AUSTRALIAN centre Tim Horan leads a “player of the tournament” poll after his fine performance in a 27-21 defeat of South Africa in Saturday’s World Cup semifinal. Horan leads narrowly from France lock Abdel Benazzi, in second place, and French flyhalf Christophe Lamaison who helped their side to a shock 43-31 defeat of the All […]

FORMER national cricketer Makhaya Ntini, who last week won an appeal against a six year rape conviction, has been included in the Border B team for a match against North-West B. The match will be Ntini’s first for his province since the Standard Cup final against Griquas at Buffalo Park in March. He replaces all-rounder […]

MORE than 70000 tickets have been sold for Thursday’s World Cup third place playoff match between South Africa and New Zealand, Welsh officials said. The two teams will be playing for a qualification place for the 2003 World Cup in the Millennium Stadium which has a capacity of 72500. Tickets for Saturday’s final between France […]

A TASK team appointed by the SABC to investigate the state broadcaster’s editorial independence on Wednesday found that there is no evidence supporting claims of political bias, unfair labour practices or infringement of editorial independence. The task, which consisted of mainly SABC board members, with advocate Sias Reinecke as the only independent counsel, was appointed […]

ALL Black legend Zinzan Brooke has written off France’s chances of beating Australia in Saturday’s World Cup final. The French produced an extraordinary performance in defeating the All Blacks in the semi-finals, but the former All Black eighthman believes a repeat is unlikely. “I cannot see the entire French side repeating their Twickenham performance,” Brooke […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Thursday 12.45pm NEW vehicle sales fell 6,1% in October from September, according the latest figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) on Wednesday, despite a long-term positive outlook for the industry. Naamsa said that sales in October fell to 17306 units from September’s 18421 units. Compared to […]

FORMER New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick has predicted that All Black coach John Hart will step down after the rugby World Cup. “There are issues to address, for sure. I don’t think we’ll be seeing John Hart coaching the All Blacks any longer,” Fitzpatrick wrote in his column in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph. “John is a […]

SPEAKING in Paris at an international conference on globalization Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma spoke on Wednesday of the crushing effects of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. “It is ironic that countries that have instituted sound fiscal and monetary policies so as to try to improve the lot of their nationals should be undermined by the […]

DISABLED swimmer Tadhg Slattery maintained his awesome form in shattering the 200m breaststroke World Record in the Homebush Bay Aquatic Centre in Sydney. Slattery collected 3 gold and 1 silver medal in his various events and should be included in the South African Paralympic Team bound for Sydney next year. Meanwhile, the South African Mens […]

THE Soweto child protection unit says it will be difficult to convict four Soweto boys accused of raping a two-year-old girl, because they are under the age of 14. Police are still searching for the boys, aged between seven and nine years, after they allegedly raped a toddler in the backyard of a house in […]