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/ 12 September 2005
South African soccer is not in need of another ugly controversy right now, but with the South African Football Association (Safa) appeal board on Sunday postponing for a week Kaizer Chiefs’ appeal to reverse a decision by the Premier Soccer League forcing them to play two homes games in front of empty stadiums, all hell is likely to break loose.
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/ 12 September 2005
Ajax Cape Town finished bottom of group A in the CAF Championship League when they were beaten 3-0 by Raja Casablanca in a game played at the Athlone Stadium on Sunday night. Raja led 2-0 at the interval after opening the score in the sixth minute when Fofana Abooulkari easily netted.
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/ 12 September 2005
Kimi Raikkonen prolonged his battle for the world title when his McLaren teammate Juan Pablo Montoya handed him an easy victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. Finn Raikkonen had Montoya to thank after he closed the gap on title race leader Fernando Alonso, but the Colombian suffered a disaster when he crashed out in the closing laps.
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/ 12 September 2005
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went back to work on Monday with a powerful mandate to transform the nation’s economic and political landscape after racking up a historic election victory. Fresh from the triumph which even many of his supporters had doubted was possible, a confident-looking Koizumi, clad in an open-neck striped shirt, waved to reporters as he entered his official residence.
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/ 12 September 2005
Singapore on Monday marked the 60th anniversary of the formal Japanese surrender in the island during World War II which ended what many regard as the darkest chapter in its history. ”For those who lived through the war, the wounds have taken a long time to heal and the memories will not be forgotten,” said Information Minister Lee Boon Yang.
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/ 12 September 2005
Australia’s biggest media companies appeared in court on Monday for allegedly conspiring to deprive a rival commercial television network of lucrative sports broadcasting rights. The Seven Network, owned by media mogul Kerry Stokes, is seeking Aus-billion in damages from the country’s biggest media and telecommunications groups over the loss of football rights.
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/ 12 September 2005
Listed media group Primedia on Monday announced the first step in a new black economic empowerment (BEE) deal whereby the economic value of the stake held by BEE shareholder the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) will increase from approximately 6,7% to about 20%.
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/ 12 September 2005
In a bid to obtain specific comment and input on the structure of the .za internet domain as well as engaging a wide range of stakeholders, the .za Domain Name Authority has started a public consultative process around the country-code top-level domain name, the statutory authority said on Monday.
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/ 12 September 2005
The JSE burst through the 16 000 level for the first time on Monday morning, driven by stronger world markets and a softer rand. Gains were widespread and, shortly before noon, advancers outnumbered decliners on the all-share index by about two to one.
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/ 12 September 2005
Australians are praying for a Shane Warne miracle to enable Ricky Ponting’s cricketers to hang on to the Ashes in the weather-marred final Test at The Oval. Australia have a minimum of 98 overs on Monday’s final day to conjure a win which looks virtually impossible with England 34 for one, holding a lead of 40, and needing to avoid defeat to secure a first Ashes series in 18 years.