Lions and Cats rugby supremo Jomo King died suddenly of a heart attack at his Johannesburg home on Tuesday morning. He was 55. The president of the South African Rugby Football Union, Brian van Rooyen, said King’s death was a ”great loss to rugby and the effect will be particularly felt by the leadership of the Golden Lions”.

Real Madrid will see in 2004 leading the Spanish first division and getting the unofficial accolade of being Spain’s ”winter champions” to round off an outstanding year. There have been few better in the recent history of the nine-times European champions, even though they did not win their 10th Champions League crown.

Tennis stars Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters are set to marry after Hewitt proposed during a romantic cruise in Sydney harbour, it was reported on Wednesday. Australian former world number one Hewitt and Belgian world number two Clijsters decided to tie the knot almost four years after meeting at the 2000 Australian Open.

The decision not to vaccinate horses against equine influenza was made two years ago by all relevant role players in the racing industry, for which all must assume collective responsibility, the Jockey Club of Southern Africa said on Tuesday. ”No good purpose would be served in seeking scapegoats,” the club’s chief executive said .

One of the most memorable feats of South African youth in the first decade of democracy has been the creation of moguls from ghetto superstars — all thanks to the phenomenon known as kwaito. But to suggest that kwaito is the sound of urban youth is flawed.

Drag racing takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights in most parts of the city. But if you are not looking for the underground gatherings you will never find them. Word of mouth or its contemporary synonym, the text message, offer the only way in, writes Nawaal Deane.