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/ 21 December 2004
South African-based mobile telecommunications group MTN announced on Tuesday that the Swazi monarch, King Mswati III, has gained a 6% interest in MTN Swaziland through Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation’s (SPTC) sale of some of its shares. SPTC is the kingdom’s fixed-line operator.
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/ 21 December 2004
England were on the verge of victory when bad light stopped play 13 minutes early on the fourth day of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Monday. England, chasing the modest target of 142 for victory, were 93 for three at stumps.
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/ 21 December 2004
England took just more than half an hour to wrap up the first Castle Lager/MTN Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Tuesday, to take a one-nil lead in the five-Test series. England started the final morning needing just 49 runs to reach their target of 142, with seven wickets in hand.
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/ 21 December 2004
Brazil’s newly crowned Fifa World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho says he is committed in the fight against racism in the sport. Ronaldinho, who beat out Thierry Henry of France and Ukrainian 2004 European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko for the prize, said the scourge of racism has to be stamped out.
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/ 21 December 2004
United States President George Bush defended his embattled Pentagon chief, Donald Rumsfeld, on Monday by praising his conduct during the war in Iraq and his compassion for US troops. The display of support comes at a time when Rumsfeld is fending off calls for his resignation from Republicans as well as Democrats, after being accused of poor military planning and for a callous approach towards US forces.
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/ 21 December 2004
Charlton head into the Christmas period seventh in the Premiership table after a 2-1 win against London rivals Fulham at The Valley in London on Monday. Jerome Thomas delighted the home crowd by putting the under-rated side 1-0 up in the opening period before a second-half header from Moroccan Talal El Karkouri doubled the Addicks’ lead.
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/ 21 December 2004
South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall has been officially reprimanded for breaching the International Cricket Council code of conduct during the third day of his country’s first Test match against England. Hall was found guilty of aggressively gesturing towards the pavilion upon the dismissal of England captain Michael Vaughan on Sunday.
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/ 21 December 2004
Jose Antonio Reyes was ruled out of Arsenal’s Christmas matches on Monday after twisting a knee in training. Spanish striker Reyes missed Sunday’s gruelling 1-0 win at Portsmouth on Sunday, which put the champions back in second place within five points of leaders Chelsea. Reyes will also miss the December 26 home game with Fulham.
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/ 21 December 2004
Determining which nation deserves to be on top of world rugby isn’t easy after some topsy-turvy international results this year. England swung low, the Wallabies were wobbly at times and the All Blacks, while finishing 2004 at number one in the International Rugby Board rankings after eight wins in 10 Tests, weren’t exactly all-conquering.
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