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/ 14 October 2004
David Beckham’s future as England captain is assured after the Football Association made it clear there would be no action taken against him over his admission that he had deliberately fouled an opponent to get a convenient yellow card.
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/ 14 October 2004
Bloemfontein Celtic went back to the Free State capital with a well-deserved point after they held unbeaten Orlando Pirates 1-1 in a fast-paced Castle Premiership clash played at Ellis Park on Wednesday night. The crowd of about 10 000 were treated to a thrilling opening half in which both sides played attractive, attacking soccer.
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/ 14 October 2004
Blue Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer has made 11 changes to the side that held Western Province to a draw last week, for this weekend’s Currie Cup semifinal. Winger John Mametsa has been ruled out with an injury, but will be replaced by Keegan Fredericks in the only forced change to the team.
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/ 14 October 2004
An angry Ernie Els has gone to war against the American Tour over demands that he must play more tournaments in the United States. Although the South African stopped short of saying he would boycott the American Tour, he made it clear on the eve of defending his title at the World Match Play Championship that he would not be pushed around.
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/ 14 October 2004
Lamontville Golden Arrows collected maximum points when they beat struggling Jomo Cosmos 1-0 in a dull Castle Premiership encounter played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. There was no score at the interval. Papi Zothwane netted the only goal of this game in the 69th minute.
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/ 14 October 2004
After dilly-dallying, Bush Bucks finally came out of the closet on Thursday and officially announced the sacking of head coach Clemens Westerhof. However, the East London-based side hastily added that the Dutchman has, in fact, not been fired but redeployed to head their youth development and centre of excellence.
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/ 13 October 2004
Improved security for banks and cash-in-transit vehicles has seen robbers turn to the retail industry, which has suffered a R12-million loss so far this year, Kobus Kuyler, general manager of safety and security at Pick ‘n Pay, said on Wednesday. This is up from the total loss for 2003 of R9-million.
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/ 13 October 2004
The blind cavefish, a curiosity of nature, has a clever genetic trick that destroys its sight, thus giving itself an advantage in a pitch-dark watery world, scientists believe. Astyanax mexicanus lives in deep, lightless caves off the Mexican coast. Soon after the cavefish starts developing in the egg, its eyes begin to degenerate and the fish is born blind.
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/ 13 October 2004
President Thabo Mbeki has wrapped up his two-day state visit to Tunisia, and will proceed to Hungary to attend a governance summit, Department of Foreign Affairs officials said on Wednesday. Mbeki — who was accompanied to Tunisia by his wife, Zanele; several Cabinet ministers; and business leaders — arrived in Tunisia on Tuesday.