Sven-Goran Eriksson has pleaded with England’s fans to judge him on results — not on what they read in the newspapers. Eriksson may have finally ended speculation about a potential move to Chelsea by committing himself unequivocally to the England cause up to and including the 2006 World Cup.
The Stormers will leave for the Australasian leg of their Super 12 campaign on Thursday with the semifinals a clear goal. ”I think three wins out of our remaining five games will get us into the semifinals,” coach Gert Smal said on Wednesday at a press conference where he announced his 26-man touring squad.
A joint bid by Libya and Tunisia to host the World Cup in 2010 will be rejected by world football’s governing body, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday. ”Co-hosting between Libya and Tunisia will not be accepted by the executive committee,” Blatter told reporters.
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The South African military and the United Nations are trying to determine if the shooting of a South African soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was related to a recent coup attempt in that country. South African National Defence Force spokesperson Colonel Kwena Mangope said the soldier was shot at about 11pm on Monday.
Rand Water, the bulk water supplier, has called on people not to build on its pipelines. Rand Water spokesperson Mike Nxasana said in a statement on Tuesday that since 1994 people have been encroaching into the company’s servitudes to erect dwellings, causing disruptions in water delivery.
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The Democratic Alliance has accused the Eastern Cape African National Congress of ”high decibel” intimidation after a bid on Tuesday to disrupt a DA meeting with a massive sound truck. The truck parked outside a Port Elizabeth hall where a DA lunch-time meeting was in progress.
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Uzbekistan security forces killed 20 suspected militants on Tuesday in clashes near the residence of President Islam Karimov as a fresh wave of violence rocked the Central Asian country. The firefight between police and the militants occurred after two morning blasts in the northeastern outskirts of the capital, Tashkent.
Eight people were arrested under Britain’s anti-terrorist laws on Tuesday in police raids in and around London. The raids also netted half a tonne of a fertiliser that could be used to make a bomb. London has been on guard against a potential attack since the Madrid train bombings.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality will be relocating 18 families in Katlehong whose houses are at risk from dangerous sinkhole formations, the mayor announced on Tuesday. This follows 11 reported incidences of dolomite instability in Katlehong and its surrounding areas since January this year.