ERNIE Els shot a 67 in the last round of the golf classic on Perth on Sunday, finishing on 12-under with 276. But he was still eight shots behind Michael Campbell of New Zealand, who won the A$1,4-million event.

THE leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia, Mulla Mohammad Omar, has denounced a new Egyptian law making it easier for women to obtain divorces as an insult to Islam. Omar asked the Muslims around the world to protest against the decision. Under the new Egyptian law passed by parliament last Wednesday, and which takes effect […]

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Saturday that the process of awarding the country’s third cellular telephone licence will proceed after a probe by the Auditor General found no reason for further delays. The granting of the lucrative licence had been delayed by the Auditor General’s investigation into allegations of incompetence and graft in the […]

KAIZER Chiefs beat teh Basotho Tigers 3-0 in a friendly in Kimberley on Sunday. Dennis Vukubi scored the only first half goal, while Lucky Maselesele netted twice after the break.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 1.30pm. THE annual African club championships kicked off this weekend in the shadow of the Nations Cup with several surprises in preliminary-round matches. Tusker of Kenya needed a late goal from George Maina to draw 1-1 in Nairobi with Red Sea of Eritrea, who moved ahead 16 minutes into the […]

THE Nigeria Football Association has paid a $3000 bonus to each player for the 4-2 victory over Tunisia in the African Nations Cup, ending a major row, a team official said Sunday. The NFA held an emergency meeting in Lagos Saturday with the perennial problem of team bonuses one of the matters discussed, officials said. […]

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter repeated his support on Sunday for African bids to stage the 2006 World Cup. “I said we needed more solidarity and if one of the bids gives all guarantees, it is only logical that we should go round the globe,” said Blatter, who supported African bids last week at the African […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 3.45pm. A REPORT on the state of South African soccer compiled by the sport’s administrators was presented to government on Monday following an ultimatum issued last year to soccer administrators to clean up their act. Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour met in Cape Town with South African Football Association chief […]

NIGERIA and Morocco will both be without suspended key defenders when they meet in the African Nations Cup on Thursday. Moroccan captain and centre-back Nourredine Naybet and Nigerian defender Furo Iyenemi were booked in both the first two series of matches and are automatically suspended for one game. Nigeria lead Morocco in group D on […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for a worldwide annual soccer break in December. “It is vital that soccer should stop for a month”, Blatter said on Sunday. Speaking on French television, the FIFA chief said the sport’s world governing body would present its plan in March for a new, harmonised soccer calendar which could […]