AUSTRALIAN rugby captain John Eales said on Thursday he does not expect to play for the Wallabies before the World Cup in October. The giant second rower had hoped to make his return in the annual Tri-Nations series against South Africa and New Zealand but has been forced to delay his comeback while he recovers […]
A UGANDAN rebel group has circulated leaflets to newspapers here claiming responsibility for all recent bomb blasts in the capital. The National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (Nalu), a moribund group which was active in western Ugandan in the early 1990s, said its agents carried out the attacks in the capital. A spate of […]
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 […]
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, 12.30PM: HARRY VILJOEN, coach of the Western Stormers and Western Province has quit. Viljoen’s decision to quit the game has come as a surprise to the rugby public, but players say they have known about his intention to leave the sport since the return of the Stormers from New Zealand ten days ago. Viljoen […]
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, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. A SERIES of blows have left Sundowns with little chance of surviving an African Champions League clash against Saint-Louisienne in Reunion on Saturday. The first was the late return of goalkeeper John Tlale, defenders Michael Manzini and Themba Mnguni, midfielder Joel Masilela and striker Daniel Mudau from national duty […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 5.00pm. THE under-performing Cats produced a startling upset by beating the log-leading Stormers 18-16 at Newlands Stadium on Saturday. The Cats, producing one of their best performances in the tournament to, led 10-6 at half time, scoring two tries to one. It was a tight, tough match between the […]
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 […]
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 […]