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/ 23 February 2005
The Germans have named a formidable team for the upcoming Euro/Africa zone group-one Davis Cup tie against South Africa to be played at the Standard Bank Arena from March 4 to 6. German captain Patrik Kuhnen has world number 15 Tommy Haas, Nicolas Kiefer (30), Rainer Schuettler (40) and Alexander Waske, who is at 138.
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/ 23 February 2005
The French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel and United States software giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced a partership to develop software to deliver internet-based television services to broadband operators worldwide. The tie-up will also promote innovations in ADSL or cable-based television platforms.
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/ 23 February 2005
Archbishop Desmond Tutu launched a global campaign on Tuesday to record the birth of every child, saying nearly 50-million babies born every year are not registered and thus have no official identity and are often barred from education or health care.
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/ 23 February 2005
The Sharks will have a completely new-look loose-forward trio for their opening 2005 Vodacom Super 12 rugby fixture against the Stormers at Newlands on Friday night. Jacques Botes, Braam Immelman and Jaco Gouws, who will wear the skipper’s tag, got the nod from coach Kevin Putt in the starting line-up.
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/ 23 February 2005
Once a year, amateur clubs from all over the country dream of glory — a chance to take on the big boys, to face a professional side, to match skills with the best South Africa has to offer. There is one competition in the country that can turn such dreams into reality. That competition is the Absa Cup.
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/ 23 February 2005
A 1-0 home leg win over Juventus leaves record European champions Real Madrid well placed to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League. In other action, a brace from Claudio Pizarro helped Bayern Munich down Arsenal 3-1, PSV Eindhoven beat AS Monaco 1-0 and Liverpool continued to save their best perform for Europe, beating Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 at Anfield.
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/ 23 February 2005
Brazilian Alex scored early on to earn dominating PSV Eindhoven a 1-0 Champions League home victory at the Philips Stadium over hapless Monaco, who did well to keep down the winning scoreline on Tuesday. PSV, inspired by midfielder Mark van Bommel, had countless chances in the first half but only managed Alex’s eighth-minute goal.
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/ 23 February 2005
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has acknowledged his team need to defend much better if they are to have any chance of overcoming Bayern Munich to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Arsenal fell to a 3-1 defeat in the last 16 encounter in Munich on Tuesday as their brittle defence was torn apart by Bayern.
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/ 23 February 2005
As the formula-one season is about to start, Michael Schumacher is once again the overwhelming favourite and few would bet against him adding yet another title to his already impressive array of trophies. He is confident that he can add another. ”I am feeling even stronger now than I did at the beginning of my career,” he says.
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/ 23 February 2005
South African teams have yet to break the Australasian lock on the Super 12, and 2005 offers a final chance before the southern hemisphere’s premier provincial rugby championship expands. A year before a fifth African franchise and a fourth from Australia join the competition, South Africa’s outlook on this Super 12 campaign is tinged with optimism.