Nevada boxing officials want promoter Bob Arum to back up his allegations about misconduct in the scoring in the Oscar de La Hoya/Shane Mosley fight, which Mosley won by unanimous decision last Saturday night.

New Zealand may be strongly fancied to win November’s Rugby World Cup, but former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones says the All Blacks will choke under the pressure. The scrumhalf legend has predicted Australia and England will meet in the 2003 final.

Robert Hunter has announced he is not going to ride for South Africa at the world championships in Canada next month, explaining that he had only been able to get in minimal training recently since he broke his wrist in the Tour of Denmark last month.

A Cape High Court judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by Natal Sharks utility forward AJ Venter to set aside a six-week ban for dirty play.

The fifth World Parks Congress drew to a close in Durban on Wednesday afternoon, bringing to an end 10 days of intensive discussion on the future of protected areas around the globe.

Transport parastatal Transnet has reported increased turnover of R41,278-billion and operating profit of R7,896-billion for 2003 — up from R35,811-billion and R3,209-billion respectively in 2002.

It was up to Nigeria to decide whether or not to invite Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to this year’s Commonwealth summit, the South African presidency said on Tuesday.

Deputy President Jacob Zuma received a standing ovation after his off the cuff address calling on delegates at the Cosatu national congress to defend the country against what he called ”counter-revolutionaries”.