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/ 10 January 2005
Cricket provided the spectacle and the fund-raising vehicle as Ricky Ponting’s World XI beat an Asian XI by 112 runs on Monday in a benefit match that generated Aus,6-million (R66,3-million) for the tsunami relief fund. Ponting stroked 115, New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns smashed 69 off 47 balls and West Indian Brian Lara hit 52.
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/ 10 January 2005
Reality returned to the FA Cup ahead of Monday’s fourth-round draw, but not before non-league Yeading kept neutral fans on the edge of their seats as they chased the biggest upset in the 133-year history of the competition. Their match against Newcastle United was, on paper at least, the greatest FA Cup mismatch of all-time.
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/ 10 January 2005
Here, in this master-planned land of golf greens, polo fields and gated cul-de-sacs, the snowbirds are all a-twitter over what’s on Lillie Lipscomb’s driveway. It isn’t just that Lipscomb, who used to work for Chrysler in that Motor City of Detroit, went and purchased a golf cart. And it isn’t just that the cart in question is a fibreglass replica of a 1934 Ford, bug-eyed headlights, chromed hubcabs and all …
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/ 10 January 2005
Since the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was launched about two years ago, less than half of the African Union’s 53-member states have acceded to the process. The APRM commits countries to opening themselves for inspection by a team of governance experts. A host of nations where standards of governance are regularly questioned remain conspicuously absent from the list of countries up for review.
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/ 10 January 2005
Swimming champion Terence Parkin and the Gauteng-based Lessing brothers, Nick and Greg, increased the momentum of Team South Africa’s medal challenge at the swimming arena at the 20th Deaflympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday. By the end of the fourth day’s action, Team SA’s medal tally stood at a total of six (five gold, one silver).
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/ 10 January 2005
Elton Chigumbura took five wickets for 54 runs and captain Habibul Bashar hit a half-century on Sunday to give Bangladesh a commanding 380-run lead over Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the first cricket Test. This is Zimbabwe’s first Test match since losing International Cricket Council Test status.
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/ 10 January 2005
Moroka Swallows made a triumphant return to the Rand Stadium on Sunday when they beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in a Castle Premier Soccer League match on Sunday afternoon. The lone goal from substitute Dennis Lota came in the dying moments of the game, just when the match looked likely to end in a goalless draw.
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/ 10 January 2005
Supersport United lifted their league season when they scored a hard-fought 2-1 win over neighbours Mamelodi Sundowns in their Pretoria Castle Premiership derby played at the HM Pitje Stadium on Sunday. Sundowns dominated the first half but failed to convert and capitalise on the chances they created.
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/ 10 January 2005
The Titans chased 238 off 65 overs for victory at Supersport Park on Sunday after Mark Boucher had declared the Eagles innings closed on 384 for seven, but the match petered out to a draw. Goolam Bodi and Zander de Bruyn took the game by the scruff of the neck to put on 120 for the third wicket.
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/ 10 January 2005
The Eagles and the Dolphins played to a dreary draw at Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein on Sunday after the Dolphins’ first innings came to a close one hour after the lunch break on the last day. Young Dolphins batsman Ashraf Mall attained his maiden first-class 100 as well as his first double 100.