ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Monday 4.00pm SOUTH African rugby got the best possible Easter present when it discovered that at least one of its regional Super 12 teams can still play thrilling and innovative rugby. Given what had gone before, the Cats 54-31 win over the Chiefs was not so much surprising as astonishing. Three […]
CAMEROON showed their class to beat a Somalia 3-0 in their World Cup qualifier, with three goals coming in an 11-minute blitz of the first half. Somalia fielded a team in a Cup qualifier for the first time in nearly two decades, and their inexperienced youngsters didn’t look as though they’d give the African champions […]
AMAZULU sledghammered bottom-of-the-log Mother City 5-0 at King’s Park in Durban to pick up three valuable points in their race from relegation. The half-time score was 3-0. AmuZulu took their time to open the scoring, but once they netted it was tough going for City as Pollen Ndlanya scored a double-brace. Mother City central defender […]
BRITAIN made an embarassing protocol slip when it emerged that Queen Elizabeth II had congratulated Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on his country’s national day even as his supporters murdered a white farmer. The Foreign Office confirmed that a message of goodwill was sent to Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the 20th anniversary of independence. A spokesman said […]
NIGERIA have asked Fifa to ban Celestine Babayaro of English club Chelsea after the defender stayed away from last weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Eritrea. ”Coach Jo Bonfrere has recommended that we get Fifa to sanction Chelsea from fielding Babayaro in their next two games for refusing to honour our invitation for the match against […]
CHRISTOPHER Kanu, younger brother of Arsenal’s Nwankwo Kanu, has been ruled out of Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier at home to Eritrea on Saturday after his Dutch club Ajax refused his release. Nigeria’s Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere tsaid that Ajax are holding on to the young defender after they received Nigeria’s application for the player’s release […]
WITS University remain safe in third spot on the PSL table after holding Free State Stars to a goalless draw at the Milpark Stadium on Wednesday. Both sides were saved by their ‘keepers, with Stars’ Michael Babal and Wits’ Rowan Fernadez both showing their class. 21
JOELI Vidiri scored four tries as the Auckland Blues stormed to a 54-11 Super 12 victory over bottom-of-the-table Northern Bulls on Saturday. Vidiri managed to score three tries in the first half despite being sent to sin bin for a high tackle on Bulls’ fullback Hannes Venter. He then scored the game’s best try in […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Bloemfontein | Saturday 7.00pm WITH the Castle Premiership all but won by Sundowns and Mother City certain to go down, the battles for BP Top 8 places and to avoid being relegated take centre stage on Sunday. Famous Durban club AmaZulu are most precariously placed, lying second last on the standings with 30 […]
KAIZER Chiefs’ luck seems to be holding out as they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in a disappointing display at the Johannesburg Stadium on Wednesday night. Celtic are close to being relegated and the loss over a lacklustre Chiefs side wouldn’t have done them any good. Thabang Lebese scored the winner for Chiefs 10 minutes before […]