Manchester United and Juventus were both eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday, while Chelsea and Lyon each advanced to the quarterfinals in other matches. Francisco Costinha scored the series-winning goal in the 90th minute as Uefa Cup champion FC Porto held two-time titleholder Manchester United to a 1-1 draw.
Hellenic registered their second victory of the season when they beat log leaders Santos 1-0 at the Athlone Stadium on Tuesday night. Although their more illustrious opponents created more scoring opportunities, Hellenic’s never-say-die attitude secured them the unlikely victory.
Thousands of entries have been received and more are expected as South Africans nominated candidates to participate in the Cape Town leg of the first international Olympic torch relay. One of the sponsors, Samsung, has already seen 7 800 legible entry forms counted.
South African superbat Jacques Kallis almost stole the first cricket Test as his own but a 10-over burst from the big pacemen saw New Zealand not quite dead and buried in Hamilton on Wednesday. The tourists resume on Thursday morning on 279 for four after taking a points victory from day one of the series.
South Africa has come under pressure to abort its plan to sell ivory stockpiles after seven African elephant range states this week called for the proposed sales to be halted. Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia and Ghana are concerned that conditions under which the ivory should be sold have not been met.
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Is it a merger or a takeover? Rumbles of discontent have emerged early at the Tshwane University of Technology, which came into being on January 1 in a three-way merger involving the former Pretoria, Northern Gauteng and North West technikons.
Six lions’ traumatic and disorganised journey to South Africa from Spain will be reported to the South African Veterinary Council, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) said on Tuesday. The society said the six animals were transported in inadequate crates.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) announced on Tuesday that it plans to apply for a Cape High Court interdict to stop the sale of the Golden Arrow bus company to black empowerment consortium Hosken Consolidated Investments and Mettle Limited for R270-million.
The European Union promised action on Tuesday to curb unsolicited bulk e-mails in a new sign of international determination to stop ”spam” messages. EU telecommunications ministers meeting in Brussels promised to speed up slow implementation of an EU-wide law agreed two years ago banning commercial spam.