LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Durban | Sunday 1.30pm BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath honouring the dead of two world wars at the Cenotaph in Durban on Remembrance on Sunday, the first time in 16 years that she has not led national mourning in Britain. With her son Prince Charles standing in for her at Whitehall, […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Friday 7.00am. THE Rothmans Cup knockout soccer competition has been described, with considerable justification, as the premier event of the lengthy South African season. As the first Rothmans Cup kicked off, the South African soccer public were treated to two incredible finals between Kaizer Chiefs and Sundowns with both going to […]

SPRINGBOKS Andre Venter and Os du Randt were named in a team of the tournament published by French sports daily L’Equipe on Tuesday, while Mark nadrews and Cobus Visagie were named as replacements. France supplied five of the players and the team also included six members of Australia’s World Cup-winning side, a New Zealander and […]

GOLDEN Lions coach Laurie Mains – who is set to coach the Cats in next year’s Super 12 – won’t be looking to fill the shoes of his All Black counterpart John Hart, who isn’t seeking re-election to the post. Mains said he is prepared to help New Zealand rugby in a support role only. […]

BOTH Orlando Pirates and Sundowns are keeping their midweek fixtures, despite their Rothmans Cup semifinal showdown at Soccer City on Saturday. Tomorrow night the Bucs kick off against SuperSport United at Soccer City. Tomorrow afternoon the Brazilians face Bloemfontein Celtic at the Free State Rugby Stadium. “Sundowns players are full-time professionals who should be able […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Saturday 2.30pm. JACQUES Kallis was dismissed for 115 as South Africa built a first innings lead of 192 on the third morning of the test against South Africa on Saturday. South Africa, who had resumed on 207 for four, were 294 for seven at lunch in reply to Zimbabwe’s 102. Kallis […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 6.00pm. SOUTH Africa is to host the second leg of the new International Rugby Board (IRB) World Sevens Series, which features 10 tournaments in as many countries between December 1999 and May 2000. The IRB announced details on the inaugural series, which kicks off in Dubai on December 2 […]

Donna Block SHARE WORLD I’ve come to the conclusion that having kids drives you a bit mad. I realized this when a friend in New York called to tell me that Nasdaq, the United States’s electronic share trading exchange, is going to set up shop in Europe and wants to create a strategy for 24-hour […]

Justin Pearce ‘It was eight months ago the police took him away,” Maryam recalls. “First they take the husband to starve the wife.” Maryam (47) and her husband are Eritreans who had spent all of their adult lives in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. They were part of a community of thousands who, during the […]

The English cricket team lack the talent necessary to win on their tour of South Africa, writes Neil Manthorp England seem determined to ensure that attitudes, approaches, appearances and results on their tour of South Africa stay the same as on all their other tours this decade. Based on performances so far, it will take […]