City Power technicians worked through the night to rebuild a transformer that was burnt on Monday night and said on Wednesday they had been able to restore power to about 15% of Johannesburg’s western suburbs. City Power Vice-President Silas Zimu said they had hoped to prioritise areas which had hospitals, but due to the severity of the fire damage at the Hurst Hill transformer, it had not been possible to be selective.

Manchester United gave manager Sir Alex Ferguson the perfect gift to mark his 1 000th game with the club on Tuesday, a 2-1 win against Lyon at Old Trafford which sends them into the second round of the Champions League.

India’s spin bowlers rocked the South African top order and pace bowler Makhaya Ntini claimed three quick wickets on Wednesday before the series opener meandered to a tame draw. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik claimed two wickets each as South Africa compiled 169 for four before the umpires called an end to the fifth day’s play in the first Test of the two-match series.

A US official charged with finding missing service members spent two days with Indian officials discussing efforts to find about 416 World War II fliers lost over India, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Jerry Jennings met with Indian officials at the defense and foreign ministries in New Delhi.

Luis Gabriel mustered all the strength in his arms as he swung back to use his one good leg to blast the ball towards the opposition’s goal. His free kick landed with almost perfect precision a few metres in front of the goal and he yelled excitedly to his team-mates attacking from the right side. The sight of 14 men, all amputees and victims of landmine accidents, playing a fast and furious game of football had drawn a sizeable and vocal crowd, as it does every time.

Defender Radoslav Kovac scored an own-goal in the 20th minute to give Fenerbahce a 1-0 win at Sparta Prague on Tuesday in the Champions League. Both teams have been eliminated from the Champions League, with Group D leaders Manchester United and Lyon advancing to the second phase after United beat Lyon 2-1.

Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev held their lead in the European Champions’ League qualifying Group B with a 2-0 win over Italian Serie A side AS Roma on the snow-covered turf at the Olympic Arena in Kiev on Tuesday. Roma stay stuck to the bottom of the group with just one point.

Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen fought out an exciting 1-1 draw to leave qualification from Champions League group B still up in the air for both sides in Madrid on Tuesday. Bayer’s Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov tormented Real just as he had done in their first encounter in Germany two months ago and put the visitors ahead after 36 minutes.

Bayern Munich eased into the last sixteen of the Champions League with a resounding 5-1 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Munich on Tuesday. Ajax’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus in Turin means Bayern finish runners-up in Group C behind the Italians and the Bundesliga leaders can now plan for the knockout phase.

South African flanker Schalk Burger got quick consolation for being dropped from the Springboks side for Saturday’s test with Scotland by picking up two major international awards on Tuesday. The 21-year-old collected the Investec international players’ player of the year award and international newcomer honours at a ceremony in London.