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/ 22 January 2006
Andy Roddick’s Australian Open dreams collapsed on Sunday when he was ousted in the fourth round, but women’s top seed Lindsay Davenport remained on course for her second title in Melbourne. Davenport steamed into the quarters along with Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova.
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/ 22 January 2006
Hank McGregor and Martin Dreyer won the Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe Marathon in a titanic struggle with Ant Stott and Wayne Thompson, until the race was decided by an accident in a major rapid on the final leg from Inada Dam to Durban. Bad luck continued to plague the top crew of Shaun Biggs and Loveday Zondi.
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/ 22 January 2006
Showing vast improvement, the Southern Spears gave the Cats a good go for their money in going down 29-11 in their Super 14 warm-up match at the Absa Stadium on Saturday. The match was watched by a large, appreciative crowd dressed in red, but the weather was sultry enough to make even the skinniest person sweat.
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/ 22 January 2006
It was the Bryan Habana show at Newlands on Saturday as the brilliant wing ran in five tries in the Bulls’ 44-13 thumping of the Stormers. Although the Cape side fielded a predominantly second string, the Bulls will nevertheless take great satisfaction from the performance.
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/ 22 January 2006
James Beattie scored in the 13th minute on Saturday, and Everton won their fourth straight English Premier League match by defeating Arsenal 1-0. Also, Neil Mellor scored in second-half injury time to give Wigan a 3-2 victory at Middlesbrough. ‘Boro drew level after trailing 2-0, only to let a valuable point slip away.
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/ 22 January 2006
In Africa or in Europe, Samuel Eto’o keeps scoring. Changing continents made no difference for the prolific FC Barcelona striker, who scored a hat-trick to lead Cameroon to a 3-1 victory over Angola in an African Nations Cup match on Saturday. Côte d’Ivoire had a narrow win over Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo beat Togo.
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/ 22 January 2006
Chad Campbell fired his fourth straight round in the 60s on Saturday but saw his lead dwindle to one stroke over Scott Verplank with one round to play in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Campbell, who started the day with a four-shot cushion, carded a five-under-par 67 for a 24-under total of 264.
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/ 22 January 2006
A succession of guided Russian missiles in a penalty shoot-out that Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez had precious little chance of saving gave FC Moscow an entertaining, action-packed victory in the international club friendly at the FNB Stadium on Saturday night.
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/ 22 January 2006
Madonna Byrnes, like Catholics all over Ireland, reveres the Virgin Mary, but a visit to Lourdes brought something different — love. However, there was a complication; the man she fell for was an elderly Catholic priest. The two met during a fund-raising function for pilgrims.
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/ 22 January 2006
One of the United States’s most experienced astronauts has denounced the space shuttle as a deathtrap and accused US space officials of stifling all concerns raised about its safety. The revelation comes as the US prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.