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/ 9 February 2004
Nigeria ended Cameroon’s four-year reign as continental champions on Sunday when they won 2-1 to reach the semifinals of the African Nations Cup. They fought back from a goal down against the four-time winners in Monastir to book a semifinal berth with hosts Tunisia on Wednesday.
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/ 9 February 2004
Mike Tyson may be getting ready to get back in the ring for the first time in more than a year. The manager Tyson fired just a few months ago says he is exploring a possible fight for May or June for the former heavyweight champion, who is mired in debt and in bankruptcy proceedings.
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/ 9 February 2004
Manqoba Mkhize scored a goal in each half to give Silver Stars a deserved 2-0 win over Zulu Royals in a Castle Premiership match at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Sunday. Mkhize, who scored a brace in the 3-2 win over Santos last week, opened the scoring against Royals with a superb strike in the 41st minute.
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/ 9 February 2004
A worker at Daytona International Speedway was struck and killed by a paraplegic driver going more than 160kph during a race for compact cars. The worker was standing in the middle of the track picking up debris during a caution period when he was hit by the car.
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/ 9 February 2004
It’s little wonder that club and country fought so fiercely for the services of Jay-Jay Okocha. The midfielder first reinvigorated Nigeria following a chaotic start at the African Cup of Nations. On Sunday, with the Super Eagles facing elimination against archrival Cameroon, he immediately did something about it — and how.
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/ 9 February 2004
A goal by South Africa’s top goal-scorer, Pietie Coetzee, steered the Spar South African national women’s hockey team to a stunning 1-0 victory over Spain in the final of the four-nation Olympic test tournament in Athens on Sunday. South Africa, ranked lowest of the four participating countries, ended the tournament unbeaten.
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/ 9 February 2004
Hellenic got their new life in Gauteng off to an inauspicious start with a dull 0-0 draw against Jomo Cosmos in a Premier Soccer League match at the Pam Brink Stadium in Springs on Sunday. The new owners of Hellenic were hoping to start their battle to avoid relegation with a win against Jomo Cosmos.
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/ 9 February 2004
Western Province virtually ensured themselves the top spot on the Standard Bank Cup log with a narrow win against Easterns before a crowd of more than 6 000 at Newlands on Sunday. That Easterns came so close was largely due to an explosive innings from Daryll Cullinan.
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/ 8 February 2004
Japanese ground troops crossed the Kuwaiti border into Iraq on Sunday, launching the historic first deployment of the Self-Defence Forces to a combat zone since World War II, unit commander Colonel Yasushi Kiyota announced. ”I wished the troops good luck,” Kiyota told reporters before crossing into Iraq.
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/ 8 February 2004
Equity Aviation has given the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union a 5pm Monday deadline to accept its latest wage offer to striking baggage handlers, company spokesperson Herman Fleischman warned on Saturday. Failure to do so will lead to Equity considering to approach its staff directly, he said.