OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 10.30am. FORMER Springbok skipper Joost van der Westhuizen could return for South Africa in Saturday’s one-off Test against Canada if scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel fails to recover from injury. Swanepoel turned his ankle in training on Wednesday and has been given until 6pm on Thursday to get over the injury. […]
TODD PITMAN, Kisangani | Thursday 5.00pm. RWANDA has told its troops fighting Ugandan forces in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kisangani to stop hostilities. ”I have just received a very clear instruction about the ceasefire and I relayed it to commanders in Kisangani,” Colonel Karenzi Karake said. Karake said the ceasefire is […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 3.00pm. SPORTS Minister Ngconde Balfour will meet Moroccan World Cup bid officials in Rabat on Sunday to discuss the possibility of Morocco withdrawing from the 2006 race, officials said on Thursday. South African World Cup 2006 Bid Committee officials said Balfour has been invited by the Moroccans, although no […]
BRITISH Foreign Secretary Robin Cook promised Sierra Leone on Thursday that Britain was ”ready to go the distance” to maintain stability in the West African nation after the imminent withdrawal of most British troops. ”I have assured President (Ahmad Tejan) Kabbah that Britain wants to be a long-term partner in securing a stable, successful, enterprising […]
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NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered a police investigation into an attack by robbers on the training camp of Nigeria’s national womens’ team. One person was killed and two seriously injured when robbers attacked the Ota training camp of reigning African champions ‘The Falcons’ near the economic capital Lagos on Sunday night as the team […]
NIGERIAN midfielder Sunday Oliseh was on Tuesday signed by German Bundesliga football side Borussia Dortmund from Italian club Juventus Turin. The 1997 Champions League winners, who were just five points from relegation to the second division last season, paid a $7,5 million (DM 15-million) transfer fee for the 25-year-old Nigerian skipper. Oliseh signed a five-year […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bath | Wednesday 1.30pm. FORMER England and British Lions flanker Andy Robinson replaced Clive Woodward as England coach on Wednesday ahead of the two-Test series against South Africa, although the large membership of the anti-Woodward camp were not fully sated as he moved upstairs to the manager’s post. Woodward twice missed out on […]
THE South African women’s cricket team leaves for a tour of England on Saturday that will include five one-day internationals. The team will also play England A in two warm-up matches on June 14 and 16 before going into the one-dayers being played on June 20 at Chelmsford, June 22 at Trent Bridge, June 25 […]
SOUTH Africa’s bid to host the 2006 World Cup is set to get a strong boost from South American nations, who will flock to its cause on the understanding that African countries will then vote for a Brazilian World Cup in 2010, the London Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The deal, to be sealed next […]