FORMER West Indies captain Brian Lara returned to form in spectacular fashion on Saturday when he scored 176 runs in a three-day match against Zimbabwe at Arundel on Saturday. The West Indies reached 364 for six by the close as Zimbabwe struggled to cope with the left-hander’s impressive batting. Lara reached his century off 93 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Sunday 3.00pm. ERITREA claimed on Sunday that it foiled a large-scale Ethiopian offensive on the Assab front, inflicting huge losses on the Ethiopian army which was forced to retreat to its original positions. In a statement, the Eritrean foreign ministry said the Ethiopian offensive on the Assab front involving more than […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Saturday 1.45pm. AN offer of immunity by South African prosecutors to sacked cricket captain Hansie Cronje does not extend to legal proceedings currently under way against him in India, an official said on Sunday. Cronje, opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs and bowler Henry Williams have all been offered immunity from prosecution […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.00pm. SUNDOWNS failed to live up to their favourites tag when they were beaten 1-0 by Kaizer Chiefs in the Bob Save Superbowl final, losing out on an historic treble. The 80000 strong FNB Stadium crowd were captivated by the match, which was not a classic by any stretch of […]
BRITISH soldiers are due for a beating in Sierra Leone … on the football pitch at least, army officials admitted on Saturday. A scratch side from 42nd Marine Commando, the unit which has been patrolling Freetown and manning checkpoints for the past few weeks, are to take on the Sierra Leonean national team in a […]
KHEIREDDINE Ameyar, director of one of the most influential French-language Algerian dailies, La Tribune, committed suicide this week, the paper announced on Saturday. The sudden death of Ameyar, 54, who killed himself early on Friday, left the Algerian press in shock, with papers unanimously paying tribute on Saturday. Ameyar worked for the government newspaper El […]
RUDOLF Straeuli, a member of South Africa’s 1995 World Cup winning squad, was named on Wednesday as the new coach of the Natal Sharks. Straeuli replaces Hugh Reece-Edwards who was sacked after the Sharks finished bottom of the Super 12 standings this year. The Sharks reached the semifinals of the competition in three of its […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 1.40pm. THE Transport and General Workers’ Union has called an urgent meeting to decide if it is safe for the Golden Arrow bus company to operate in Cape Town’s townships. Bus services to Khayelitsha have been suspended after a Golden Arrow bus driver was shot at and wounded, and […]
PROTEAS seamer Henry Williams will face a United Cricket Board disciplinary hearing following his admission that he accepted an offer of $15000 from former skipper Hansie Cronje to bowl badly during a one-day international match against India at Nagpur. United Cricket Board chief Dr Ali Bacher said that the inquiry would be set up as […]
ZAMBIAN squad for a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship quarter-final against Lesotho in Maseru on Sunday: Squad: Goalkeepers: Kennedy Kalale (Nkana), Collins Mbulo (Green Buffaloes), Fred Mwale (Roan Utd) Defenders: Mannase Mwanza, Jones Mwewa (Power Dynamos), Laughter Chilembi, Elijah Tana (Nchanga Rangers), Hilary Makasa (Ajax Cape Town/Rsa), Ennex Masiya (Kabwe Warriors), Kingsley Musabula (Zanaco) Midfielders: […]