THE Khartoum government has decided not to extend a year-long ceasefire with rebels limited to southwest Sudan’s Bahr al-Ghazal province, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Friday. At a press conference following talks in Kenya between Khartoum and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army, Ismail said the government instead wanted a “comprehensive and general” […]

OLYMPIC 10000m silver medallist Paul Tergat of Kenya on Wednesday said he would attempt to break the world record over the distance in Stockholm on July 30. Tergat, speaking before his 3000m race at the Charlety Stadium in Paris on Wednesday night, said Stockholm would see his only 10000m before the world championships in Seville, […]

AFTER the cheating revelations surrounding this year’s Comrades Marathon, the revised list of winners is: 1 Jaroslaw Janicki, 2 Andrew Kehele, 3 Lucas Matlala, 4 Alexei Volgin, 5 Anatoliy Korenpanov, 6 Walter Nkosi, 7 Joseph Ikaneng, 8 Konstantin Santalov, 9 Shaun Meiklejohn, 10 Grigoriy Murzin

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm. A WEEK of turmoil in South African soccer has closed with the appointment of Paul Dolezar, former Kaizer Chiefs coach, to replace Ted Dumitru at Mamelodi Sundowns. Sundowns announced the appointment in Johannesburg on Friday. Dolezar was in a long-running waiting game with Chiefs’ management, and a two-year contract […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 2.30pm. WESTERNS Province and Stormers centre Andy Marinos has signed a two-year deal to play for Welsh club Newport, he announced at a press conference in Cape Town on Thursday. Marinos, who joins Newport in September, confirmed that he had been contacted by the Welsh Rugby Union and national […]

SARAH BULLEN and Reuters, Cape Town | Thursday 5.00pm THE local stock market had a slack day on Thursday ahead of Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, despite a strong showing from the currency and debt markets. Dealers said the day was dominated by sector playing as investors rushed to dump financial and […]

RUMOURS that former Cats coach Andre Markgraaff will replace Ian McIntosh at the Natal Rugby Union (NRU) have not been confirmed, as the NRU have not officially named a replacement. McIntosh will retire at the end of the season, and the controversial Markgraaff has been unofficially tipped to succeed him.

AFTER the outcry over which Springboks have been released by the SA Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) for Currie Cup play this weekend, the governing body issued a statement noting “medical reasons” to keep certin players off the pitch a while longer. Free State was the most vocal in demanding to know why their Springboks — […]

PLANS to re-export hundreds of tonnes of obsolete but highly toxic pesticides from Mozambique will cost the impoverished country at least US$600000. The pesticides, currently stored in the country’s southern city of Matola, were originally meant to be incinerated in a local cement factory. The plan, funded by Denmark, was spiked following outrage by local […]

SOFTBALL SA will be holding national trials for men and women in Bloemfontein on July 31 and August 1 1999 at the Rocklands stadium in order to select teams to participate in the Africa Cup scheduled for September 13-17 in Johannesburg. For the men there is the additional incentive of travelling to Hong Kong to […]