On 25 occasions over the past 18 months, Kennedy George has packed his suitcase and headed to Dublin’s Burgh Quay to be deported from Ireland. Each time, the 21-year-old Sierra Leone soccer player has had his deportation cancelled at the last minute.
It took South Africa an hour and 35 minutes to get rid of the last four New Zealand batsmen for 283 on the third morning of the third Castle Lager Test at the Wanderers on Sunday. Oram and Daniel Vettori had put on 49 runs for the seventh wicket.
United States veteran Jim Furyk fired a four-under par 68 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead over South Africans Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman after three rounds of the United States PGA Wachovia Championship. Furyk, seeking his 12th career triumph and first since last year’s Western Open, stood on 11-under par 205 after 54 holes at the -million event.
Undefeated Barbaro stormed into the lead at the top of the stretch on Saturday and won the Kentucky Derby convincingly after a five-week layoff. It also was a victory in the Derby debut for trainer Michael Matz, who 17 years ago led three children to safety after their plane crashed into an cornfield.
Of all of Africa’s four debutants at the World Cup, Côte d’Ivoire could be the side best placed to spring a shock. The Ivorians pulled off a dramatic upset in qualifying by eliminating four-time finalists Cameroon and as a result will arrive in Germany knowing that sometimes miracles do happen.
The Sharks, with a 24-10 lead and 16 minutes to play, suddenly found themselves pressured into error by a resurgent Stormers side in their Super 14 rugby encounter on Saturday before taking the four match points with a 24-17 victory. With one game to go against the Western Force in Durban next week, the loss of that bonus point chance may have scuttled their semifinal hopes.
A hat-trick of tries by Springbok midfielder Jaque Fourie was enough to stave off a late fightback by the Blues and give the Cats a morale-boosting victory in their last game of the Super 14 at Ellis Park on Saturday, winning narrowly 34-33. Fourie was exceptional in midfield and proved his class once again as he tore open gaps in the Blues defence and pounced for his three tries.
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All eyes will be on Jacob Zuma’s rape trial judgement in Johannesburg High Court 4E on Monday. If he is not guilty, he will collect his R20Â 000 bail money and walk out of the court a free man. If he is found guilty, the sentencing and appeal process will begin.
The church bells of Beaconsfield, a small town in north Tasmania, have not rung since the end of World War II. But on Saturday night the bellringers were preparing to go to work again as two mates who have been buried alive for 12 days almost a kilometre deep after the collapse of the town’s goldmine on 25 April were being dug free of their nightmare.
Six Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip over the weekend while workers began to protest against their government’s failure to pay them wages for two months. A 60-year old farmer was the latest victim of Israeli shelling, which continued all day on Saturday in response to the firing of six missiles at Israel on Friday.