Research presented at a workshop on seabirds in Cape Town last Friday, indicated that the populations of six of the 21 albatross species have declined dramatically, BirdLife International said.

England completed a remarkable comeback to beat South Africa by nine wickets on the fifth day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval in London on Monday to square the series 2-2.

Two rare white rhinos have died within a day of each other at a New Zealand zoo after eating contaminated hay, authorities said Monday. Auckland Zoo veterinarian John Potter said female rhino Mazithi and her daughter, Mbili, died over the weekend from what is thought to have been a soil bacterium infection.

The King inquiry into the Springbok rugby race controversy adjourned on Monday after a session of only one-and-a-half hours at the South African Rugby Football Union’s offices in Cape Town.

Star centre Thomas Castaignede, overlooked by France, and former coach Pierre Berbizier fear the French have lost the plot.

Macedonia’s Artim Sakiri claims the death threats David Beckham complained about after England scraped a 2-1 Euro 2004 win in Skopje on Saturday were part and parcel of the game.

There is a seething discontent in the South African National Defence Force. Critics say that integration has failed, communication has broken down, grievance procedures are counterproductive and good leadership is absent. And the shortcomings ‘are being exposed on the world stage’.

The Pan Africanist Congress on Sunday called for unity within its ranks and condemned a meeting called by ”dubious characters” in Cape Town at the weekend as unconstitutional.