Sport

Bucks' coach leaving
By Nguta Sithole EAST LONDON-- Bush Bucks' English coach Eddie May quit the club yesterday ahead of their do-or die league clash against Orlando Pirates at the Umtata Stadium this afternoon. The shocking news came at a time when Bucks were still...

BEAR TRACKS
with Border cricket captain Pieter Strydom A humble season, so far ... Another four days of hard work and nothing much to show for it. As the season unfolds so it seems that the author who wrote this one, was determined to keep us humble. We h...

Ireland makes four changes for SA
DUBLIN -- Ireland's rugby team to play South Africa on Sunday shows four changes from the one which defeated Japan 78-9 here last Saturday. Girvan Dempsey replaces Geordan Murphy at full-back, Rob Henderson takes over from Shane Horgan in the cen...

Bears XI v Easterns
EAST LONDON -- Border Bears dropped Liam Graham and replaced Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini (national duty) for their cricket team to play Easterns here at Buffalo Park in a four-day Supersport match starting on Friday. Francois Kloppers comes in...

Healey dropped by England
LONDON -- Leicester star Austin Healey was dropped by England yesterday for Saturday's Twickenham clash against world champions Australia. The versatile Healey has lost his place on England's right wing as one of two changes from the side that be...

Hawk gets hero's welcome
By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON-- The East London Airport reception area was crammed with fans, friends and boxing officials to welcome Hawk Makepula from his unsuccessful IBF title challenge to Colombian Irene Pacheco in America at the weekend. Bear...

Coetzer wins
NEW YORK -- South Africa's Amanda Coetzer ousted seventh-seeded American Chanda Rubin 6-2, 6-1 here yesterday in the $2 million WTA Championships. Coetzer advanced to a quarter-final match against the winner of third seed Monica Seles (US) and F...

Hurricanes' 'bruising' Super 12 tour of SA
WELLINGTON -- The Hurricanes face a tough mid-season test when they play four consecutive matches against SA teams in next year's Super 12 rugby competition. The draw for next year's competition was officially announced and Hurricanes coach Graha...

Lomu exits tour
PARIS -- The All Blacks suffered a major blow ahead of the second Test with France in Marseille on Saturday when it was revealed star winger Jonah Lomu was returning home for surgery. The 25-year-old has to undergo surgery on a bone under his eye...

Banyana win again
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa maintained their top spot in Group A in the African Women's Soccer Championship after defeating Uganda 3-0 in their second group game played at the Vosloorus Stadium yesterday. The half-time score was 2-0. Banyana...

Toks out of tour
CAPE TOWN -- Springbok prop forward Toks van der Linde is on his way back to South Africa after sustaining a neck injury in last week's rugby match against Argentina A in Tucuman. Van der Linde will be replaced by Etienne Finn of the Natal Shark...

Lara ready for Aussie skirmish
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia -- Brian Lara says he is ready for next week's opening skirmish with Australia after he plundered another effortless century in a one-day match in the outback here yesterday. Lara scored his second century from as many vi...

Kuerten survives scare to move into third round
PARIS -- Top seed Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil survived a second set scare yesterday to oust US qualifier Chris Woodruff 6-3, 7-6 (7/0) in 1hr 17min and move into the third round of the $2,95 million Paris Masters Series. Kuerten, backed by a size...

Border darts players chosen to play for SA
EAST LONDON -- Border Darts is on a high after Chris Kleinhans and Simon Adams were this week selected to represent the South African corporate darts team. The two have just returned from the annual Corporate Darts Championships in Vereeniging. ...

Monsazo strikes for Blackburn Rovers
By Karriem Martheze EAST LONDON -- A brace of goals by Makenge Monsazo and one by Buzwe Bici carried Blackburn Rovers to a classic 3-1 win over Umtata Darkies at Sedludo Park at the weekend. The win moves the Butterworth side from ninth to seven...

Ncinane calls for more black refs
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Border Rugby Football Union (BRFU) senior vice-president John Ncinane has sent out a call for more black referees to get involved in the game. Ncinane was the guest speaker at a trophy presentation of the East Lond...

Woods faces angry Nike protesters
BANGKOK -- The world's top golfer, Tiger Woods, was forced to run the gauntlet of around 100 sacked Nike employees who staged an angry protest yesterday inside the lobby of the Bangkok hotel where he is staying. Woods, who arrived in the Thai cap...

The pain in Spain falls mainly on . . .
GOLF David Denison IT was to have been a dream holiday for six Gags members, but disaster hit one member. You might say the pain in Spain falls mainly on the . . . Gags? That's the Gamblers and Golfers Society, most of whom play their golf at E...

Jonas wins at Komga
CROSSED WIRES KOMGA: Ben Jonas is the HI Q Tyres 2000 open champion of Komga. Forced to play 27 holes instead of the regulation 36 due to lightning and heavy rain on Sunday, he scored Nelson's 11 (78 33) to beat young Daniel Gouws (74 39) by two...

Aloe Stein indaba
By Glyn Williams EAST LONDON -- At least 31 Border sporting codes will be represented at the Philip Kahts international softball stadium tomorrow when Aloe Stein hosts its biggest function, in conjunction with South African Breweries. Ron Jones,...

Agassi, Hewitt out of Paris Masters Series
PARIS -- Defending champion and sixth seed Andre Agassi, and Australian Lleyton Hewitt pulled out of the Paris Masters Series here yesterday following the hip flexor injury to Agassi, and Hewitt suffering from an allergy which has dogged him for s...

Belgian dumps Sanchez
NEW YORK -- Belgium's Kim Clijsters upset fifth seed Arantxa Sanchez of Spain 7-5, 6-4 here on Monday, advancing the 17-year-old to the second round of tennis' $2 -million WTA Championships. Also moving through in the season-ending showdown of th...

WINNERS
The Border Hockey Association held their annual awards evening at the weekend. Greg Beling (second left at the back) was the guest speaker. On Beling's right is new Border hockey president Andrew Conroy, while trophy winners (from the left) ...

Summer Handicap pen pictures
JOHANNESBURG -- The Summer Handicap will be run at Turffontein on Saturday November 25 over a distance of 2 000m, for a stake of R2 million. 1 DRUM STAR Trainer Gary Alexander: Jockey : Andrew Fortune Races 31 Wins 12: Places 10: Drawn 14: 60...

Gosforth Park results
FIRST RACE 2 Coconut ShyA Marcus 1 6 Diah's DreamP Strydom 2 11 True Red J Lloyd 3 10 Secret FaceJ Jago 4 Winner trained by B Warren Betting: 2-1, 14-10, 11-2, 12-1. Tote win: R2,70. Places: R1,10 R1,00 R1,80 Swingers: 2x6 R1,40 2x11 R3,00 ...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET SUPERPORT SERIES Played, won, lost, drawn, batting points, bowling points, points Pool A Northerns Titans 2 2 0 0 7 8 35 Free State Eagles 31 1 1 9 7 26 Highveld Strikers 4 1 1 2 7 8 25 Boland 1 1 0 0 4 4 18 Griqual Diamonds 3 0 2 1 8 10 ...

Good regatta racing despite wind shifts
SHOOTING THE BREEZE with Tim Stirk THIS past weekend saw the first of the BSA Grand Prix regattas for the season sailed on the Bongolo Dam outside Queenstown. Although the weather provided some great sunshine, the winds proved to be very light ...