ZIMBABWE beat Senegal 2-1 on Saturday to take a big step towards reaching their first African Nations Cup finals. Peter Ndlovu in the eighth minute and Agent Sawu in the 55th put the home side 2-0 up and Senegeal’s reply from Omar Traore 13 minutes from time was not enough. The two countries are in […]
SOUTH Africa’s Ernie Els and Fiji’s Vijay Singh will be looking to hunt down Tiger Woods at the $1,3-million Johnnie Walker Classic, organisers confirmed in Taipei on Tuesday. The event, which will be triple-sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Asian PGA Tours, will take place at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club from November […]
TOP cricketers Allan Donald and Gary Kirsten will miss the quadrangular tournament in Kenya from September 24 to October 4 this year, it was announced on Monday. Donald will be seeing out the end of his benefit season with Warwickshire while Kirsten is getting married and has been granted permission to go on honeymoon.
DISGRACED Comrades runner Sergio Motsoeneng gave back his gold medal ninth place in this year’s race, after confessing his younger brother ran a large stretch of the race after they swopped clothes. Motsoeneng, who was caught after former winner Nick Bester complained he had not seen the runner overtake him, also apologised to the Comrades […]
THE South African Under-21 rugby team put in another strong performance to beat France 45-11 and secure its place in the final of the 1999 SANZAR/UAR Tournament in Buenos Aires. The “Baby Boks” will face New Zealand – who beat defending champions Australia 38-25 in this week’s other semi-final – in Saturday’s final. The South […]
MIKE FINCH, Johannesburg | Saturday 11.20am. ALL Blacks coach John Hart arrived with his team in Johannesburg on Saturday morning, wary of facing the wounded Sprinboks in a week’s time. Having beaten both South Africa and Australia in their opening two Tri-Nations fixtures, Hart has every reason to feel confident of maintaining his winning streak. […]
AUSTRALIA added five new names on Friday to its squad for next month’s Tri-Nations clash against South Africa, including veteran prop Andrew Blades. Blades will return to the starting line-up with fellow front-rower Phil Kearns, the Australian Rugby Union said. Kearns will replace Jeremy Paul as a starter but the latter remains in the squad. […]
MWP, East London | Saturday 6.30pm. BORDER’s doughty bunch of semi-professionals continued their rise up the Currie Cup table with a fourth win in five matches with a 21-5 win over a Griquas side whose slump has been almost as dramatic. Two first half tries by David Maidza and three penalties early in the second […]
MICHAEL VLISMAS, Pretoria | Saturday 11.50am. THE Blue Bulls scraped through 36-32 (halftime 24-22) in a nailbiting Currie Cup clash with the South Western Districts Eagles at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. The defending champions, robbed of their Springboks, had to once again rely on the solid boot of Casper Steyn to bail them out […]
STRIKER Sean Dundee is joining VfB Stuttgart from English premier league club Liverpool, the German first division club said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old South African-born has agreed to sign a three-year contract for a transfer fee of about 3 million German marks ($1.6-million). Dundee joined Liverpool from Karlsruhe SC last year but struggled to adapt […]