MICHAEL VLISMAS, Johannesburg | Friday 7.45pm. ALLAN Henning claimed his first Vodacom Senior Tour victory this year when he won the R140000 Vodacom Cadillac Classic by a comfortable three shots at the Glendower Golf Club on Saturday. Henning was one of three leaders overnight together with Richard Lyon and Gabriel Putsoe, the leader on the […]
FIJI produced an uneven performance in Beziers on Friday but it was still way too good for World Cup newcomers Namibia as they ran out 67-18 winners in their Pool C match. The Africans, who are made up of fanatical amateurs, mostly farmers who travel hundreds of kilometres to train, had much to be proud […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Twickenham | Friday 8.15pm. A FIRED-up England savaged Italy 67-7 in their opening Group B World Cup clash at Twickenham at Twickenham on Saturday. England, determined to become the first northern hemisphere side to win the World Cup, quickly took control after surviving a brief opening flurry from an Italian side who have […]
AT least 11 people died and more than 60 others were injured when a bus carrying a school party plunged into a river in eastern Kenya early on Friday, state-owned KBC radio reported. The radio said the bus, nicknamed Sunbird, was transporting a school party of 88 pupils and teachers to the Kenyan capital to […]
GIANT winger Jonah Lomu, the star of the last World Cup, scored two tries as New Zealand recovered from a poor start to swamp rank outsiders Tonga 45-9 in the Group B in Bristol on Saturday. In the first full international between the two countries, Lomu stood out from a mediocre All Blacks performance as […]
SOME 300000 people face severe food shortages in Somalia’s southern Bay, Bakol and Gedo regions, prompting aid agencies to appeal Friday for urgent preventive measures to address a worsening crisis. About 73000 people are acutely vulnerable, said a statement by the multi-agency Somali Aid Co-ordination Body (SACB), citing an inter-agency assessment which found that a […]
SPRINGBOK flyhalf Henry Honiball has been forced to withdraw from his side’s Pool A World Cup Rugby Union opener against Scotland on Sunday due to injury. Honiball strained a hamstring muscle in training on Thursday and failed a fitness test on Saturday morning. His place has been taken by Jannie de Beer with Breyton Paulse […]
ANDY COLQUHOUN, Troon | Friday 9.00am. SPRINGBOK reserve flyhalf Jannie de Beer hops to meet Sale Sharks officials next week to thrash out his release from the English Premiership club. De Beer wants to accept a contract with the Blue Bulls which will allow him to retain his Springbok place by playing Super 12 rugby […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Riyadh | Friday 6.00am. RECALLED goalkeeper Andre Arendse made a series of superb saves as South Africa forced a 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Thursday to win the Afro-Asian Nations Cup. Bafana Bafana (The Boys) successfully defended a 1-0 first-leg lead in the biennial play-off between the African and Asian […]
Mercedes Sayagues BODY LANGUAGE It is so much fun dating in this postmodern, post-feminist, post-Aids world. Go for a stroll in the heterosexual jungle, and you can put your thumb on the zeitgeist, on the changing roles of men and women. After a long, too long, monogamous relationship ended, I took a year-long break from […]