SPRINGBOK centre Christian Stewart, who also played in the last two Rugby World Cups for Canada, has been forced to retire because of a neck injury. He played 14 times for Canada and three for South Africa. The 32-year-old Western Province player has been out of action since the Springboks’ test against England at Twickenham […]
FORMER Bafana Bafana coach Philippe Troussier was on Saturday issued with a verbal warning by the Japan Football Association (JFA) for making critical comments about a tournament sponsor. JFA general secretary Kenji Mori warned the Frenchmen after the coach’s reported remark on the on-going Kirin Cup tournament in Japan. Mori warned Troussier not to make […]
ARMED dissidents ambushed and killed 63 people two days ago near Kinkala, the Pool regional headquarters, 75 km south of Brazzaville in the Congo, it was revealed on Saturday. The Congolese military spokesman, Colonel Jean-Robert Obargui, said three soldiers and children were among those who died in the ambush by the Ninja militiamen of former […]
NIGERIAN police shot dead three members of a student gang after they broke in and killed the registrar of their university at Abraka, southern Nigeria, police said, cited in local press on Monday. The three were shot and killed at the weekend after breaking into the home of Delta State University registrar, one S Otulu, […]
ELEVEN people are feared drowned after an overloaded boat they were sailing in capsized in Lake Victoria early Friday, state-owned Radio Uganda reported on Sunday. The radio said the boat was carrying 16 people and a load of fish heading for Sii landing site in Mukono district, 60km east of the Ugandan capital, but capsized […]
RWANDA has released 143 more prisoners accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, because of lack of evidence against them, according to a report from the public prosecutor in Kibungo. The prisoners were all set free on Friday in Kibungo, southwest Rwanda, the report said. More than 1900 prisoners accused of genocide […]
ENGLAND’S early exit from the cricket World Cup was due as much to India’s fans as to their own blunders, South African pace bowler Allan Donald said on Wednesday. “It was like Calcutta out there and England couldn’t handle the pressure,” Donald said. England lost to Mohammad Azharuddin’s side by 63 runs after a batting […]
STRIKE bowler Glenn McGrath won his battle with Sachin Tendulkar here on Friday as Australia relaunched their World Cup campaign with a 77-run Super Six victory over India. India now face an almost impossible battle to reach the semi-finals. McGrath removed India’s top batsman for a duck with his sixth ball and also removed Rahul […]
OUTGOING coach David Lloyd urged England here on Tuesday to replace him with an Englishman, suggesting foreign coaches would not have the passion needed for the job. “I was asked about my opinion and in my own mind, I’m absolutely certain it has to be an Englishman,” he said. “I just think that if it […]
A BLAZE on the weekend swept through Grahamstown’s historic Church Square, with some of the buildings destroyed by the fire national monuments dating back to the 1820s. The fire started Ackermans, directly opposite the city’s landmark Anglican St Michael & St George’s Cathedral and spread quickly through the nearby buildings. Damage is estimated at between […]