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Border batter Natal bowlers
White (120) Boucher (97) defy SA pacemen DURBAN -- Errol Stewart, stand-in captain for Dale Benkenstein, had only one reason to smile at Kingsmead yesterday-- that was when he won the toss for Natal and invited Border to bat in their four-day Sup...

Boland bowled out for 59
CAPE TOWN -- Western Province have a lead of 93 runs in their Supersport Series cricket match against Boland after taking their innings to 152 for three at the close at Newlands yesterday. After the Boland batting had floundered earlier and the s...

Tough task for Good Hope v Queenstown
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- Six limited-over first league cricket club matches get under way at various venues tomorrow. The powerful Queenstown batting side oppose visitors Good Hope and if Queenstown bat first there could be a fair deal of ...

Two cricket games washed out
JOHANNESBURG -- According to Sapa late last night the two Supersport cricket matches between Northerns and Gauteng and EP and Griquas, were cancelled due to rain. Eastern Cape   South Africa  &...

Rural cricket is alive and well
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- A short tour by members of the Border Cricket Board, the media and representatives of the sponsors of Border cricket, Mercedes- Benz of South Africa, took place earlier this week to enable the sponsors to see for th...

Woods captures Grand Slam of Golf title
POIPU -- Tiger Woods rolled in a 3.6-metre birdie putt on the 17th hole and then watched match play opponent Vijay Singh hit his second shot on the final hole into the ocean to capture the PGA Grand Slam of Golf this week. The two-up win for Wood...

Japan leads World Cup of Golf
WHANGAPARAOA -- Nick Faldo and John Daly, were happy enough with their cautious sub-par starts at the World Cup of Golf yesterday -- but the two were upstaged by a young Japanese player without even a minor victory to his name. Yasuharu Imano hit...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
GOLF WORLD CUP OF GOLF Whangaparaoa, New Zealand Individual scores:: 64-Yasuharu Imano (Jap); 30-34; 65-Costantino Rocca (Ita); 32-33; 66-David Frost (SA) 34-32; 67-Mark McNulty (Zim)31-36; Paul McGinley (Ire) 34-33; 68-Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 33-...

Rugby development gets help from major company
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Sports giant Nike South Africa is to assist rugby development on the Border for the next three years. The first phase took place on Wednesday evening when Nike's social development officer, Kedi Tshoma, officially ...

Scenic challenge for runners
EAST LONDON -- The Energade Gonubie 21km Coastal Challenge which takes place tomorrow afternoon through the delightful setting of the "village'' of Gonubie is set to pull a good field. This race is an unusual type of event and an ideal outing for...

Second division soccer kicks off Sunday
AT last! The Eastern Cape second division coastal stream bursts into action on Sunday after weeks of delay. The reason for the hold-up is the delayed announcement of the province's fulltime co-ordinator. Second division soccer could have been in...

US Davis captain wants Sampras, Agassi
LONDON -- After his third-string team lost 4-1 to Italy in the semifinals, US Davis Cup captain Tom Gullikson will do all he can to persuade Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi to play in next April's match against Britain. Britain's David Lloyd doesn'...

Heunis emerges the giant-killer
THERE were upsets aplenty in the men's singles event of the Cambridge club championships. Unseeded Adie Heunis emerged as the giant-killer of the tournament. In the first round he upset the second seed. Gian Lucietto, 6-3, 6-4 and followed up th...

SA v England in athletics Test
JOHANNESBURG -- England will take on South Africa in a track and field Test during a 1999 athletics season bulging with international competition. South African athletics has, in fact, overtaken Australia as the number two track and field circuit...

Warne cited by Aussie board for comments
BRISBANE -- Shane Warne faces a fine or suspension after being reported by Australian Cricket Board's code of conduct. Warne was cited by ACB chief executive officer Malcolm Speed for his comments after Victoria's narrow loss to Western Australia...

England seek first win in 11 years
BRISBANE -- Alec Stewart leads England into action against eternal rivals Australia today with his country seeking a first Ashes series win in 11 years. It will not be easy. Australia are on the crest of a wave with some commentators calling the...