Gary Neville’s first league goal in more than three years sent Manchester United on their way to a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Leicester at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. Alex Ferguson’s much-changed side moved to within three points of second-placed Chelsea in the race for an automatic Champions League spot.
Goals by teenage prodigies Wayne Rooney and James Milner saw the relegation battle between Leeds United and Everton end 1-1 in Leeds on Tuesday. Leeds battled back from going behind in the first half to 19-year-old Rooney’s ninth of the campaign as 18-year-old Milner deservedly levelled in the 50th minute.
Alfonso Thomas (3/20) destroyed any chances for the Eagles to win their Standard Bank Pro20 Series cricket match against the Titans at Goodyear Park on Tuesday evening. In the end the Eagles were all out for just 94 with three overs and a ball still left in their innings, giving the Titans a comfortable 91-run victory.
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Cholera outbreaks in southern Somalia have killed 57 people in the past week, health officials said on Tuesday. ”The disease is rapidly spreading among the people in rural areas and farmers, as well as those in Mogadishu refugee camps who have no access to proper medical care,” the doctors said in a joint statement.
Two pilots were killed in the northern Free State when their gliders collided on Monday afternoon, police reported. The men, John McLachlan and Dieter Hiress of Welkom, were participating in a race with three other gliders in their group when the accident occurred.
The Palestinians warned on Tuesday that the United States will torpedo the peace process if it bows to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s pledge to keep control of West Bank settlement blocks. Shortly before flying out to Washington overnight, Sharon vowed to maintain Israeli control over six such blocks.
A string of clashes between rebels and pro-Moscow forces in Chechnya have killed at least 24 people, including four civilians, during the past four days, officials and rebels said on Tuesday. The casualties are among the highest recorded recently in the guerrilla war that has simmered between rebels and pro-Russia forces.
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The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has called on landless and poor people to boycott the elections on Wednesday. LPM spokesperson Mangaliso Kubheka said in a statement on Tuesday the boycott will ”deliver a resounding warning to political leaders over the country’s land crisis”.
Special Report: Elections 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday congratulated the Independent Electoral Commission on its readiness to hold Wednesday’s general election and urged political parties to do their part to ensure the poll is free and fair.
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<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3_fl2.asp?o=40922">Special Report: Elections 2004</a>