The international friendly between Bafana Bafana B squad and Mozambique in Maputo on Saturday has been cancelled.
South African rugby coaches have a tendency to copy what they see happening in the Super 12, or in international rugby, and are not very innovative when it comes to tactics and game planning.
Mashrafe Mortaza and skipper Khaled Mahmud took three wickets apiece on Thursday as Bangladesh restricted the Northern Territory XI to 189 at stumps on the opening day of the cricket tour match here.
Hilary Lunke is finding life as the US Women’s Open champion a bit hectic. Since winning a dramatic three-way playoff with a 4,5-metre birdie putt on the 18th hole on Monday, Lunke has been mobbed by media, fans and friends. For a previously unheralded 24-year-old player who entered the US Open as a qualifier, it’s been a life-altering experience.
Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak won the toss and elected to bat in the triangular series one-day international match at the Rose Bowl here on Thursday.
Britain and France are still looking for dates for their foreign ministers to travel together to tour hotspots in central Africa’s Great Lakes region, a Foreign Office spokesperson said on Thursday.
Fast bowler Makhaya Ntini took 4-45 on Thursday as South Africa restricted Zimbabwe to 173 for eight in a tri-series one-day international at the Rose Bowl.
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that famine risks were increasing because of political and bureaucratic delays by the Zimbabwe government in appealing for emergency food aid.
West African nations have agreed to form a peacekeeping force for war-torn Liberia and will send a first contingent in the next two weeks, Ghana’s foreign minister said on Wednesday by telephone from Maputo.
President Thabo Mbeki will depart for Maputo later on Wednesday to attend the African Union summit and the Nepad Heads of States Implementation Committee meeting.