A 10-man PJ Stars shocked Jomo Cosmos when they beat the Premier Soccer League (PSL) team 3-2 on penalties in their Absa Cup soccer match played at the Orlando Stadium on Sunday. In other matches, Moroka Swallows beat Dynamos 2-1, and Witbank Spurs put out PSL team Bush Bucks 1-0.
Bloemfontein Celtic secured a vital Premier Soccer League (PSL) win on Sunday afternoon, defeating high-flying Ajax Cape Town 2-0 in a rescheduled match in Potchefstroom. The match was due be played last year, but owing to the pitch not meeting Fifa requirements, the game was called off by the referee.
Thierry Henry scored twice and Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday, while two goals from Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United a 2-0 win over Newcastle in the English Premier League. Henry punished a rare blunder from Steven Gerrard to score the winner at Highbury.
CEO Trevor Phillips has described weekend reports that the Premier Soccer League (PSL) is poised to take over control of Bafana Bafana as ”far-fetched” — but confirmed there will probably be a greater involvement by the professional organisation in the running of the national team.
France, with 22-year-old Nicolas Lapierre behind the wheel, wrapped up the championship in the first season of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations by finishing second to Mexico in a 30-minute sprint race on Sunday. Mexico’s 20-year-old Salvador Duran made it a doubleheader sweep for his team in the main race.
France outclassed world champions England in Paris on Sunday to win their Six Nations clash 31-6 on the 100th anniversary of their first meeting in the tournament and inflict the worst defeat on the visitors between the sides in 34 years.
Fernando Alonso warned on Sunday that he is in no mood to give up his world driver’s crown without a fight by beating Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Alonso made use of a perfect strategy from his Renault team to win by 1,2 seconds from pole-sitter Schumacher.
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The Democratic Alliance insisted on Sunday that its candidate for mayor of Cape Town, Helen Zille, should get the top job in the hung metropolitan council. The African National Congress has insisted that Zille not be mayor. According to media reports, Zille’s position was compromised during horse-trading with other political parties.
Forget the Mao suits of a generation ago. Actually, forget about any clothes at all. Naked wedding photos are the hot new trend among young couples in once deeply conservative China. Even in Anhui, a largely rural province in the east, many newly-weds are having their pictures taken in the nude, to the fury of their parents’ generation.
It’s no easy task to promote a sport that even your national champion admits is about as fascinating as watching paint dry. "I don’t think it could be more boring if it tried. Think of a roomful of students sitting their exams and you’re getting close," Josh Foer said on Saturday, shortly before being crowned Memory Champion of the United States.