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Gritty run by Mentoor wins Washie 100
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- For Ashley Mentoor the act of breasting the tape at the end of the 25th Energade Megaload Washie 100 Saturday was a special moment to savour. Running in the colours of the host club, Buffalo Road Runners, Mentoor ...

Pumas maul the Bulldogs
WITBANK -- The Pumas made a most impressive start to the Bankfin Currie Cup rugby competition here on Saturday when they took five league points in their match against the Border Bulldogs. The Pumas, who could not muster a single home win in the ...

Venus on another planet as she retains singles title
WIMBLEDON -- Venus Williams of the United States retained her Wimbledon women's singles title yesterday beating the plucky Belgian teenager Justine Henin 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 in a centre court roller-coaster. Williams had looked to be speeding to th...

Brave Brumbies come close to toppling Old Selbornians
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- The King Brumbies came literally within centimetres of beating Milo Old Selbornians in a cliff-hanger of an Aloe Cup rugby match at the Breidbach field on Saturday with Old Boys sneaking in 28-26. It was a match ...

Aussies win Ashes opener
BIRMINGHAM -- Fast bowler Jason Gillespie inflicted physical and psychological blows to England's Ashes hopes and inspired Australia to an innings and 118-run win in the 2001 Ashes series opener at Edgbaston here yesterday. Gillespie broke capt...

Windies win thriller
HARARE -- The West Indies beat favourites India by 16 runs in an exhilarating final to the triangular one-day cricket tournament here on Saturday. The West Indies set India a target of 290, including half centuries by Daren Ganga, Carl Hooper and...

Retractable roof at Wimbledon? Forget it
WIMBLEDON -- Frustrated fans and players might prefer a retractable roof over the grass at centre court, but that seems as unlikely as the tradition-steeped tournament being played on artificial turf. Light rain on Saturday permitted only 52 minu...

MAUD THORNE AT WIMBLEDON
WIMBLEDON -- Perfect sunny weather greeted Wimbledon fans almost throughout the championships and attendance records were shattered. Having won the rugby Test in Australia, it was the turn of the tennis players. 'Henmania' swept Britain like a hu...

Fifa back track on rotation
BUENOS AIRES -- Fifa president Sepp Blatter confirmed here on Saturday that soccer's World Cup would be hosted on the African continent, but he pointedly gave no date. Blatter told Fifa's extraordinary congress here that full details of how the r...

Love leads, but Tiger is lurking
LEMONT, Illinois -- After flirting with birdies all over the front nine, something clicked when Davis Love made the turn. Maybe he felt Scott Hoch, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods closing in on him. Love birdied the first three holes of the back n...

Makambi loses attempt to reclaim title
EAST LONDON -- IBO middleweight champion Raymond Joval won a 12 round decision over South African fighter Mpush Makambi in Amsterdam in the Netherlands to retain his IBO belt at the weekend. Joval, who ended the fight with cuts on his cheek and...

Wallabies hit back with record win
MELBOURNE -- Wallaby rugby coach Rod Macqueen announced his retirement minutes after his world-champion team bounced back to inflict their heaviest defeat on the British Lions and level the three-match series 1-1 here on Saturday. Just seven days...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Edgbaston, Birmingham First Test, day four England 1st innings 294 (Stewart 65, Atherton 57, Caddick 49no; Warne 5/71, McGrath 3/67). Australia 1st innings 576 (Gilchrist 152, S Waugh 105, Martyn 105, M. Slater 77; Bu...

Visagie powers Province to opening win
CAPE TOWN -- Cobus Visagie gave a powerful indication that he is ready to solve South Africa's front row woes as he inspired Western Province to a resounding 33-6 Bankfin Currie Cup rugby victory over the Leopards at Newlands on Saturday. Provin...

NZ no to extra game
WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand Rugby Union said yesterday it would refuse any demands by the International Rugby Board for the All Blacks to play in a northern hemisphere-southern hemisphere match. The game, scheduled for next year, was announced ...

Former boxer wins SA half-marathon
By Bob Norris EAST LONDON -- Central Gauteng's Abner Chipu, running as an independent entry, blasted his way to a 61:50 victory at the Old Mutual SA half-marathon championships on East London's Esplanade yesterday. In close to ideal running cond...

HEALING HANDS:
Tired Washie runners Adam Moosa (left) and Swalleh Ameer of South Coast Striders, Natal, receive attention from Martie Carr after running the 160km ultra-marathon from Port Alfred to East London at the weekend. The race was won by East London runn...