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/ 9 February 2006

Cricketers committed to ‘turn things around’

Cricket South Africa (CSA) will meet the captain and the coach of the South African cricket team next week to discuss the disappointing tour of Australia, and to decide what should be done in the future. CSA chief executive Gerald Majola welcomed the team back to South Africa after a two-and-a-half-month tour of Australia.

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/ 9 February 2006

Navratilova ‘not quite done yet’

Even as she approaches her 50th birthday and recovers from knee surgery, Martina Navratilova plans to play a full schedule of doubles tournaments in 2006, including the grand slams, and might take another stab at singles. ”I just feel like I’m not quite done yet,” Navratilova said on Thursday.

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/ 9 February 2006

Belgian Grand Prix off the menu

This year’s Belgian formula-one grand prix has been called off because of track-improvement works, the sport’s governing body, the FIA, announced on Wednesday. One of the favourite races for drivers, the Spa Francorchamps circuit will be back on the formula-one calendar in 2007.

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/ 9 February 2006

Evangelicals launch green action plan

Their followers may have trouble believing the Earth is more than a few thousand years old — let alone accept the science of global warming. But dozens of leading United States evangelists went public on Wednesday with a call for their faithful to press the Bush administration into action on climate change.

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/ 9 February 2006

U2 steal the show at Grammys

The rock gods snatched Grammy history from the comeback queen on Wednesday, as perennial favourites U2 took home five trophies while Mariah Carey had to settle for three. ”If you think this is going to go to our head, it’s too late,” U2 frontman Bono said after winning song of the year for Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own.

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/ 9 February 2006

Tax cuts may be on the cards

Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel is in a good position to cut both corporate and personal income tax, should he wish to do so, when he makes his 10th Budget speech on February 15, due to the tax overrun of almost R40-billion that the Treasury has accumulated.