THE announcement of the Springbok squad for the upcoming tests against Canada and England in June has been postponed due to the possibility of the Cats or Stormers making the Super 12 semi-finals. The announcement, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to a later date which will be determined after a meeting of the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dhaka | Tuesday 4.30pm BANGLADESH’S South African cricket coach Eddie Barlow, who suffered a brain haemorrhage last month, is on his way back to South Africa. Barlow left Dhaka for Singapore on Tuesday for further treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said. He will remain there for a […]
GOLD Fields said on Thursday it and Ashanti Goldfields are close to wrapping up a deal to acquire the Teberebie mining operation in Ghana for a competitive price. Gold Fields MD Ian Cockerill said the two companies will divide Teberebie after its acquisition from the Pioneer Group, with Gold Fields taking the northern half. A […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.45pm. SOUTH African stocks shook off the Nasdaq blues in early trade on Tuesday, reversing opening losses as the rand’s woes translated into big gains for export-oriented commodity blue chips. Investors were also seen trolling for bargains in a market that has lost close to 19% since romping to record […]
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FIVE South African-based players will take the field for Zimbabwe in their Cosafa Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Namibia at the National Stadium in Harare on Sunday. Strikers Tauya Mrewa of Supersport United and Blessing Mwaruwaru of Jomo Cosmos and defenders Innocent Chikoya (Orlando Pirates), Edelbert Dinha (Ajax Cape Town) and William Mugeyi (Bush Bucks) […]
NICO van Rensburg claimed one of the biggest victory margins in the history of South African golf when he won the Vodacom Series: Gauteng by a devastating 11-strokes at the Silver Lakes Country Club on Sunday. The magnitude of Van Rensburg’s victory is put into perspective when you consider that this was a 54-hole event. […]
FIGHTING broke out early on Friday in northeast Democratic of Republic of Congo between troops from Rwanda and Uganda, who are supposed to be allied against President Laurent Kabila. Five people have died in the fighting, which began around 4.00am in the city of Kisangani, according to Lieutenant Colonel Akhram Hossein of the UN mission […]
SOUTH African champions Mamelodi Sundowns scored a credible away draw when they held Nkana FC of Zambia to a 1-1 draw in their African Champions’ League match at Kitwe on Sunday. Sundowns have never gone past the second round in four previous attempts in the three annual competitions but are now perfectly positioned, with the […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am FEW Castle Premiership clubs seem to revel fighting their way out of a tight corner more than Free State Stars and so it proved on a freezing evening at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town. A 1-0 victory over Santos in a crucial match for the relegation-threatened visitors was achieved […]