PROP Michael Collins’ ongoing problems with a sternum injury has ruled him out of the Chiefs’ final Super 12 rugby match against the Bulls in Pretoria. Collins failed to pass a test in a scrummaging session under the eye of New Zealand Maori coach Matt Te Pou, who has taken over the running of the […]
NIGERIA’S new constitution, set initally to govern the country’s return to civilian rule later this month, has at last been officially released, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Few details are known of the constitution, drawn up by the outgoing military regime, but it does provide for an Islamic or Sharia court to be established in […]
THIRTEEN Thai women, allegedly prostitutes, have been arrested and face deportation from South Africa for working without permits, police said on Sunday. The women and Wolfgang Meyer, owner of a Johannesburg nightclub, were arrested at the weekend after police followed up complaints from 12 other Thai women, police spokesman Gideon Thessner said. The 12 had […]
GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Northampton | Monday 5.00pm. ARAVINDA de Silva carries a heavy burden of expectation as Sri Lanka enter a critical phase of their World Cup defence with a group A match against South Africa on Wednesday. As Sri Lanka’s most accomplished batsman, particularly in English conditions, de Silva is the man who can play […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Pretoria | Friday 10.00pm. THE Chiefs defeated the Northern Bulls 39-31 in their Super 12 clash at Loftus Versveld stadium under lights on Friday. The Chiefs, who scored five tries to three, led 26-10 at the break. Playing only for honour in the last round of the Super 12 before the semi-finals, the […]
FORMER South African captain Tiaan Strauss remains unsigned by the New South Wales Waratahs for next year’s Super 12 rugby tournament. Strauss, who turns 33 next month, said on Wednesday he would probably re-sign for one last season of representative rugby with the Waratahs. “NSW have spoken to me and they’re interested in probably signing […]
HARRY Simon, who recently defended his World Boxing Organisation light middleweight title with a third round knock-out of Britain’s Kevin Lueshing, has the potential to dominate the light middleweight ranking for the next couple of years. So says Bert Blewett, a South African boxing expert and editor of the magazine, Boxing World and Simon’s trainer […]
NAMIBIA, who ended Bafana Bafana’s hopes in the opening round of the Cosafa Cup last year, are banking on their South African connection to keep their cup ambitions alive. They have included four players from South Africa’s Premier League in their squad for a first round play-off match against Malawi at the Chicheri Stadium in […]
SOUTH African and Free State prop Os du Randt has been given permission by the Free State Cheetahs management to play for the World XV in a festival match at Twickenham on May 23. The match, which is an annual event, will be played against English league champions Leicester. South Africans are regularly invited to […]
FRIDAY, NOON: SOUTH African electricity parastatal Eskom plans to bid for parts of the Uganda Electricity Board’s operations when it is privatised, and is looking for other African investment opportunities, chairman Reuel Khoza said this week. A delegation led by Khoza is in the midst of a trip to Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]