THE London-based businessman sought by Indian police over his alleged involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal has said that he is innocent. Sanjeev Chawla, a 32-year-old London-based clothing importer, disappeared after the allegations became public in India, but was interviewed on Friday by the tabloid Daily Express. “I have never met Hansie Cronje and […]
THE Canterbury Crusaders went to the top of the Super 12 table with a less than convincing 22-13 win over the New South Wales Waratahs, who saw their semi-final dreams buried on Lancaster Park in Christchurch on Friday. The Waratahs led 13-10 at half-time as the Crusaders found the going tough without their ace kicker, […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Durban | Saturday 7.00pm. THE Chiefs scored five tries to three to beat a spirited Sharks 44-31 and condemn them to their fifth successive home Super 12 defeat at Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday. The Chiefs — who are third from the bottom of the log , only one place up from […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 9.00pm THE limitations of a slow, unimaginative and indisciplined Kaizer Chiefs team were brutally exposed at Johannesburg Stadium as they lost 2-0 to Nchanga Rangers of Zambia in the first leg of a CAF Cup second-round tie. Goalkeeper Brian Baloyi did not help either, gifting the visitors from the Copperbelt […]
FORMER President Nelson Mandela has invited rebel groups fighting Burundi’s civil war to attend talks in South Africa at the end of May. Mandela, a mediator in the conflict since December, is also working to win approval for the Burundi army to attend the talks in South Africa. “Mr Mandela is meeting the rebels here […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Sunday 5.15pm. FLYHALF Braam van Straaten contributed 28 points as the Stormers claimed a vital Super 12 bonus point by beating the ill-disciplined Hurricanes 43-23 at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday. Van Straaten, the front runner for the Springbok number 10 berth, charged over for the fourth try […]
TWENTY-five people have been killed in renewed fighting between residents of two feuding towns in southwest Nigeria. Dozens more have been injured and are being treated in hospital after fighting broke out in the early hours of Thursday between residents of the towns of Ife and Modakeke, according to the reports in local newspapers. The […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm PHUMLANI Mkhize scored two goals and could have doubled his tally as Orlando Pirates defeated Hellenic 2-0 in a one-sided Castle Premiership match at chilly FNB Stadium. With Sibusiso Zuma gone to Denmark and Siyabonga Nomvete being wooed by clubs in England, Germany and Italy, Mkhize is the only […]
THE Million Dollar Challenge, played at Sun City, has announced that it will double the winners’ purse to $2-million and undergo a name change. The tournament will henceforth be known as the Nedbank Golf Challenge and will sport by far the largest winner’s check in the game. Tournament director Alistair Roper said that the prize-money […]
SEVERAL non-governmental organizations started evacuating staff by helicopter on Saturday from Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown to Conakry. Expatriate staff were seen boarding a helicopter belonging to the UN World Food Program (WFP) office. WFP officials at the heliport said it was the second flight so far on Saturday. The WFP representative in Sierra Leone, Patrick […]