Bloemfontein Celtic beat newly promoted Tembisa Classic 1-0 in an entertaining opening game of the Castle Premier Soccer League played at the Mehlareng Stadium in Tembisa on Sunday afternoon. Big-spending Mamelodi Sundowns needed a last-gasp goal from Surprise Moriri to earn a hard-fought 1-0 win over Silver Stars.
Russian crewmen walked ashore unsteadily, rescued from a three-day ordeal after their mini-submarine surfaced with all seven crew members safe after being trapped deep under the Pacific Ocean in the frigid darkness. Six were taken to a hospital on the mainland for examination, waving to relatives as they went in.
The JSE was firm with the all share index at a fresh all-time high at midday on Monday in extremely quiet trade, with little fresh news to move the market. After posting early losses, the gold mining index came off its worst levels despite the major gold mining strike which got under way in South Africa on Sunday.
Steve Komphela says that he has resigned as Bafana Bafana’s assistant coach because coach Stuart Baxter questioned his loyalty to the national team. But not everyone agrees with him. Sources have suggested Komphela was removed from his position and given the option to handle the affairs of the South African Under-23 team.
England captain Michael Vaughan warned his side to keep their focus after they levelled the Ashes series with a dramatic two-run win over Australia in the second Test at Edgbaston. England’s victory, the closest in 308 Tests spanning 128 years between the old rivals, squared the current campaign at 1-1.
The Premier League schedule doesn’t start for another week, yet Chelsea look like they are in midseason form by beating Arsenal in the Community Shield. A pair of Didier Drogba goals gave Chelsea the 2-1 win in the traditional season curtain-raiser between the league champion and the FA Cup winner.
Haroon Aswat, a Briton apprehended in Zambia two weeks ago reportedly wanted in connection with last month’s deadly bomb attacks in London, was arrested on his arrival in Britain on Sunday after being deported from Lusaka, Scotland Yard announced. Aswat was deported — and not extradited — to Britain from Zambia.
Four Chinese airline companies have agreed to buy 42 Boeing 787 jets for a total of $5,04-billion, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. The purchase comes ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to the United States and is a coup for Chicago-based Boeing over European arch-rival Airbus SAS.
Police in the Zimbabwean capital Harare are arresting more than 200 people daily as they continue a blitz on market vendors and street vagrants, state radio reported on Sunday. ”Police are aware that touts, street people and illegal vendors that had disappeared from the city are gradually resurfacing,” the radio said.
One of two main challengers to President Hosni Mubarak in next month’s elections said on Sunday that if elected, he would abolish Egypt’s emergency laws and release all political prisoners. But Noaman Gomaa, a law professor who leads the New Wafd Party, told reporters he would not let the Muslim Brotherhood stand as a party in elections.