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/ 10 November 2004
Graeme Smith, South African cricket captain, confirmed on Wednesday that he was negotiating a contract to play for the English county side in Somerset in 2005. Smith said that he was still waiting for approval from United Cricket Board’s CEO Gerald Majola.
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/ 10 November 2004
The delay on a United Nations decision whether to ban all forms of human cloning has been described as a ”tremendous victory” by Bernard Siegel, executive director of the Genetics Policy Institute in Florida in the United States. Siegel points out that a number of Southern African nations that previously supported calls for a total ban have since withdrawn their support.
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/ 10 November 2004
An exodus from Côte d’Ivoire began on Wednesday as France sent planes to evacuate nationals while thousands of Ivorians fled across the borders to escape violence that has claimed a reported 145 lives. About 1 300 Europeans are sheltering at a French military base near the airport.
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/ 10 November 2004
South African rugby coach Jake White has told his players they will have to combat the crowd as well as the Ireland team at Lansdowne Road on Saturday. The Lansdowne roar is one of the most fabled sounds in rugby union, with a crowd of about 50 000 frequently generating what seems like the noise of double that number as they urge on their local heroes.
One change to Springbok team
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/ 10 November 2004
Serena Williams knows a thing or two about sex appeal. And the tennis star complimented Russian teenager Maria Sharapova for having lots of it. ”She’s sexy,” Williams said on Tuesday, smiling. Organisers of this week’s WTA Championships have focused their advertising on Sharapova, the 17-year-old blond beauty who stunned the tennis world by winning Wimbledon in July.
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/ 10 November 2004
The richest caddie on the PGA Tour this year had a rough end of the year. Dave Renwick, who has been with Vijay Singh for seven of his nine victories, was held up at knifepoint by two men in downtown Atlanta as he was returning from dinner at the start of the week.
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/ 10 November 2004
Chelsea captain John Terry signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, keeping him at the club until 2009, news reports said. The 23-year-old Terry, who had more than three years left on his current contract, has been a key player for Chelsea this season.
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/ 10 November 2004
The British and French grands prix look to have been saved after every formula-one team apart from Ferrari agreed on Tuesday to cut testing by 50%, according to Autosport magazine’s website. The teams agreed to bear the cost of two extra races in a collective agreement. Ferrari were absent from the meeting.
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/ 10 November 2004
Former Irish priest Cornelius Horan has tried to make amends for his unscheduled appearance in the Olympic marathon that more or less cost Brazilian Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima the gold medal. De Lima had been leading in Athens on August 29 when he was attacked by the former priest, who is reported to have psychiatric problems.
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/ 10 November 2004
There will be a whole lot of new faces down at the Sharks territory at the Absa Stadium in Durban next season after it was revealed that the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union, owners of the Sharks franchise, has made 13 new signings for the 2005 season. The new signings place emphasis on squad depth.