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/ 31 January 2005
Jomo Cosmos gained a valuable point when they drew 1-1 against title-chasing Moroka Swallows in a hard-fought Castle Premiership match at Rustenburg on Sunday. Struggling Cosmos were full value for their point and coach Jomo Sono was happy after successive defeats at the same venue against leaders Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs.
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/ 31 January 2005
A comment from the television commentators about Colin Montgomerie helped England’s Simon Wakefield to victory at the Dimension Data Pro-Am golf tournament at the par-72 Gary Player Country Club on Sunday. Wakefield signed for a three-under-par 69 on Sunday, to end the tournament on a nine-under total of 279.
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/ 31 January 2005
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday he was ”extremely concerned” about the stalemate in Côte d’Ivoire that has prevented the start of a disarmament campaign and the reunification of the West African powerhouse divided by two years of civil war.
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/ 31 January 2005
Scores of people fled their homes in Kenya’s central Rift Valley at the weekend after a new surge in violence between the Maasai and Kikuyu tribes over water rights, police said on Monday. Dozens of families fled their homes in the Rift Valley district of Narok after Maasai warriors armed with crude weapons attacked Kikuyu tribesmen.
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/ 31 January 2005
A pair of portraits by Lee Miller — the brilliant photographer who was the lover-muse of surrealist painter Man Ray and was famously pictured in Hitler’s bath in 1945 — is to be shown for the first time. The portraits, taken in New York in 1933, show opera singers Bruce Howard and Edward Matthews as saints Teresa and Ignatius, in character for the opera Four Saints in Three Acts
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Centrebacks Robert Huth and John Terry headed Chelsea into the last 16 of the FA Cup in a 2-0 victory over Birmingham City on Sunday. The German and English internationals scored a goal in each half. In Sunday’s other FA Cup game, Bolton scored a 1-0 victory at League One Oldham.
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/ 31 January 2005
Justin Leonard claimed his first PGA Tour victory in nearly two years at the ,7-million Bob Hope Classic on Sunday as fellow American Joe Ogilvie’s hopes of a first career win evaporated in the final round. Leonard, who last won in 2003, posted a five-under-par 67 to win the five-round event played on four desert courses with a score of 28-under 332.
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/ 31 January 2005
Spinners Mohammad Rafique and Enamul Haque shared four wickets as Bangladesh restricted Zimbabwe to 198 in the fifth and final one-day international in Dhaka on Monday, despite a career-best 84 from Barney Rogers. Bangladesh’s decision to go into the decisive game with three left-arm spinners paid rich dividends.
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/ 31 January 2005
Premiership leaders Chelsea will cut back on their big spending over the next 18 months after the Londoners announced record losses of £88-million.
Peter Kenyon, the Stamford Bridge chief executive, stressed that Chelsea’s five-year vision has allowed for heavy initial spending but added cut-backs will be required.
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/ 31 January 2005
This year could be a ”turning point” for Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday at a summit of the 53-member African Union. ”Africa has an indispensable contribution to make in ensuring that 2005 becomes a turning point for the continent, the United Nations and the world,” said Annan.