The ”large and severe” Hurricane Fabian is likely to into slam the Atlantic Ocean island of Bermuda on Friday. Residents of the British dependency have been urged to batten down.

The ANC Youth League might have missed it, but vital changes were made at the United Cricket Board annual general meeting. Perhaps the most important change to the game, in the short and medium terms, wasn’t the election of Ray Mali but the long overdue overhaul of the first-class system.

An apparently perfectly balanced showdown between Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya has been jeopardised by this week’s claims that all the major contenders except Ferrari are breaking the rules by using tyres wider than the regulations allow.

Jan Bergman has arguably the best left hook in the world, he’s been in the ring with some of the best boxers of his generation and he has one of the best knockout ratios in the business. But does he have what it takes to win a second world title?

Gary Kirsten has revealed that he had to give century-making teammate Herschelle Gibbs a dressing down as their second wicket partnership of 227 piled on the agony for England on the first day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval.

The Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) has signed Indian bowler Javagal Srinath and South African all-rounder Derek Crookes as part of its strengthening programme, it announced on Friday.

“We are here to play cricket. We are not involved in politics.” Guess who said that? A South African cricketer circa 1970? A rebel English or Australian player during the 1980s? Or someone of more recent vintage?

Ambassadors from all 15 members of the United Nations Security Council embark on a peace offensive next week in what is arguably Africa’s most troubled region.