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/ 27 February 2006
The main players in Côte d’Ivoire politics — seeking to end the crisis in the West African nation, meet on Monday for the first time on Ivorian soil since the country was torn apart by civil war. The former French colony has been split down the middle since the conflict erupted in September 2002, with troops loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo controlling the south while the north is in rebel hands.
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/ 26 February 2006
A century by Graeme Smith led South Africa to victory by six wickets in the first Standard Bank one-day international at Supersport Park on Sunday. After Australia had made 229 for eight in 47 overs in a rain-affected match, South Africa wasted no time in getting runs on the board.
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/ 26 February 2006
Beaufort West police confirmed on Sunday that they are investigating charges of assault and crimen injuria against the town’s former mayor Truman Prince. Prince, a former mayor and former municipal manager, is alleged to have attacked two African National Congress canvassers, Charles Mcleod and Riaan van West.
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/ 26 February 2006
Toxic gas levels inside a northern Mexican coal mine are too high for any of the 65 miners trapped inside by an explosion to have survived, the mining company said on Saturday. An analysis of underground air showed it was too poisonous to breathe, said Xavier Garcia, president of Industrial Minera Mexico.
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/ 26 February 2006
With one day left in the Winter Olympics and only two medal events set for Sunday, a few things are certain: Germany will leave Turin with the most gold medals, and Bode Miller will drive his motor home out of the Italian Alps with none. Michael Greis won his third biathlon gold medal of these Games.
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/ 26 February 2006
In a low-scoring match the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and the Cape Cobras had their respective campaigns curtailed by 32 overs on the third day of their Supersport Series four-day cricket match at Kingsmead on Saturday. At that stage the Cobras, with three wickets in hand, led the Dolphins by 197 runs.
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/ 26 February 2006
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, world indoor and Commonwealth 800m champion, showed his readiness to defend his titles in Moscow and Melbourne next month when he recorded a comfortable win at the fifth Athletics South Africa Champions meeting at Oudtshoorn on Saturday afternoon.
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/ 26 February 2006
Gangling, 2m-tall Senegalese striker Mame Niang emerged a gallant hero and a cynically constructed victim in Moroka Swallows’ needlessly tough 2-1 Premier Soccer League win over Black Leopards at Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Niang’s aerial ascendancy had the Limpopo club’s defence at sixes and sevens.
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/ 26 February 2006
Arsenal lost 1-0 at Blackburn on Saturday to slip to sixth in the English Premier League and dent their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Also on Saturday, Chelsea beat Portsmouth 2-0 on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the English Premier League to 15 points.
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/ 26 February 2006
Second-half strikes from Frank Lampard and Arjen Robben sealed a 2-0 English Premiership victory for Chelsea over Portsmouth on Saturday, as pressure from the Blues brigade put pay to the Pompey rear guard. As Chelsea get closer to defending their title, Portsmouth were left to ponder on the prospect of relegation.