PHILLIP Ndou kept his dream alive of perhaps being matched with Naseem Hamed by stopping Edgar Barcenas on the Lennox Lewis-Michael Grant under-card on Saturday night. Branco Milenkovic, Ndou’s trainer said after the fight at Madison Square Garden that Barecenas proved to be a very difficult opponent. The tough Mexican fighter managed to endure Ndou’s […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Saturday 9.00pm DYNAMIC wing Breyton Paulse scored two tries as the Stormers stole a semi-final march by beating the Highlanders 27-13 at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. The home side outscored the New Zealanders three tries to one, after leading 13-3 at half time. The four points for […]
SOUTH African photojournalist Obed Zilwa, arrested over the bombing of the Harare offices of the Daily News newspaper, told reporters after his release on Saturday that he had been worried but not badly treated. Zilwa, who was arrested on Wednesday, said he was concerned when he was not charged or released within 48 hours of […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Durban | Sunday 5.00pm THE Blues came from behind in the last quarter to beat the Sharks 30-19 at Absa Stadium in Durban on Sunday. The Sharks looked the better of the two after each start, and held the lead until 13 minutes before the end. But the Blues fought back in the […]
UNITED Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson closed the annual rights forum on Friday with an appeal to avert disaster in the Horn of Africa, where up to 16-million people face famine. Robinson urged the 53 member states to donate food and other relief goods to the drought-hit region of 10 countries stretching from Ethiopia […]
POLICE have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 28-year-old white man for January’s apparent race-hate shooting on a crowded bus in which three black people were killed. Police had gathered more evidence against Jan Gabriel De Wet Kritzinger, 28, enabling them to issue the warrant, spokeswoman Sally de Beer said. About six weeks […]
THE draw for the group phase of the 2002 World Cup African zone qualifying competition was made in the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday: Group A – Angola, Zambia, Libya, Cameroon, Togo Group B – Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, Ghana Group C – Algeria, Senegal, Namibia, Morocco, Egypt Group D – Madagascar, Democratic […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Phokeng | Saturday 6.00pm BAFANA Bafana exceeded expectations with an experimental side to defeat Mauritius 3-0 in a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship first-round match on Saturday. Debutant Patrick Mayo put Bafana Bafana ahead from a 13th-minute penalty kick, Godfrey Sapula struck with a sweet volley midway through the second half and Siyabonga […]
SUSAN NJANJI, Algiers | Sunday 1.00pm. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila began meeting with five African counterparts to “evaluate” the stumbling peace process in his war-torn country. The summit is being held at the Club des Pins luxury resort outside Algiers at the invitation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, current president of the Organization […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Bloemfontein | Saturday 5.00pm THE Cats boosted their Super 12 semi-final hopes as they pulled off a second surprise win in two weeks, felling the Queensland Reds 36-32 at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Cats came from behind late in a tense, drama-filled game to clinch the three tries to […]