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Boks ooze confidence
AUCKLAND -- A confident South African rugby union team landed here yesterday, promising to put extra emphasis on attack in its Tri-Nations Test against the All Blacks on Saturday. "We can still win the Tri-Nations but we must get a bonus point,...

Wallaby coach a whinger ­ Viljoen
AUCKLAND -- Springbok coach Harry Viljoen labelled Australian coach Eddie Jones a whinger last night following reactions to their drawn rugby Test in Perth last Saturday. Viljoen said Jones' credibility as a professional was slipping and if the W...

Dimbaza's Zono destroys opponent
EAST LONDON-- Dimbaza fighter Zolile Zono was a menace at the weekend when he destroyed Michael Sali in the second round of their eight-round junior featherweight boxing contest at the Zwelitsha hall. Spitting fire from the first bell, Zono lived...

NZ cautious on Cullen comeback
WELLINGTON -- All Black selectors are resisting increasing pressure to add a fit Christian Cullen to their squad for Saturday's Tri-Nations rugby union test against South Africa in Auckland. Cullen scored two tries and demonstrated impressive fit...

Border U21 on winning trail
EAST LONDON -- The Border Bulldogs U21 rugby team were on the winning side in Mdantsane on Saturday when they beat a NFS Griffons U21 combination 26-20. Border led 13-6 at halftime following a try by captain and scrumhalf Josh Fowles and conversi...

Teammate boosts Don Clark with 'proper medicine'
AUCKLAND -- Don Clarke's old All Blacks teammate John Graham had the perfect advice for 'The Boot' as he prepares for Thursday's big function here at Eden Park in his honour. Clarke and his wife Patsy admit to feeling daunted by the thought that ...

England rally to six-wicket win
LEEDS -- England rallied around a career-best 172 from Mark Butcher to beat Australia by six wickets in the fourth Ashes cricket Test at Headingley yesterday. Chasing 315 runs to win in 110 overs, England scored 315 for four as Butcher sealed the...

Waugh wants new Ashes urn
LEEDS -- Australian skipper Steve Waugh wants to burn the bails of the fifth cricket test at The Oval on Thursday and take home the new millennium Ashes. The 36-year-old Ashes veteran is prepared to do so if someone can come up with an appropria...

Tomms denies Mickelson title
DULUTH -- Phil Mickelson never thought it would take this long. Not when he won for the first time on the PGA Tour while still an amateur. Has it really been a decade since that landmark victory? Not when he kept going to the final round so cl...

Kiwis only name 12 players
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's cricket selectors have put veteran wicketkeeper Adam Parore's position in the limited-overs team on hold after naming just 12 players yesterday to face Pakistan. Chairman of selectors Sir Richard Hadlee said the final ...

Potchefstroom will host Aussies
EL welcome Kenya in World Cricket Cup 2003 JOHANNESBURG -- The city of Potchefstroom in the North West Province will play host to defending champions Australia in the build-up towards the 2003 Cricket World Cup (CWC) in South Africa. East Londo...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
BOWLS BORDER SNOWFLAKE SEVENS Round 1: Section 1: S Karshagen (Camb B) 15, W Peinke (Com) 26; D Hamill (Camb B) 13, J Farrell (Com) 35;.J Roux (StAndB) 16, T Langley (Stutt) 20; P Cox (StAndB) 24 L Tessendorf (Stutt) 16.; M Wells (GonB) ...

Sole Destroyer offers urban plus country run
ROAD RUNNING Bob Norris LONG weekend runs often take the more adventurous into the beauty of the wooded countryside but seldom do they get to race officially through some of East London's best-hidden green belts. The Sonae Novobord Sole Destroy...

Chalumna celebrates in style
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Dowu Location at Chalumna came alive on Friday afternoon when the villagers, special guests, Border Rugby Football Union (BRFU) officials and the media jointly celebrated the involvement of sponsors Spoornet with th...

Foul from Balfour
Sir, I read with dismay the manner in which the Minister of Sport, Ngconde Balfour, has reacted to the Orlando Pirates-Ajax Cape Town saga. While Balfour must be recommended for instructing a prompt investigation of the unfortunate episode, he h...

No Sunshine at Mputi
Sir, Comments made by Sunshine Mzileni of Idutwya (DD Aug 16) leave me mystified. Firstly, South African cricket and sport at this moment in time is run by blacks -- not whites. Secondly, the national squad is made up by 38 percent of players o...

Uniformity in refs' decisions required
Sir, We must have uniformity in decisions taken by rugby referees from both hemispheres. Watching the Tri-Nations encounter between the Springboks and and the Wallabies and then reading an article in the Daily Dispatch where Springbok captain Bo...

TIME TRIALS:
Three canoeists race up the Nahoon River at the weekend on a time trial in preparations for the Breede River canoe race, and the South African championships on the Fish River in October. Picture by ALAN EASON ...