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/ 29 October 2006
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting praised his team’s complete display and said the six-wicket Champions Trophy victory over hosts India on Sunday had been ”reasonably easy”. ”It was a pretty complete game for us,” Ponting told reporters. ”To lose the toss on that wicket and to get to the total was great.
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/ 28 October 2006
The beating of a South African Broadcasting Corporation TV journalist by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) police undermines the corporation’s ability to report on the election there, said the SABC on Saturday. SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago condemned the beating of Njanji Chauke on Friday ”in the strongest possible terms”.
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/ 28 October 2006
The Eagles won a hanger against the Highveld Lions by two wickets on Friday night in Bloemfontein after the home team nearly lost the match in the second last over. The defending champions nearly lost their grip on the match when Jacques Rudolp (111), Roger Telemachus (0) and Cliff Deacon (0) all walked back to the pavilion within the space of three runs over the last two overs.
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/ 28 October 2006
Juventus had its penalty in the Italian match-fixing scandal reduced by eight points on Friday. The Turin club jumped from 20th place in the second-division standings to 12th. Juventus was stripped of its 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles, demoted to Serie B, and docked 17 points by a sports tribunal in July.
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/ 28 October 2006
Seamer Yusuf Abdullah turned in an impressive bowling performance for the Nashua Dolphins in their MTN Domestic League cricket match against the Cape Cobras at Kingsmead on Friday night to put the home side on the path to victory by 22 runs.
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/ 28 October 2006
South African businessman Humphrey Khoza died in a car accident on the East Rand, Ekurhuleni Metro police said on Saturday. Inspector Johnny Nhlapo said the accident occurred on the N12, heading east, near the Comaro Street offramp around 9pm on Friday.
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/ 28 October 2006
Two robbery suspects had a rough day on Friday trying to elude police during the second round of the PGA Chrysler Championship. After allegedly breaking into a nearby home, the two males, described by police as ”juveniles,” fled onto the Innisbrook Resort golf course which is hosting the PGA Tour.
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/ 28 October 2006
Caddies at the world Amateur Team Golf Championships, being played at Stellenbosch, went on strike on Saturday morning over a pay dispute. Chairperson of the Caddy Institute of South Africa Barry Stemmet said that play had got under way, but that the players — of which there were just over 200 from 45 countries — were being given golf carts instead of caddies.
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/ 28 October 2006
A senior KwaZulu-Natal official was stabbed to death in Pietermaritzburg, police said on Saturday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Joshua Gwala said Thulas Mngomezulu was stabbed to death on Friday night in Pietermaritzburg’s Boschoff Street.
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/ 28 October 2006
No one was buying hell on Friday — or at least its red-hot web address. Hell.com was among hundreds of internet domain names up for auction in Hollywood, Florida, by domain asset management provider Moniker.com, a unit of marketing services firm Seevast.