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/ 9 November 2004
The domestic limited-overs season explodes into action this week when the annual Sports Trust Cricket Challenge takes place at the Wanderers on Wednesday. The match traditionally pits the Standard Bank Cup champions against ”The Rest of South Africa XI”, and cricket fans will see in action all 14 members of the South African squad to tour India.
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/ 9 November 2004
Olympic swim star Michael Phelps, whose eight medals at the Athens Olympics included six golds, is devastated and apologetic after being arrested on drunken driving charges. Maryland state police confirmed the arrest of the 19-year-old American hero last Thursday in Salisbury after his utility vehicle failed to halt at a stop sign.
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/ 9 November 2004
New Soccer Australia chief John O’Neill says the fledgling Oceania soccer confederation has a 70-30 chance of gaining a direct spot at the 2010 World Cup. ”I hope 2006 is the last time we have to qualify on such a circuitous route,” said O’Neill. ”Oceania deserves a full spot, not half a spot, and we will continue to really push for that.”
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/ 9 November 2004
The South African Tennis Association has received a grant of 000 (about R184 500) towards the establishment of two Futures International tournaments that will take place between November 22 and December 4 this year. These International Tennis Federation events offer prize money of 000 (about R246 000).
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/ 9 November 2004
Breyton Paulse makes his 50th Springbok appearance in a first 15 to play Ireland in Dublin on Saturday that shows just one change to the team that beat Wales at the weekend. Flanker-cum-lock AJ Venter returns at number seven, replacing Juan Smith who has been dropped from the first 22.
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/ 8 November 2004
Nigerian doctors working in government hospitals on Monday began a two-day warning strike to press for the payment of salary arrears, officials said in a statement in Lagos. The National Association of Resident Doctors said the warning strike is aimed at reminding the federal government of the association’s pay demand.
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/ 8 November 2004
Zimbabwe’s opposition is accusing a committee appointed by President Robert Mugabe of tampering with voters’ lists ahead of key parliamentary elections in March. Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube has cited irregularities in voter registration that took place between May and July this year.
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/ 8 November 2004
The trial of three Kenyans charged with plotting the bombing of the United States embassy in Kenya in August 1998, which killed more than 200 people, resumed in the Kenyan capital on Monday after a three-month break. The US embassy in Dar es Salaam, in neighbouring Tanzania, was bombed at nearly the same time, killing 11 people.