SOUTH African boxer Phumzile Mathyila beat Ethiopian Endakachew Endelcher in Johannesburg on Tuesday to move into the All Africa Games semi-finals and qualify for the 2000 Olympics. Mathyila, a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in Malaysia last year, had to dig deep to snatch a 7-6 points victory in a tough bout. “I almost lost it, […]

HOME BAFANA Bafana striker, Phil Masinga, said he’s willing to play home internationals if called on to do so. Masinga had vowed never to play for Bafana Bafana at home after his continued harassment by fans who booed him at every opportunity, the Sowetan reports. Crowd heckling forced his replacement at the Mandela Farewell match. […]

MALI finally clicked at the All Africa Games football tournament on Monday whey they defeated Algeria 2-0 in the final round of Group 1 action. However, it was too little, too late for the highly-rated West Africans, who finished bottom of the standings behind South Africa, surprise packages Uganda and Algeria. While South Africa and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.15pm.. THE government will go ahead with its controversial multi-billion rands arms-for-investment procurement package, Defence Minister Patrick Lekota said on Wednesday. Lekota repeated that there was no basis for the allegations that ANC MPs had received kickbacks from rival bidders aimed at influencing the arms acquisition process. He was reacting […]

THE South African national soccer team trained with just 10 men at Athlone Stadium on Tuesday with a number of overseas-based players still to arrive for their Afro-Asian Cup match against Saudi Arabia at Newlands on Saturday. Of the overseas contingent, only Mark Fish, new cap Ivan McKinley and Eric Tinkler have arrived in South […]

SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has named a second string XV featuring three black players for his side’s final warm-up match against South Western Districts on Saturday. The uncapped Kaya Malotana and Wayne Julies join Breyton Paulse in the backline as Mallett gives starts to all the players who sat out last week’s 43-14 win over […]

MICHAEL FINCH, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.30am. WORLD indoor 800m champion, Johan Botha, almost ruined a near perfect evening for South Africa on the first night of the athletics events at the 7th All Africa Games on Tuesday. As the country took an early lead with four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze, Botha nearly […]

ORGANISERS KAIZER Chiefs coach Muhsin Ertugral is refusing to release his players for the national Under-23 team. That’s after the All Africa Games organisers refused to release three of its players, Siyabonga Nomvete, Jabu Pule and Patrick Mbutho, possibly resulting in the Amakhosi’s early exit from the Rothmans Cup. Ertugral insists it’s unheard of anywhere […]

SOUTH African squad captain Brendon Dedekind won the 100m freestyle at the All Africa Games on Monday, grabbing victory in the final few metres. Dedekind, a 50m specialist and ranked only fourth in the 100m in South Africa, clocked 50.50sec to push Algeria’s African record holder Salim Iles, who timed 50.58, into second spot. Iles, […]

A COSTLY finish stood between Simon Hutcheon and the gold medal in the Mens Artistic Gymnastic floor competion at the All Africa Games on Tuesday. The South African missed the gold by 0,25 when he almost stepped out of the arena on his final run off. Wajdi Bouallegue from Tunisia took the gold with 9,125 […]