SOUTH Africa’s Hendrik Ramaala finished twenty-five seconds behind Kenyan Paul Tergat who bettered his own half marathon world best time on Sunday in Lisbon. Tergat clocked 59 minutes six seconds to beat the mark of 59:17 he set in Milan on April 4, 1998 and claim a win-bonus of $100000. Tergat pulled ahead just after […]

QUICK-bowler Mfuneko Ngam has been included in the Eastern province squad for the Standard Bank limited-overs final clash against Boland in Paarl on Wednesday. Ngam is being given a chance to prove his talents even though he injured his foot last week. The 21-year-old Ngam will join EP stalwarts Mark rushmere, Dave Callaghan and Meyrick […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 7.45pm. PAKISTAN ripped South Africa apart by 67 runs in the sixth Sharjah Cup match with the Pakistani seamers blowing away eight South African batsmen for 27 runs. The South Africans were set a target of 169 runs after bowling out Pakistan for 168. Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs (59 […]

CRICKET in South Africa will receive R35-million in development funding, the largest amount of money ever earmarked for amateur cricket, from the United Cricket Board over the next year, director of amateur cricket Khaya Majola said on Monday. The money will be used mainly in previously disadvantaged communities to develop the sport. Majola said that […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sharjah | Tuesday 4.35pm. PAKISTAN have been dismissed for 168 in the sixth Sharjah Cup one-dayer against South Africa as their batsmen failed to fire and good bowling and fielding by the South Africans took its toll. Yousuf Youhana was the only batsman who really contributed, scoring 65 runs before being run-out in […]

JOHANNESBURG police have arrested four men in connection with the ambush and murder of a Gauteng cyclist on the N1 south of Johannesburg. Cyclist Johan Kruger was only one of several motorists to be murdered over a period of a few weeks on a stretch of highway near Mondeor. Four men aged between 19 and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nelspruit | Tuesday 3.10pm. MOZAMBIQUE, Malawi and Zimbabwe are jointly planning an oil refinery at the Mozambican port of Beira to meet growing regional energy needs. Malawi’s vice-president Justin Malewezi said a fully functional Nacala corridor will save his country about US55-million a year. News reports in Blantyre on Tuesday said Iran and […]

MANDY Adamson signalled her return to competitive golf with a two-shot victory in the Ladies Professional Golf Tour’s Championship at a windy Mowbray Golf Club on Tuesday. Adamson survived a treacherous front nine where she bogeyed two of her first three holes to turn at two-over for the day on her way to a three-over […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has congratulated Vladimir Putin on his election as Russian president, saying he believed Russia would continue to play a major role in international affairs. Mbeki said South Africa and Russia had both gone through momentous change during the past decade but that many great challenges still lay ahead for both countries and […]

JAMES Loughnane, the Cape Town professional who plays under the Irish flag, won the R500000 Zambia Open for the second time in three years after clawing his way past overnight leader Bradford Vaughan at the very last hole of the tournament. Loughnane finished on 18 under-par after a fourth sub-70 round in a row, with […]