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/ 9 February 2005
Dynamos striker Sandile Ndlovu is anxious to wear the Bafana Bafana jersey for the first time against Australia in their friendly match in Durban on Wednesday night. The 24-year-old Ndlovu, who is on loan to Dynamos from Mamelodi Sundowns, is the only new Bafana Bafana recruit included in the team.
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/ 9 February 2005
Three wickets apiece for the Conrad XI’s (read Highveld Lions) David Terbrugge and Garnett Kruger did the most to restrict a Cook XI (read Highveld Strikers) to 230 for seven, and eventually help their team to a five-wicket victory — according to the Duckworth-Lewis method — in their 45-over friendly played at the Wanderers on Tuesday.
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/ 9 February 2005
Phil Mickelson keeps everyone guessing. Three years ago, he defiantly said he would never change his risk-taking, jaw-dropping style on the golf course, even if that meant never winning a major. Last year, he was so determined to keep his tee shots in the short grass that he went to a controlled fade off the tee, although that meant giving up distance.
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/ 9 February 2005
Former All Blacks manager Andrew Martin on Wednesday claimed New Zealand rugby’s binge-drinking culture threatens to undermine the national team’s physical conditioning. Martin, a former colonel with the Special Air Services, said he was astounded by the amount of drinking among the All Blacks when he was the team’s manager.
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/ 9 February 2005
Howard Dean, who crashed out of last year’s race for the White House with his now infamous ”I have a scream” speech, was poised on Tuesday for a political comeback as chairperson of the Democratic national committee. The former governor of Vermont owes his comeback to his prowess as a fundraiser, and to his ability to mobilise the Democratic base.
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/ 9 February 2005
For the players it is hardly ideal preparation for a major football international: they are guarded round the clock against attacks from extremists, have to don disguises on their rare trips outside their hotel, and are banned from watching TV. But this is no ordinary football match.
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/ 9 February 2005
eBay on Wednesday withdrew an Australian couple’s attempt to sell the ”naming, advertising and promotional” rights to their unborn daughter for 000. In an advertisement on eBay Australia under the item title ”Truman Baby”, the couple from Perth invited bids for the right to name their baby girl, due on March 1.
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/ 9 February 2005
Underdog online search engine Ask Jeeves has bought Bloglines, a web log index and internet news funnel popular with serious readers of online journals, in its latest bid to gain ground on heavyweight rivals Google and Yahoo. Ask Jeeves’ stock opened up 22 cents at ,65 a share on the Nasdaq stock market on Tuesday.
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/ 9 February 2005
From next year students in Bangladesh will be given lessons about HIV/Aids issues for the first time.
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/ 9 February 2005
Kaizer Chiefs walloped Inter Club of Angola 3-0 in an international friendly played at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday. All the goals were scored in the first half. The scorers were Kaizer Motaung Junior, Shoes Moshoeu and Rene Richards.