THE South African Sevens Rugby team that will take part in the next two legs of the IRB World Sevens’ Series in Hong Kong from 24 to 26 March and Japan from 1 to 2 April was announced in Cape Town on Tuesday. The team will gather in Cape Town for a four-day training camp […]

TEST centres Tim Horan and Daniel Herbert failed fitness tests to deliver a major blow to Queensland on the eve of Saturday’s Super 12 match against reigning champions Canterbury. Horan was ruled out with a foot injury while Herbert was forced out with a calf problem. The Reds have lost their opening two games of […]

GRANT Muller took a one shot lead as South Africans dominated the opening round of the Vodacom Tour’s Cock of the North tournament at the Ndola Golf Club on Thursday. Muller produced a steady round of 70 (three-under par) in testing conditions. Muller, who is playing as a fulltime professional this year after trying to […]

EMSIE FERREIRA, Pretoria | Friday 8.30pm. THREE Cabinet ministers left on Friday for a weekend of talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed to mend fences between the two countries. Relations between DRC President Laurent Kabila and the South African government are frosty, with the embattled president accusing Pretoria of hypocritically calling for a […]

NIGERIAN striker Victor Ikpeba was slammed with a $7500 fine by Borussia Dortmund coach Bernd Krauss for remarks made to Sport-Bild magazine on Tuesday. Ikpeba unleashed a scathing attack on his team-mates, saying: “Many players here are at the end of their careers and don’t have the necessary ambition to succeed.” When asked if he […]

THERE has been a major shake-up in the Griquas rugby team that will play Namibia in Windhoek on Saturday. A number of regulars, including hooker and skipper, Luther Bakkes, prop De Waal Venter, loose forward Pierre Uys, former Namibian forward Herman Lintvelt and scrum-half Christoff Lotter find themselves on the reserve bench. A number of […]

ITALY’S Max Biaggi endured a painful start to the world 500cc championship season in Friday’s first qualifying session for the South African Grand Prix. Biaggi, winner of last year’s race at the Phakisa Freeway circuit, was clearly feeling the effects of a recent groin injury as he finished ninth fastest in one minute 38.584 seconds. […]

MORE than 100 members of a Doomsday cult in southwestern Uganda died when they locked themselves in their makeshift church and set it ablaze in an apparent ritual mass suicide. “Some believers locked themselves in their makeshift church and many people died. The number is said to be about 100,” said police spokesman Eric Naigambi. […]