DAVID SHAPSHAK, Pretoria | Saturday 5.00pm. A LAST gasp drop goal by Andrew Mehrtens snatched victory for the Canterbury Crusaders to beat the Northern Bulls 30-28 in a thrilling Super 12 match in Pretoria on Saturday. Ruben Kruger, in his first Super 12 game of the year, captain a vastly-improved Bulls who dominated the game […]
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.
GAFFIE du Toit, last year’s sensation who debuted as a Springbok before playing in the Currie Cup, makes his return from injury for Griqualand West in Saturday’s Vodacom Cup match against the Namibia Kudus. Du Toit, who Bok coach Nick Mallett wanted to play at fullback for the national side, has been injured for most […]
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 […]
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 […]
SAMM AUDU, Lagos | Friday 7.00pm. Japan, the first Asian side to play in the World Youth Championship final, can beat Spain Saturday if they attack from the starting whistle, coach Philippe Troussier said on Friday. “Tomorrow’s final against Spain is open,” the former Bafana Bafana coach said. “At this stage of the competition, everybody […]
POLICE in eastern Nigeria seeking to end serious communal clashes have demolished a religious shrine at which a number of people were reportedly sacrificed, a spokesman said on Friday.The shrine was seized and demolished on Wednesday, along with a stock of weapons, including machine-guns and ammunition, at a house at Umuleri, in Anambra State, police […]
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 […]