The British government is to end its two-year suspension of deportations of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe because the concession has been abused, the Immigration Minister, Des Browne, announced on Tuesday. Browne insisted there had been no change in the government’s opposition to human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.

Black Springbok Breyton Paulse was reinstated in the national rugby team to play England on Saturday only after the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) protested, the league said on Wednesday. ”I phoned … and complained about this lily-white squad,” said ANCYL spokesperson Zizi Kodwa.

Jean de Villiers is the only change to the South Africa side announced on Wednesday for the Twickenham Test against world champions England in London on Saturday. De Villiers comes in at left wing in the place of Ashwin Willemse, who has returned home with a broken toe.

England coach Andy Robinson has warned his team to expect a gruelling encounter against the Springboks at Twickenham on Saturday. Tri-Nations champions South Africa saw their hopes of a Grand Slam disappear last Saturday with a 17-12 defeat against Ireland in Dublin, and they will be desperate to get back to winning ways.

Paceman Nantie Hayward makes a welcome return to the Warriors cricket squad as the Eastern Cape side try to regain their composure after their stunning defeat on Friday when they take on Western Province-Boland (WP-Boland) at Sahara Oval St George’s on Wednesday. The match starts at 3.45pm.

England captain Jason Robinson has imposed a media black-out in the run-up to this weekend’s Test against South Africa because of what he sees as an ”unwarranted intrusion” into his private life. He will not be giving any interviews at all ahead of the match against the Tri-Nations champions at Twickenham on Saturday.

Second-ranked American Andy Roddick switched tactics to defeat British nemesis Tim Henman in Houston on Tuesday at the ATP Masters Cup while Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin beat foes returning from long layoffs. Roddick used volleys and backhands rather than his usual power serves to beat the Briton.

Cricket’s administrators have danced around the contentious issue of chucking for too long and it’s about time something was done to reform bowling laws, says New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming. Fleming, one of the sport’s most astute tacticians, said proposed changes to the rules governing bowling actions announced by the International Cricket Council this week are a step in the right direction.