Silver Stars were made to sweat before overcoming determined First Division Coastal Stream side Uthukela 2-1 after extra time in the last 32 stage of the Absa Cup in Polokwane on Sunday. Inexperience denied Uthukela a chance to beat Premier Soccer League team Stars.

Kaizer Chiefs won through to the second round of the lucrative Absa Cup when they scored a hard-fought 3-1 win over Sundowns at the Odi stadium on Sunday. The first half was electric. Both sides produced a quality cup tie that saw the action swing from end to end.

Leeds United and Liverpool had to make do with a point apiece after an exciting 2-2 draw at Elland Road in Leeds on Sunday. All the goals came in an action-packed first half as Leeds old boy Harry Kewell opened the scoring for Liverpool before Eirik Bakke and Kewell’s fellow Australia international Mark Viduka put United 2-1 up.

Too little, too late, was the story of Richard Mavuso’s bid for glory in the inaugural Vodacom Marathon, run along the scenic, rolling hills of Midrand on Sunday. The plucky Mr Price athlete had focused not only on winning, but also on picking up the time incentive on offer.

The cricket world in South Africa woke to the news on Monday that ”larger-than-life” cricketer Lorrie Wilmot had died. Inspector Mali Govender, police spokesperson for the Grahamstown area in the Eastern Cape, said it appeared Wilmot had taken his own life on Sunday evening by shooting himself.

Songezo Nayo has been appointed as the new managing director of SA Rugby. Nayo’s appointment was confirmed by the board chairperson, Dr Theunie Lategan. ”Songezo’s intimate knowledge of the game, his capabilities and acceptance by all stakeholders were key determining factors in the appointment,” said Lategan.

Trouble just seems to follow Jayson Blair around. The disgraced New York Times reporter, sacked for making up stories last year, is at the centre of a new scandal as his tell-all memoir is about to hit bookshops.