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/ 23 September 2003
Rudolf Straeuli’s beleaguered Springboks will be hoping for an emphatic display in their final match before departing for the Rugby World Cup in Australia when they take on the Falcons at the Pam Brink Stadium in Springs on Tuesday evening. Such a win would be a massive boost ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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/ 23 September 2003
Is the World Trade Organisation too big and cumbersome to work? What difference has the new coalition of developing countries made to the WTO? What have developing countries gained from Cancun? Was Europe to blame for the failure of Cancun? And what will happen now that the Cancun round has collapsed?
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/ 23 September 2003
What’s in a name? Married women in Zimbabwe are taking the government to court over a procedure that compels them to adopt their husbands’ surnames as a precondition to official documents, including registering the birth of infant children.
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/ 23 September 2003
Police were called to the home of Frank Bruno on Monday as medics tried to treat the British former world heavyweight boxing champion. Bruno admitted last month he had received treatment at the Priory clinic in Essex following his divorce from his wife, but denied having a drink or drugs problem.
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/ 23 September 2003
BMW Williams driver Ralf Schumacher has recovered from a training accident and expects to be behind the wheel again on Sunday at the crucial Indianapolis formula one race. The 28-year-old German, younger brother of world champion Michael Schumacher, suffered a concussion during a September 2 training crash.
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/ 23 September 2003
Pakistan welcomed South Africa’s decision on Tuesday to proceed with a shortened cricket tour, saying their cancellation at the weekend had created ”hard times” for Pakistani cricket.
SA tour to Pakistan now on
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/ 23 September 2003
A shortened cricket tour of Pakistan by the South African cricket team will go ahead, Cricket SA (Pty) Ltd announced on Tuesday. The cricket board decided to go ahead with the tour after the removal of Karachi and Peshawar from a revised tour schedule and the shortening of the tour’s duration.
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/ 23 September 2003
Former Australian Test bowler Terry Alderman has urged cricket authorities to consider a new approach to help developing cricket nations lift their standard. He wants former star players in stronger countries who were no longer needed by their own teams to play in sides such as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
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/ 23 September 2003
Ireland centre Jonny Bell on Monday was forced to pull out of next month’s Rugby World Cup with an Achilles tendon injury. The 29-year-old Ulsterman’s career has been beset with problems since his first cap in Australia in 1994, with this latest setback occurring during a training session.
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/ 23 September 2003
Pakistan cricket officials have voiced hope that South Africa would reschedule their cricket tour called off over security fears in Karachi last week. A meeting of the South African Cricket management committee has been called to discuss a revised Pakistan tour schedule that scraps matches in Karachi and Peshawar.