SPAIN defeated Mali 3-1 in a World Youth Championships semi-final in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Wednesday to expel the last african team from the tournament. Spain’s Varela scored in the second and 26th minute, and Xavi netted again dead on full-time. Mali’s goal came in the 52nd minute through Dissa.
INJURY doubts hang over key Cats players Chester Williams and Willie Meyer ahead of their Super 12 clash against the Chiefs on Saturday. Should the Williams be fit, he’ll come in on the left wing for Thinus Delport while Meyer, who is suffering from bad flu, is likely to be replaced by the able Dougie […]
GHANA’S under-20 soccer team, the Black Satellites, returned home on Tuesday from Nigeria after being eliminated by Spain last Sunday in the ongoing World under-20 soccer championship in Nigeria. Thousands of enthusiastic Ghanaians thronged the Kotoka International Airport in Accra to welcome them. In his welcome address, Minister of Youth and Sports, E.T. Mensah said […]
FINANCE minister Trevor Manuel arrived in Mozambique on Thursday for a two-day working visit at the invitation of his counterpart Tomas Salomao. A spokesman for the Mozambican planning and finance ministry said Manuel and Salomao are expected to analyse bilateral cooperation. The pair will also assess investment possibilities, including a huge aluminium smelter and the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. ALL-ROUNDER Alan Dawson will replace black fast bowler Makhaya Ntini in South Africa’s World Cup squad, it was announced on Friday. Dawson was called up for the tournament starting in England on May 14 following Ntini’s conviction for rape in East London and subsequent withdrawal from the squad by […]
FRIDAY, 4.30AM: SOUTH AFRICAN allrounder Brian McMillan has been included in the National side for their upcoming tour to England. South African selectors convenor Peter Pollock’s naming of McMillan was perhaps the greatest surprise in the team, although veteran off-spinner Pat Symcox has also been included after speculation that his career may be over. McMillan, […]
CONDITIONS under which three alleged United States mercenaries are being held at Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi maximum security prison have improved, their defence lawyer said on Friday. John Lamonte Dixon, Gary George Blanchard and Joseph Wendell Pettijohn, all 35, are facing charges of terrorism and espionage following a discovery of a wide range of military weapons in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Welkom | Saturday 6.00pm. RESCUERS were battling on Saturday to reach two miners trapped in a gold mine here since early Friday, when an earthquake caused a major underground rockfall, mine owners Anglogold said. “(Rescuers) are digging through tonnes of rock .. and their progress is continuously being hampered by aftershocks and minor […]
LESOTHO’S King Letsie III has agreed to pay lobola (bride price) of 40 head of cattle for the woman he will marry later this year, University of Lesotho science student Karabo Motsoening. The cattle will be driven from the ancestral palace at Matsieng, south of Maseru, on Saturday morning to the farm of the parents […]
FRIDAY, 3.30PM: THERE is concern in business that government is not taking a lead in creating employment. The issue came into the spotlight on Thursday as organised labour and the Democratic Party unveiled their perspectives on job creation. Saying that the long-anticipated jobs summit will happen “towards the end of the year”, Labour Minister Tito […]