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/ 16 September 2006
In weather conditions more suited for waterpolo than rugby, the SWD Eagles defeated the Northern Free State Griffons by 25 points to 10 at Outeniqua Park in George on Saturday. On a rain-soaked and muddy field both teams tried to run the ball but had to change tactics.
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/ 16 September 2006
The Blue Bulls came to Durban to show their horns on Saturday — and they accomplished their mission with a 50-32 drubbing in a brutal Currie Cup match at the Absa Stadium. With ten tries — six to the Bulls including a penalty try, and four to the Sharks — both sides secured a bonus point.
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/ 16 September 2006
Orlando Pirates gave themselves and beleagured South African soccer a timely boost at the FNB Stadium on Satuday night when they beat Nigeria’s embattled Enyimba 1-0 to qualify for the semifinals of the lucrative African Champions League.
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/ 16 September 2006
Tyson Gay surged ahead in the last half of the race to win the 100m in 9,88 seconds and Sanya Richards broke the 22-year-old American 400m record at the World Cup on Saturday. Taking advantage of the absence of the world record co-holder Asafa Powell, who chose to run only in the relay, Gay ran very close to his personal best of 9,85.
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/ 16 September 2006
Substitute Lomana LuaLua scored on Saturday to give Portsmouth a 1-0 at Charlton that took it to the top of the Premier League. Manager Harry Redknapp’s team, which only just avoided relegation last season, jumped above Manchester United after a fourth victory in five games and is the only team yet to concede a goal.
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/ 16 September 2006
Count on Justine Henin-Hardenne to draw a weakened Belgium level with Italy in the Fed Cup final. Trying to win a second major title this year after playing all four Grand Slam finals, the French Open champion edged Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to keep Belgium and Italy tied 1-1 on the opening day.
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/ 16 September 2006
Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims were offended by a speech that provoked fury in the Islamic world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic church to apologise personally, the Vatican said on Saturday. Benedict’s crisis was sparked by a speech in Germany on Tuesday that appeared to endorse a Christian view, contested by most Muslims, that early Muslims spread their religion by violence.
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/ 16 September 2006
Illegal logging is threatening the livelihoods of millions of the world’s poor, robbing governments of billions of dollars in revenue and undermining legitimate logging businesses, the World Bank said on Saturday. In developing countries, illegal logging of public lands alone causes estimated losses in assets and revenue in excess of -billion a year.
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/ 16 September 2006
A fourth-wicket stand of 121 between Boeta Dippenaar and JP Duminy helped South Africa to overcome an early scare and eased them to a five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first of three one-day internationals on Friday. The hosts, chasing a modest target of 202 for victory, crashed to 33 for three before Dippenaar and Duminy repaired the damage in untroubled style.
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/ 16 September 2006
Reedi Gul is probably dead now. Two weeks ago masked gunmen abducted the 24-year-old on a lonely mountain road in central Afghanistan. The next day his father, Saleh Gul, received a phone call, and realised he was the real target. ”I am an Afghan Muslim Talib,” the voice announced. ”If you want to see your son alive, listen carefully.”