The Wildebeest continued their inexorable march towards the final of the Vodacom Cup with a 49-29 victory over the Lions at Ellis Park this weekend. The log leaders scored seven tries, six before half-time, to move to 54 points on the standings, nine ahead of the Blue Bulls and Falcons.
Shares in the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) jumped by 1,19% in early trades on Monday on an upgrade by Merrill Lynch and a report that the Russian airline Aeroflot might shift a major order to EADS’s aircraft manufacturing unit Airbus.
Free State Stars’ players slumped to the turf and others shed tears openly after the goalless draw against Dynamos at Giyani Stadium on Sunday afternoon ensured their relegation from the PSL. In other matches, Bush Bucks drew 1-1 against Santos and Moroka Swallows and Tembisa Classic played to a 1-1 draw.
A bout of food poisoning affecting 10 of the Tottenham Hotspur squad’s players put the game against West Ham United in doubt at Upton Park on Sunday, but with West Ham involved in the FA Cup final against Liverpool on Saturday, and with rules forced down by the FA Premier League, the match went ahead at the scheduled time of 3pm.
Impressive bowling from Fidel Edwards, as well as a dominant batting performance, paved the way for the West Indies to complete an 82-run win in the fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe at Bourda Oval on Sunday. Edwards snared three wickets for 42 runs from his allotment of 10 overs.
Specialist banker Investec will this week launch one of two funding platforms, with a combined size of R4-billion, to fund a significant portion of the growth in advances expected by Investec Private Bank. The securitisation funding platform will allow Investec to continue to offer clients superior service at competitive rates on certain banking products such as new home and car loans.
Jim Furyk avenged last year’s playoff loss at the Wachovia Championship by returning for another try on Sunday, and claimed the crown with a six-foot putt on the first extra hole to beat South Africa’s Trevor Immelman. A hard-luck loser in a four-hole playoff last year, Furyk made an eight-foot par putt to force extra holes and then sunk the winner for par on number 18.
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Judgement started in axed deputy president Jacob Zuma’s rape trial in the Johannesburg High Court at 9am on Monday. Judge Willem van der Merwe, who has presided over the trial since it started on March 6, will reportedly take about six hours to deliver his judgement.
Iran stepped up its war of words with the West on Sunday over its nuclear programme by threatening to abrogate the international treaty on nuclear weapons if a binding United Nations security council resolution is set against Tehran.
Russia hit back on Monday at United States and European Union criticism, most recently voiced by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, that it was using energy as a political weapon, and said it was time the West came to terms with Russia’s progress as a market economy.