in the southeastern DRC city of Lubumbashi that Bemba’s Congo Liberation Movement (MLC) […]