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/ 26 September 2005
Veteran all-rounder Chris Cairns has been dropped from the New Zealand one-day cricket team to tour South Africa next month, but has vowed to recapture his form to achieve his dream of playing in the 2007 World Cup. Coach John Bracewell said on Monday the 35-year-old Cairns was not chosen due to ”issues with his cricket fitness”.
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/ 26 September 2005
The new champion in formula one wears blue and yellow, not red. He is young, not old. He has one title, not seven. Next year, Alonso’s blue and yellow Renault will wear the number one instead of Michael Schumacher’s red Ferrari, which has owned it for the past five years and two other times with Benetton.
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/ 26 September 2005
Millions of exotic animals — from camels and cane toads to horses and foxes — face extermination in Australia under recommendations by a parliamentary committee. A population explosion of species introduced to this isolated continent since European settlement began more than 200 years ago is a growing threat to agriculture and native wildlife, the committee of inquiry has found.
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/ 25 September 2005
After all the flak he’s taken, all the direct hits, all the shrapnel he’s absorbed over the years, it is quite amazing that Robert Mugabe hasn’t stepped out of the firing line, retreated even a little tactical distance. But he feels no pain. He doesn’t even shudder when a bomb goes off right under his feet.
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/ 25 September 2005
Wladimir Klitschko, who fell out of the heavyweight picture after a pair of upset losses in 2003 and 2004, survived being knocked down three times by Samuel Peter on Saturday en route to a unanimous 12-round decision in an IBF elimination bout.
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/ 25 September 2005
The Sharks rediscovered their emphatic form of the early rounds of the Absa Currie Cup when they blew the Leopards off the park on Saturday in an exhilarating display of attacking rugby. The final score was 58 – 24. The game was played in blistering heat and when the match reached the three-quarter stage, the Sharks ran out of steam.
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/ 25 September 2005
Orlando Pirates general manager Phil ”Mr Jones” Setshedi, not generally known for his expressive emotions, rocketed out of his seat in the media box as though jet-propelled after Isaac Chansa scored the solitary goal of the Premier League game against Jomo Cosmos at Ellis Park on Saturday night.
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/ 25 September 2005
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KwaZulu-Natal Premier S’bu Ndebele has pledged to lead a delegation of top ANC leaders to support axed deputy president Jacob Zuma when he appears in court on October 11, the Sunday Times reports. Ndebele, a close ally of President Thabo Mbeki, has recently been under pressure from his mainly Zuma-supporting colleagues in the province, said the newspaper.
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/ 25 September 2005
The Blue Bulls overcame a spirited Cheetahs side 26 -22 in Currie Cup premier division match in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Cheetahs flyhalf Willem de Waal did not put a boot wrong when he slotted six out of six kicks for a personal tally of 17 points, while Derick Hougaard bagged 16 points from four penalties and two conversions.
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/ 25 September 2005
In Berea, an inner city suburb in Johannesburg, a worn-out sign next to a hole in a wall reads: ”Place your newborn baby in the door of hope. Anytime day or night. We will care for your baby.” Inside is a square steel container with a colourful teddy bear blanket, ready for the next arrival.