The Falcons would have come away from this weekend’s Vodacom Cup action full of self-belief as they charge towards a place in the final of the competition. With the Blue Bulls beaten by the Lions and the Falcons beating the Leopards, it looks likely that the men from the East Rand will join the Wildebeest in this year’s final on May 20.
Kaizer Chiefs, showing more composure and direction than they had in recent games, dimmed Silver Stars’ bright lights and gained a revenge 2-1 Premier Soccer League victory at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Sunday afternoon. In the process, the Amakhosi ensured the consolation prize of finishing at least third in the log.
Three swimmers used the final evening of the Telkom South African National Championships to collect their fourth titles of the competition in Durban on Sunday. After the evening’s proceeding, Gerhard Zandberg, Melissa Corfe and Suzaan van Biljon were named as the swimmers of the competition.
A Marlon Harewood second-half super strike gave West Ham a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup semifinal at Villa Park in Birmingham on Sunday. England Under-21 striker Harewood sealed a tense clash and clinched West Ham’s first FA Cup final appearance since 1980 with a classy finish midway through the second half.
As evening mist slowly embraces the village of Kringa in the heart of Croatia’s picturesque Istrian peninsula, a few young enthusiasts gather in a bar trying to revive the legend of a 17th-century local Dracula. Sitting in a red velvet chair in the Vampire bar, decorated with garlic wreaths and lamps with crosses, Mladen Rajko explains how local tourist authorities launched a project last year called "Jure Grando, the Vampire from Kringa".
Australian Stuart Appleby captured his second United States PGA event of the season, taking the by firing a final-round five-under par-67 Sunday on to win by a record-tying six strokes. Appleby finished 72 holes at Redstone Golf Club on 19-under-par 269 to defeat American Bob Estes by six strokes.
Rafael Nadal forced Roger Federer out of his comfort zone to defeat the Swiss for the fourth time in five meetings with a 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory on Sunday to win the Monte Carlo Masters. Success in three hours and 49 minutes marked Federer’s second defeat this season — both at the hands of Nadal.
Overtaking at the San Marino Grand Prix is about as difficult as passing another car on the narrow, single-lane country roads that surround the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit. Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso know the routine all too well. Schumacher held off Alonso for nearly half of the 62 laps in a duel to the finish on Sunday.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will fully cooperate with a probe into corruption allegations against a number of its executive members, spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said on Monday. ”We will accept the outcome of the probe and implement whatever recommendations will come of it,” he said.
The two most senior judges in the Supreme Court of Appeal will form part of a full bench to hear the appeal of Schabir Shaik later this year, media reports said on Monday. They are Judge Craig Howie, president of the court, and his deputy Judge Lex Mpati.