Kirsty Coventry gave Zimbabwe a second Olympic swimming medal on Tuesday, and the teenager said she hopes her success will inspire people in the troubled African nation. The 19-year-old took bronze in the women’s 200m individual medley on Tuesday to go with the 100m backstroke silver she won the day earlier.
Special Report: Olympics 2004
Swimming superstar Michael Phelps lifted the gloom surrounding the United States at the Olympics on Tuesday as Greek spirits soared after the host nation won their second gold medal of the Games. After 11 more gold medals were settled on day four, the US stood second in the table with six golds to China’s 10.
Special Report: Olympics 2004
South African hopes will once again rest on the shoulders of relay gold medallists Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling, who have qualified for Wednesday night’s 100m freestyle final. Schoeman was in fighting form and led throughout his heat, making the turn in 22,66 seconds and touching the wall in 48,39 to beat Pieter van den Hoogenband from The Netherlands into second spot by 0,16.
England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson came through his first game for eight months seemingly unscathed in Galway on Tuesday. Wilkinson made a 40 minute comeback appearance for his club Newcastle against Connacht in a pre-season friendly, kicking a penalty and making one trademark bone-crunching tackle.
A loss could not have been sweeter for South African archer Kirsten Lewis as she was knocked out of the last-16 round by fourth-ranked He Ying 156-142 at the Panathinaiko Stadium, situated at the foot of the Ardittou Hill near the National Gardens in Athens, on Wednesday morning.
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The Cassini-Huygens space probe discovered two new moons around Saturn, which could be the smallest spotted to date around the ringed planet, Nasa officials said on Tuesday. The moons — measuring 3km and 4km in diameter — are located 194 000km and 211 000km respectively from Saturn.
A nurse at Sterkfontein mental hospital has been suspended for allegedly using the same needle on several patients, an action that could spread the HI virus. The Gauteng health department said on Tuesday the senior nurse was conducting routine glucose needle-prick tests on patients at the hospital in Krugersdorp last Wednesday.
The body of a Free State man whose resurrection was predicted by a ”prophet” after his death six weeks ago is on its way to a state mortuary, if a local undertaker gets his way. On Monday some disgruntled family members and town residents protested in front of the Meintjes family home.
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Tuesday gave an undertaking to sceptical representatives of the Western Cape fishing industry that he will ensure fishing quotas are allocated in an open and honest way. He was addressing several hundred members of the fishing community.