”We decided not to chase Duckworth Lewis, but the target of 269 instead,” Eric Simons, beleaguered coach of the national cricket team, said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe and Kenya advanced to a surprising Super Six lineup along side defending World Cup champion Australia and other former winners India and Sri Lanka.
The South African cricket side spent over two hours in the dressing room trying to digest the fact that they had once again been dumped from the World Cup through a tied result.
New Zealand domestic rugby players caught playing without a mouthguard will be sent from the field, under a new penalty aimed to improve player safety.
John McEnroe was inducted into the Laureus World Sports Academy on Tuesday, joining Pele, Boris Becker and more than three dozen other elite athletes.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s co-accused, broker Addy Moolman, testified on Tuesday that he stated in loan applications that people who did not work for the ANC Women’s League, were in its employ, and that she signed them.
Gauteng finance MEC Jabu Moleketi has confirmed the provincial government’s intentions to intensify its antiretroviral programmes by allocating the health department a lion’s share of the budget.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday that he opposed recalling his country’s ambassador from Saudi Arabia, insisting he had not been consulted about the decision.
Ivory Coast’s powerful first lady Simone Gbagbo was on Tuesday quoted as saying that she has finally accepted a French-mediated peace deal to end a five-month rebel war that gives rebels seats in a new unity government.