SCOTLAND centre John Leslie, stretchered off during Sunday’s World Cup defeat by South Africa, has a sprained ankle and is likely to miss Friday’s group A game against Uruguay. Initial fears the New Zealand-born Leslie had broken his ankle have evaporated. “X-rays have confirmed there is nothing broken and have also confirmed that John’s ankle […]
AUSTRALIAN flyhalf Stephen Larkham has been included in the World Cup team to play Ireland on Sunday. The match will be Larkham’s first Test this season. Larkham replaces Rob Kafer in one of three changes to the team that beat Australia on Sunday. Larkham missed most of the season after a knee reconstruction and then […]
KENYA’s government managed to “lose” the equivalent of $7.5-billion over the course of a single financial year and bought an unreliable presidential jet, parliament heard late Tuesday. Among the revelations made in the House was that the government bought a $50-million jet for President Daniel arap Moi that cannot be serviced because its manufacturers have […]
KENYA’s government managed to “lose” the equivalent of $7,5-billion over the course of a single financial year and bought an unreliable presidential jet, parliament heard late Tuesday. Losses of 580,4-billion shillings have been incurred 1995-6, according to a report by the watchdog Public Accounts Committee. It said the lion’s share of the losses are due […]
IRELAND’s Keith Wood set an international record for a hooker with his four tries in the 53-8 World Cup defeat of the US, organisers said on Monday. Wood scored three of his tries in less than eight minutes in the second half of the group E game on Saturday to bring his international total to […]
TONGAN fullback Siua Taumalolo was handed a 21-day suspension on Tuesday night by the World Cup disciplinary committee. Taumalolo has paid a hefty price for a series of high tackles committed during the game against New Zealand at Bristol on Sunday. He has been banned until October 26, effectively ruling him out of Tonga’s World […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Toulouse | Tuesday 5.00pm. NAMIBIA’s World Cup squad are realists. The African minnows recognise that they have no chance of qualifying for the closing stages of the 20-team tournament and have already made plans to play a friendly match against the German national team in Frankfurt on Sunday, October 17. The Namibians fully […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bordeux | Wednesday 6.00pm. NAMIBIA shuffled their backline for the rugby World Cup group C match against France in Bordeaux on Friday. Gert Jans Van Rensburg begins at centre after not playing in the opening 67-18 defeat by Fiji. Arthur Samuelson moves from centre to left wing, replacing Dirk Farmer. Lean Van Dyk […]
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AN American tourist claims he was thrown into a filthy holding cell full of dagga smokers at the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court last week because of a misunderstanding over a bill. Dean Michaels (40) said on Friday: “Nearly all of them were smoking dagga, or rolling something in the corner. I could not believe the smell.” […]