The chief executive of the South African Football Association, Danny Jordaan, on Sunday expressed his outrage at the decision by Burkina Faso soccer team ASFA Yennenga to wear the South African national shirt during their match against Ajax Cape Town in their African Champions League match at Newlands on Sunday.
Jomo Cosmos and Wits University played to a goalless draw in a dull Castle Premier Soccer League match at the Rand Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Both sides had their chances but neither team could find the back of the net. Cosmos midfielder Innocent Ntsume tested Wayne Roberts in the 17th minute but the Wits goalkeeper managed to parry the ball away.
Mamelodi Sundowns beat wasteful Bush Bucks 2-0 during their Premier Soccer League clash played at HM Pitje Stadium in Mamelodi on Sunday. The half-time score was 1-0. Bucks created most of the opening-half chances but were denied by Sundowns goalkeeper Brian Baloyi, who was outstanding between the poles.
Liverpool beat Everton 2-1 on Sunday to return to fifth place in the English Premier League and move within four points of their fourth-placed cross-town rival. Also on Sunday, Birmingham beat local rival Aston Villa 2-0 with goals from Emile Heskey and Julian Gray, while Southampton moved out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win at Middlesbrough.
Vijay Singh returned to number one in the world on Sunday, but blew a chance to win a tournament for the second straight week. Kenny Perry lost a three-shot lead in three holes, but emerged the winner at the Bay Hill Invitational when Singh hit his approach off the rocks and into the water on the 18th hole to make double bogey.
AC Milan rejoined Juventus at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win over Roma in Rome on Sunday for the reigning champions’ eighth consecutive league victory and their 10th in all competitions. After a goalless first half, Hernan Crespo put Milan ahead with a superb header before winning a penalty that Andrea Pirlo converted.
Roger Federer carved up Lleyton Hewitt for a seventh straight meeting, dominating 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to lift a second consecutive title at the ,1-million Indian Wells Masters. The victory left the fighting spirit of Australia’s Hewitt scraping rock bottom after failing to beat the Swiss standout since October 2003.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Sunday proposed a radical change to the workings of the UN, after a period of scandals and controversy that has plagued the organisation. The blueprint for reform is contained in a 63-page draft report to be presented to the general assembly.
Aerial photographs by Israel’s defence ministry have provided fresh evidence that the government is continuing its rapid expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite public statements to the contrary. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday reported that the pictures show extensive construction on settlements.
Her fate has divided her family and friends, and entranced a nation that has watched them argue over the ultimate moral dilemma. But on Sunday night, the future of Terri Schiavo — the woman at the centre of an agonising right-to-die case — also became a political touchstone for an increasingly polarised United States.