Hell hath no fury like a Mugabe minion maddened, judging by an official outburst in Zimbabwe’s government-owned media last weekend. In his vituperative column in the Herald newspaper, columnist ”Nathaniel Manheru” was in a particularly unforgiving mood about outgoing Zimbabwe Independent editor Iden Wetherell, whose paper has been an unrelenting critic of Robert Mugabe’s regime.
Britain’s Greg Rusedski, Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer and Cyril Saulnier of France advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mercedes-Benz Cup on Wednesday. Rusedski ran his winning streak to seven matches with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory over Karol Beck of Slovakia.
Seven seconds. That may not seem much. But in the three-week Tour de France, the advantage Lance Armstrong gained over two rivals on Wednesday by sprinting at the finish of the first mountain stage could be an important step toward the Texan’s hoped-for record sixth crown.
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South African junior long- and triple-jump record holder, became South Africa’s first medal winner of the 10th IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Italy on Wednesday when he finished second in the long jump with an excellent new South African junior record distance of 8,09m.
he International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Wednesday that it has proposed a dispute-resolution process to the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and the Zimbabwean players that will see that current dispute in that country quickly resolved in Zimbabwe by Zimbabweans.
Free State and KwaZulu-Natal were the big winners on the third day of the Coca-Cola Craven Week in Nelspruit on Wednesday. Free State beat the hosts, the Pumas, 21-10 in the final game of the day, while the Young Sharks were too strong for the Griffons, beating them 45-14 in an earlier game.
The South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has issued a stern warning to clubs and individuals associating themselves with the Rugga SA organisation. In distancing itself from what it termed the ”rebel grouping”, Sarfu said clubs and players linking themselves to Rugga SA could face serious consequences.
Ernie Els, this year’s pre-tournament favourite to win the British open at Troon in Scotland, found out that what Royal Troon gives, it takes back in spades. Els made a hole-in-one on the infamous eighth, but then dropped two shots on the par-three 17th as he closed his round with a two-under 69.
Frenchman David Moncoutie won the 11th stage of the Tour de France held over 160km of undulating terrain between Saint Flour and Figeac on Thursday. Moncoutie had been part of an early breakaway before attacking for the lead with around 9km to go. The win is Moncoutie’s first on the Tour de France.
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