Sport

Sole SA survivor faces youngest
WIMBLEDON -- Amanda Coetzer is the last South Africa standing in the singles draw at the Wimbledon tennis championships and today she will face the youngest player in the women's tournament. Kim Clijsters is unknown to virtually anybody who does ...

Mains warns Boks against Wales
JOHANNESBURG -- Former All Black mentor and current Golden Lions head coach Laurie Mains has predicted a torrid time for South Africa in their rugby Test against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff tomorrow. "I think Wales will be a real w...

Brits, Sepeng free to qualify for Olympics
JOHANNESBURG -- Okkert Brits and Hezekiel Sepeng got the go-ahead to compete at the IAAF World Championships and to qualify for the Sydney Olympics yesterday -- but not before South Africa's top 800m athlete was fined R25000 for contravening Athle...

Louis Blom in Bulldogs team
EAST LONDON -- Western Province and Stellenbosch captain and lock Louis Blom is to turn out for the Vodacom Border Bulldogs in their Bankfin Currie Cup match against Eastern Province tomorrow. Border coach Gert Smal turned to Blom -- not contracte...

Australian coach wary of England
SYDNEY -- Australia are unbeaten in their last eight internationals and have never lost at home to England yet Wallaby coach Rod Macqueen is a worried man ahead of tomorrow's Centenary Test here. Australia and England will celebrate 100 years of ...

Divers aim for world stage
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- Two local teenage divers, members of the Jesters Club, are preparing to make a big splash in the world of competitive diving. One has already been selected to represent South Africa; the other is training hard so ...

Speculation surrounds Hingis loss
LONDON -- As Martina Hingis yesterday began winding down in Zurich after this week's shock defeat at the Wimbledon championships, speculation was flying over what caused the first-round collapse of the teenaged world number one. British morning n...

Norman prefers to play golf with son
SYDNEY, Australia -- Greg Norman confirmed yesterday he won't play another tournament before the British Open, preferring instead to golf with his 13-year-old son Greg Jr., who has broken 80 for the first time. The Open returns to the Carnoustie ...

From the press box
YESTERDAY'S pressbox comment regarding schoolboy rugby violence elicited a positive response from Dale College PRO Jack Rosenberg. Rosenberg pointed out Dale did have a disciplinary committee in place and the school took a dim view of errant beha...

Results Round-Up
GOLF EAST LONDON GOLF CLUB Betterball Bonus Plus 1 P Aschmann, G Douglas plus 10, 2 R Fisher, M Rudd plus 8 oco from S Wilken, A van Rensburg. TENNIS WIMBLEDON Men's Singles: Second Round: Cedric Pioline (Fra) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3, 6...

Selborne held to close 8-3 win
EAST LONDON -- Selborne had an 8-3 win over Grens in an inter-schools' rugby match here on Wednesday with all the scoring coming in the first half. The defence by both sides was tremendous in a match riddled with penalties. Only two of the pen...

Britz not guilty, Sepeng fined
JOHANNESBURG -- Athletics South Africa (ASA) handed down its findings on Okkert Brits and Hezekiel Sepeng following a disciplinary hearing in Johannesburg yesterday. Both athletes were charged with bringing the sport into disrepute by rendering t...

Emotional Small retires
JOHANNESBURG -- A tearful and emotional James Small yesterday afternoon announced his retirement from all rugby. Small, a hero of South Africa's World Cup winning rugby side in 1995, made the announcement at Ellis Park here. He was still under co...

A good admin is way to go
A good administration produces good performances. We have heard that cliche since we started playing soccer in our teens, yet this is one that will never change its meaning. A good admin REALLY leads to success of some kind. Right now the King Wil...

Border bounce back against EP
A Border men's team took on Eastern Province in two matches last weekend in East London. They lost the first at Cambridge by 6-4 but bounced back strongly on Sunday morning at Beacon Bay to record a 7-3 victory. Performances of note came from Ke...

Strikers may strike it rich once again
By Cecil Holbrook EAST LONDON -- Last week East London and Districts soccer goalkeeper felt the draught with so many shots whistling past them into the net and tomorrow the strikers may again strike it rich. Bluebells with the Bevan Williams Cup...

Hamiltons tournament proves a great success
THE 1999 Wimbledon championships got off to a stunning start with the sudden demise of world number one, Martina Hingis. Who would have thought that a slip of a girl in the person of Jelena Dokic could topple the seemingly invincible Hingis in th...

Touring Irish having a great time in EL
EAST LONDON -- The Irish College's rugby team currently touring South Africa was having "an amazingly happy and hospitable tour,'' manager Moss Dineen said this week. Dineen, whose first senior rugby game as lock was against Willie John McBride i...

Border waveskiers in serious training
EAST LONDON -- Border team riders are in serious training, as they prepare to defend their home break and province. Nahoon Reef will host the national Wesley's Waveski Classic on July 3 and 4. Attracting entries is the ever elusive prizemoney,...