Neighbours and strangers come to marvel at the phenomenon sprouting over Edith Gama’s house. None recalls seeing a banana tree grow so high so fast: in less than a year it has become the tallest object around.

Come Friday night South Africa will be boasting a new boxing world champion ? one who exudes power, determination and, most of all, attitude. Most of our recent world champions have been missing that prime ingredient. Attitude is by and large one of the key factors to making a boxer a saleable commodity and Lunga […]

Kaizer Chiefs got sweet revenge for their recent defeat in the Coca-Cola Cup final when they were beaten 1-0 by Jomo Cosmos in a controversial final at the FNB stadium when they defeated Cosmos 2-0 in a Castle Premiership match played at Olympia Park on Saturday.

Shaun Pollock scythed through the Pakistan top order, to spur South Africa to a remarkable 62 run win in the third one day cricket international played at Buffalo Park on Friday.

South African athletes contracted to the governing body’s new club might have some conflict of interest.

One of golf’s hallowed sites, the Road Hole bunker on the Old Course at St Andrews, has been saved. The threatened emasculation of what is the most famous and most feared bunker in all golf has been averted, to the relief of traditionalists everywhere.

This is the story of a feminist, a Southern liberal who has become one of the most mocked men in the United States, President George W Bush’s newly minted
secretary of the treasury, and how, among them, they are almost certainly going to transform one of the world’s most revered sporting institutions.

Dozens of teams of elite American soldiers and intelligence specialists have been sent into Iraq with millions of dollars in cash to woo key tribal leaders away from Saddam Hussein. The secret campaign, based on tactics used successfully in Afghanistan last year, has been under way for several weeks and is a critical part of […]