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/ 25 February 2006
Uganda’s private Monitor Group media company complained on Saturday that its website and radio station are being jammed to prevent the independent release of partial results from this week’s elections. The firm said it was warned by Ugandan authorities to stop compiling and issuing returns from the country’s multiparty polls.
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/ 25 February 2006
All Blacks flyhalf Daniel Carter kicked a long-range dropped goal with eight minutes remaining on Saturday to give the Canterbury Crusaders a 22-20 win over South Africa’s Sharks in rugby’s Super 14. Carter’s shot from 50m — the second dropped goal of his first-class career — gave Canterbury the lead for the first time in the match.
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/ 25 February 2006
The shock news that Mamelodi Sundowns’ Venezuelan international goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel could be out of soccer for the remainder of the season highlighted a mixed bag of bad and good news from the reinstated Premier Soccer League log leaders on Friday.
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/ 25 February 2006
The ACT Brumbies recovered from 15-3 down in the second half to draw 15-15 in their Super 14 match against the Stormers at Newlands on Friday evening. Kobus van der Merwe’s Stormers, however, will again reflect on the match as a missed opportunity as they played a good first half to lead 9-3 at the break.
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/ 25 February 2006
The Pumas continued their good form in the Vodacom Cup and beat the Lions 35-29 in a tight match played in Witbank on Friday night. The Blue Bulls had to come back from an eight-point deficit at half-time to secure a 39-21 victory against the Bulldogs in East London, and the Falcons condemned the Cheetahs to another loss.
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/ 25 February 2006
The trial super-sub rule will not be used during the Standard Bank series between South Africa and Australia starting on Sunday — although both teams will name super-subs. At its chief executives’ meeting earlier this month, the International Cricket Council decided to drop the measure with effect from March 21.
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/ 25 February 2006
Chad Campbell’s one-up triumph over Tiger Woods on Friday was the most spectacular surprise on a day that saw a string of upsets at the WGC Accenture Match-Play Championship. Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson were also eliminated from the ,5-million tournament.
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/ 25 February 2006
Julia Mancuso’s giant-slalom gold medal sparked celebrations for Americans and Italians. And 50-year-old Russ Howard helped perk up Canada’s post-hockey mood by winning a long-awaited Olympic men’s triumph in curling — the country’s number-two sport.
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/ 25 February 2006
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faced criticism from prominent Filipinos on Saturday for declaring a state of emergency to quash a coup plot, with a former president and military commander saying the move will hurt the Philippines unless it is rescinded soon. Meanwhile, police raided the offices of a newspaper critical of Arroyo.
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/ 25 February 2006
Thailand’s embattled prime minister warned on Saturday that ongoing political unrest may hurt the economy, as leaders of a pro-democracy movement seeking to oust him urged voters to boycott upcoming national elections. The prime minister decided on Friday to dissolve Parliament and call snap elections.