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Seven wicket loss for Border
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- In a disappointing all-round display, Mercedes-Benz Border lost their Standard Bank league cricket match to Natal by seven wickets at Buffalo Park last night. A third-wicket partnership of 101 runs between opener D...

Els in four shot lead
PERTH -- Ernie Els fired a second-round 66 yesterday to sit 13 strokes under par and take a four-shot lead into the third round of the Heineken Classic golf tournament at the Vines Resort course. His 66 was matched only by defending champion Thom...

Wessels steers Griquas to win
KIMBERLEY -- In a keen contest, Griquas beat North West by three wickets with two overs to spare in their Standard Bank league fixture played at the De Beers Diamond Oval at Kimberley last night. Set a moderate victory target of 181 Griquas, in t...

Lara injury could spur Windies on
PORT ELIZABETH -- Still licking their wounds after the battering they took Wednesday night, the West Indies will be looking to do some bloodletting of their own when they meet up with South Africa in the fourth limited overs international at St Ge...

Border men on interim commission
By Mxolisi Ntshuca JOHANNESBURG -- Border's two Boxing Control Commission members, Les Muller and Mava Malla, were included in the nine-member interim committee which will run South African boxing until its national election in June. Making the ...

$75 000 offer to 10-year-old player
ROME -- The reported offer of $75000 by an Italian soccer club to a 10-year-old Neapolitan boy known as the "new Maradona'' has sparked protests. Consumer groups yesterday challenged a move by second-division club Torino to snare the future socce...

Palmer swim star
EAST LONDON -- Matthew Palmer was the star of the Border swimming championships, setting seven new records, with two other Vikings swimmers, Mark Randall with four new records and Charne Gehring with three, close behind. New records set during th...

Natal forecast betting
FIRS T RACE No forecast betting SECOND RACE 12-10 Executive Suite 5-2 Mexican Cottage; 7-1 Flaming Sambuca, Moonshine Time 12-1 upwards others THIRD RACE 1-1 Carol 7-2 Royal Grace 4-1 Naval Cutter 5-1 Lustra's Prince 7-1 Jacko 12-1 upwards othe...

Cape forecast betting
FIRST RACE No forecast betting SECOND RACE No forecast betting THIRD RACE 15-10 Chokita; 5-2 Golden Route, Almost Unreal 7-1 Pointsettia 10-1 upwards others FOURTH RACE 15-10 Dakota Express Positano 4-1 Another Act 8-1 Pordenone 10-1 upwards othe...

Gordon puts Lloyd on Trying Times
By David Mollett JOPHANNESBURG -- Summerveld trainer Alistair Gordon mounts a raid on Gauteng on tomorrow when he runs the grey, Trying Times, in the R100 000 Memorial Handicap over 1 700m. A six-year-old son of Imperial Dilemma, Trying Tim...

Big Pick Six payout likely at Scottsville
DURBAN -- The R85 000 Michael Roberts Handicap, named in honour of South Africa's most accomplished jockey, has attracted an extremely competitive field of 14 runners. Traditionally held at this time of the year, the 1 800m race is usually contes...

Horse Chestnut is hot favourite for the Met
CAPE TOWN -- The final field of sixteen runners for the R1m J&B Met which is to be run at Kenilworth over 2000m on Saturday, February 6th was announced after final acceptances earlier this week.. There were no surprise withdrawals and the top ...

Rand forecast betting for tomorrow
FIRST RACE 1-1 Sal's My Gal; 4-1 English Star 5-1 Soul Fire 8-1 Marakase, Michey Lee 10-1 Accountable, Northern Gossip, Spending Spree 14-1 and upwards others s/p unraced SECOND RACE 1-1 Jewel Tower, Ruby Bell 5-1 Evangelic; 16-1 others s/p unrace...

Ranatunga no to apologising
PERTH -- Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga defiantly refused to apologise yesterday for leading his players in a protest against the treatment of off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Protests rang out in Australia over the punishment given...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET ODI ENGLAND v SRI LANKA Perth England 227/7 off 50 overs (Fairbrother 81no, Hollioake 46, Croft 32, Extras 29; Vaas 2/38,. Perera 3/55). Sri Lanka 99 off 33.3 (Jayasuriya 40, Atapattu 17, Ranatunga 11; Gough 2/15, Mullally 2/17,Ealham 5/32...

Tennis cat fight averted
MELBOURNE -- Off court at the Australian Open tennis championships, a potential cat-fight between two top women and an near-unknown French outsider who reached today's women's final quickly simmered down. Both finalists, Martina Hingis and beaten...

Bradley shoots to top
DURBAN -- A borrowed putter helped Wayne Bradley get over some recent disappointing tournaments and shoot to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the R1 million Vodacom Players Championships over the Royal Durban golf course yesterda...