Sport
Makambi must beware of Gare
By Mxolisi Ntshuca EAST LONDON -- Former freedom fighter, South African junior-middleweight champion, Mpush Makambi will be involved in another type of combat, when he defends his title against Gauteng champion, William Gare at the Orient Theatre ...
Cross country championships
EAST LONDON -- Athletes have a superb opportunity to show their worth at the Border cross country championships tomorrow. The championships are extremely important in terms of selection for both the inter-provincial against EP and SWD as well as t...
Border ready for Free State Cheetahs
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- The Vodacom Border rugby side can expect a backlash from the Free State Cheetahs when they meet them at the Free State Stadium this evening in a Bankfin Currie Cup match -- but Border will be ready. Free State, last...
Double champions' tough opening game
JOHANNESBURG -- Sundowns have never lost in Cape Town and have every intention of staying in the winning mode when they face Cape Town Spurs in their opening Castle Premier League clash at Bellville today. "After replays, penalty shootouts and hig...
Essex beef up for SA
CHELMSFORD -- Essex, after a rather abject display -- they went down by 177 runs -- in their one-dayer against South Africa, have decided to up their ante slightly for the three-day "re-match" which gets under way at Chelmsford today. Seamer Mark ...
Border the best - Fanie
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- A new and exciting era in cricket coaching for youth has begun in the Border region. Speaking at a function at Buffalo Park this week to celebrate the start of a nationally sponsored coaching programme, the former S...
Claassen runners should go close
By Viv Greybe PORT ELIZABETH -- Following a double at Arlington last week, trainer Nic Claassen could again be among the win-ners at the same venue with Royal Sanctuary. Claassen will saddle both Secret Gleam and Royal Sanctuary in the main event...
Yesterday's Vaal results
FIRST RACE 3 Envisioned (Claude Monet-Transition) F Naude 1 7 Miami SpurG Viljoen 2 1 Cup Runneth Brown 3 8 Night MistJ Jago 4 Then came: Triple Crown, English Star, Glazier, Sweet Highness, Here To Eternity, Swing Sequence, Fox 'n Song. W...
Breathstriking relegated to second place
CAPE TOWN -- Breathstriking, who had passed the post a shorthead in front of Song of Courage in the R37 000 Milers Handicap at Durbanville yesterday afternoon, was relegated to second place after a successful objection by the Stipendiary Stewards. ...
PE betting
FIRST RACE 2-1 Eagles Cry, La Deeda 4-1 Cumberworth 5-1 Art And Craft, Magical Shoe 7-1 Cruising North, Kiss The Bride 10-1 upwards others SECOND RACE 5-2 Shining Monent, Special Reward 4-1 Fearless King 5-1 French Liason, Roland ...
Jockeys guilty
JOHANNESBURG -- Two jockeys and one apprentice will be out of riding for a week after transgressing Jockey Club rules. Mark Kahn, Gerrit Schlechter and apprentice Danielle McCreedy all signed admissions of guilt for causing interference on their v...
Durbanville results
FIRST RACE 8 Moving Along (Rainbow Dream-Kinsha) G Cheyne 1 9 Native AmericanM Khan 2 6 Homing Pigeon G venter .3 2 Alphen K Neisius 4 Then came: Fair Match, Trigon, Chalk Stream, Bullet Dance, Speed The Plough, Loose Lad, Galba's Delig...
SA A in drawn game
MORATUWA -- Martin van Jaarsveld narrowly failed to score a century for South Africa A in their match against the Board Invitation X1. The game ended in a draw after SA A scored 471 for eight declared The Board Invitation XI were 90 for four with ...
Tornado test their strength
SOCCER With Karriem Martheze Tornado are anxious for a taste of First Division soccer -- a league they've reached this season by winning the 1997/98 Eastern Cape Second Division. And what better way to do that than to play Blackburn Rovers who we...
Soccer scramble
By Cecil Holbrook EAST LONDON -- It's the last round-up for the East London & Districts soccer league championship tomorrow, where the main point of interest centres on the scramble to avoid the wooden spoon spot with three teams involved. Tw...
Le Roux, Strydom back for Lions
JOHANNESBURG -- Springbok World Cup players Hennie le Roux and Hannes Strydom are back in the Golden Lions rugby team, but James Small has been ruled out with a groin injury. Le Roux (mild concussion) and Strydom (axed) missed last Saturday's matc...
King and districts men spring biggest surprise
TENNIS by Maud Thorne THE King and District men's quartet sprang the biggest surprise of the first league when they upset reigning champions, Alfa, in the opening encounter. Young Llewellyn King scored possibly the best win of his career when he ...
