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/ 29 September 2005
American Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel (24) is an international electronic-sports champion — in other words, a cyber-athlete.
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/ 29 September 2005
Theories and speculation on why and how mining magnate Brett Kebble was killed on Tuesday this week abounded in South African media on Thursday. Newspapers probed Kebble’s diamond interests in Angola and Lesotho, assassination theories and his tax affairs, while police said why they think he was killed in a botched hijacking.
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/ 29 September 2005
Five major manufacturers in formula one met on Wednesday and said they are going ahead with plans for a breakaway series beginning in 2008. BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Toyota and Honda met seven of the 10 formula-one teams: BAR, McLaren, Minardi, Renault, Sauber, Toyota and Williams.
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/ 29 September 2005
Mamelodi Sundowns did no damage to their Castle Premier Soccer League (PSL) aspirations with a comfortable 1-0 victory over Dynamos in Pretoria on Wednesday night. Also, Orlando Pirates came from behind to beat Classic 2-1 in a pulsating PSL encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban.
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/ 29 September 2005
Santos moved into the next round on the Coca-Cola Cup at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday night when they beat Moroka Swallows 2-1 on penalties after the match was deadlocked at 0-0 following extra time. In Polokwane, Jomo Cosmos moved into the quarterfinals of the competition.
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/ 29 September 2005
Like Samson reduced to a pretty ordinary guy in biblical times when shorne of his hair by Delilah, a listless Kaizer Chiefs seemingly lost their strength when deprived of traditional ”people power” in the goalless Premier Soccer League draw against Black Leopards at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
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/ 29 September 2005
Raul became the first player to rack up 50 goals in the Champions League as the Real Madrid star helped his side to a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Greek side Olympiakos in their match on Wednesday. Liverpool were held 0-0 at home to Chelsea, whom they controversially beat in the semifinal last term.
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/ 29 September 2005
Mary Lee Settle, novelist and founder of the Pen/Faulkner award for fiction, has died from lung cancer. She was 87. Settle died on Tuesday at her home in Ivy, said Jessica Neely, executive director of the Washington, DC-based Pen/Faulkner award. Settle founded the annual award in 1981 to honour the best work of fiction by an American author.
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/ 29 September 2005
Most frogs settle for lily pads. Kermit the Frog has hopped on to a United States postage stamp. The green leader of the beloved Muppets troupe was on hand on Wednesday for a first-day issue ceremony featuring 11 postage stamps honouring the Muppets and late creator Jim Henson.
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/ 29 September 2005
Zimbabwe announced it was moving back into the steam age on Wednesday by recommissioning 10 coal-fired locomotives to cope with the country’s economic crisis. Further indications of shortages came from hospitals, which are turning away patients because they do not have basic medicines and surgical equipment.