Former South African World Kick Boxing champion, Mike Bernardo’s proposed WBF heavyweight world title fight has been sidelined due to promotional problems. Bernardo was scheduled to have faced American Keith McKnight for the vacant conventional boxing title on Saturday night in the USA. Ron Scalf, President of the WBF told ZA*SPORTS that they are working […]

ZIMBABWE’S minister of lands and agriculture, Kumbirai Kangai, was arrested on Monday over corruption charges at the state-run grain marketing firm, state radio reported. The radio said Kangai was picked up by police for questioning in an ongoing corruption probe at the Grain Marketing Board. He was expected to spend the night in a police […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Monday 1.00pm. THE lessons to be learned from the fourth round of the Super 12 were that South African rugby is not yet a lost cause and that the ACT Brumbies are a better side than even a 50 point drubbing of the Sharks would suggest. After round three when a […]

ROTHMANS of Pall Mall (Zambia) recorded a pre-tax profit of 5,8-billion kwatcha for the 1999 financial year, dropping 12% on the previous year’s returns. The company’s 1999 annual report attributed the drop “to the continuing decline in the economic performance of the country as a whole, resulting in reduced consumer spending”. According to the report, […]

THE Otago Highlanders face the next few rounds of the Super 12 competition without captain Taine Randell after he suffered a groin injury in Friday’s 33-31 win over the Cats. Randell, the All Blacks captain, tore an abductor muscle in his groin during the game in Dunedin and is expected to be out of action […]

EASTERN Cape property developer David Paterson became the first South African to win a million rand on the M-Net television programme “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” on Sunday. Paterson is the third individual in the world to win a million rand on the international game show. The show was conceived in Britain and the […]

SUNDAN’S oil exports are expected to reach $1,7-billion this year, more than double the estimated earnings in 1999. Combined with a recovery in agricultural exports, this will leave Sudan with a trade surplus of some $230-million, its first such surplus in over 20 years. The overall current account would remain in deficit, however, as foreign […]

MAMELODI Sundowns beat the Lesotho Defence Force 2-1 in an African Champions League match on Sunday. Isaac Shai put Downs ahead in the 18th minute but Matthew Booth equalised six minutes later as it went 1-1 at half time. Marc Batchelor converted in the 52nd minute to seal the win.

SUPERSPORT United drew 1-1 with Costa do Sol form Mozambique in their African Cup Winners’ Cup first round, first leg match on Sunday. Costa do Sol’s Pedrito scored in the 75 th minue, but SuperSport’s Notoane netted (88) for the draw.