Oscar de la Hoya has a date to fight again. Now all he needs is an opponent. De la Hoya said on Tuesday he will return to the ring June 5 for the first time since losing his 69.8kg title to Shane Mosley last September in Las Vegas. In a statement, De la Hoya said he has not yet decided on an opponent for the fight.

Ernie Els had just left the practice green, admitting he was a ”little bit off” with it last weekend in Bangkok. Els, bidding for his third Heineken Classic in a row at Royal Melbourne, finished tied for 10th at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand. He’s expecting much better things this week on one of his favourite golf courses.

David Beckham has described Zinedine Zidane as the greatest player in the world and nominated the French playmaker as the Real Madrid teammate with whom he links best. ”I get on well with him and he is the one who understands me best. He is the sort of player who makes special things happen on the field,” he said.

The Amakrokokroko wheelchair basketball team’s dreams of Paralympic qualification and a ticket to Athens suffered a setback after the South African side was thumped 78-57 by a well-organised Iran team in Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge action at Mandeville on Tuesday night.

Zimbabwe striker Peter Ndlovu says fans back home can be proud of the departing Warriors’ first-ever showing in the African Cup of Nations. Zimbabwe beat Algeria 2-1 in their final match on Tuesday, but finished last in Group C behind defending champion Cameroon, Algeria and four-time former champ Egypt.

Eight years after clinching an emotional African Nations Cup crown, South Africa, shattered by player revolts and by a catastrophic build-up, are likely to be knocked out of the tournament by Morocco. Bafana Bafana need to beat the Atlas Lions by four clear goals to make the next stage.