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/ 28 February 2005
Didier Drogba and Mateja Kezman scored in extra time on Sunday to help Chelsea take the League Cup with a 3-2 win over Liverpool. Drogba poked the ball in from close range in the 16th minute of extra time from a Glen Johnson throw-in. Kezman added a second goal five minutes later, awkwardly tapping the ball over the line from a Eidur Gudjohnsen cross.
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/ 28 February 2005
France-based teenager Katlego Mphela scored as South Africa edged Mauritius 1-0 on Sunday to reach the Cosafa Cup finals. Racing Strasbourg striker Mphela drilled a deflected free kick past goalkeeper Nicolas Doro after 35 minutes at the King George V Stadium to clinch first place in group A of the new-look Southern Africa football championship.
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/ 28 February 2005
David Toms easily won the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship, overpowering fellow American Chris DiMarco in a record margin of six and five during Sunday’s 36-hole final. Clutch-putting and a superb stretch of ball-striking helped the 38-year-old Toms dominate his American Ryder Cup teammate.
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/ 28 February 2005
Australian Geoff Ogilvy drained an 18-foot birdie putt on the second play-off hole on Sunday to win his first United States PGA Tour title in the -million Tucson event. Kevin Na, the youngest player on tour, and Mark Calcavecchia were in the play-off with Ogilvy after finishing 72 holes at 19-under-par 269.
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/ 28 February 2005
Unseeded Australian Wayne Arthurs became the oldest first-time winner since the ATP Tour was formed in 1990, beating third-seeded Mario Ancic of Croatia 7-5, 6-3 in the Tennis Channel Open final on Sunday. The 33-year-old left-hander, in his 128th ATP Tour-level tournament, dominated his 20-year-old opponent.
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/ 28 February 2005
Controversial Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho insists he doesn’t care if he is loved or loathed as long as his team keep winning. The Portuguese could face censure after being sent from the dug-out during the 3-2 extra-time win over Liverpool in the League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.
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/ 28 February 2005
The 2004 life sales of Old Mutual, South Africa’s largest insurer, have been dented by a poor performance in its group sales, with group sales falling 48% for the year to R422-million from R809-million in 2003. This contributed to a 10% decline in the company’s total life sales, which came in at R3,08-billion rand on an annual premium equivalent basis for the year.
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/ 28 February 2005
South Africa’s petrol price for all grades will rise by 42 cents a litre (c/l) from March 2, the Department of Minerals and Energy announced on Monday. The wholesale price of diesel 0,3% sulphur will rise by 33c/l and that of diesel 0,05% sulphur by 36c/l. During the review period, the average international product prices of petroleum products increased.
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/ 28 February 2005
South African oil and chemicals group Sasol on Monday touched yet another all-time high on bullish sentiment toward the stock driven by the high oil and chemical prices, a re-rating of the stock by foreign investors and positioning ahead of the group’s latest interim results due next Monday, analysts said.
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/ 28 February 2005
One of the country’s most established banks, Mercantile Lisbon Bank, has undergone a complete makeover and hopes to return to profitability this year. As part of the makeover, it has changed its name to simply Mercantile Bank and exchanged its somewhat staid image for a fresh look to match the new course on which it is embarking.