FRANCOIS Davids has been appointed as the new Convenor of the Springbok selection committee following a recent Sarfu executive committee meeting. Davids, a member of the Springbok selection committee since March 1996, replaces Mickey Gerber. He is joined on the selection committee by former Springbok Captain Wynand Claassen and Springbok coach Nick Mallett. Francois has […]

AN Mpumalanga farmer had to hire a helicopter from Durban, at the cost of more than R250000 over the past three days, to transport feed for his chickens from a delivery point a mere 8km away. The floods have churned up the dirt road connecting farm to the main tar road to White River. “It […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Sunday 11.00pm. SACHIN Tendulkar is to step down as India’s captain following the team’s disastrous performance under him on their recent tour of Australia. Tendulkar said on Sunday he would give up the job after the two-test home series against South Africa starting in Bombay on Thursday. He is staying on […]

ENRIQUE Areco failed to come out for the eleventh round for his WBO junior middleweight world title clash with Harry Simon in Dagenham, England on Saturday night. Simon dominated the entire bout and punished the brave Argentian throughout. This victory sets Simon up for his next defence which is schedlued to take place the first […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Sunday 11.00pm. A 49-run ninth wicket partnership between Harbhajan Singh and Amit Bhandari helped the India Board President’s X1 to avoid having to follow on against South Africa on Sunday. On a day when several batsmen on trial for a place in the India test team failed it was left to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Sunday 7.00pm. ENGLAND captain Nasser Hussain warned Zimbabwe there was no chance of his side easing up after winning their third one-day match by 85 runs on Sunday. The result puts the tourists 3-0 up in the four-match series with the final game in Harare on Wednesday. It also evens up […]

TWO people were killed as tropical cyclone Eline battered the island of Madagascar, causing heavy damage to the capital Antananarivo and in two towns on the east coast, rescue services said on Friday. The victims died in a mudslide in Antananarivo, where trees were uprooted, roofs torn off and electricity and telephone lines cut when […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Friday 6.45pm. ENGLAND muddled their way to a one wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Friday to take a 2-0 the four-match series. The tourists almost threw away a winning position at the Queen’s Sports Club when, with just 12 runs needed for victory and five wickets in hand, they lost four […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bombay | Saturday 11.00pm. SOUTH Africa made a solid start to their tour of India on Saturday, reaching 293 for six against an Indian Board XI. Openers Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs were soon into their stride and scored 104 for the first wicket. Kirsten was first out when he was beaten by […]