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Former champs canter to easy first round wins
NEW YORK -- A pair of former women's champions and a two- time dominator in the men's slipped in convincing first-round wins on Monday at the US Tennis Open at Flushing Meadows. Women's number one Martina Hingis ripped through American university...

Wallaby winger's place in doubt for Saturday's Test
SYDNEY -- Reinstated Wallaby winger Andrew Walker is in doubt for the Tri-Nations rugby decider against New Zealand here on Saturday because of knee tendinitis. Walker, who was axed from the Australian squad before their last match after leaving ...

Atherton calls it a day, retires from all cricket
LONDON -- Former England cricket captain Michael Atherton officially announced his retirement from internatio-nal and first-class cricket yesterday. Atherton's decision, expected for some time, comes into effect at the end of the season. The 33-...

Border struggle at hockey tournament
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- The Border men's hockey team suffered their third straight defeat at the Nedbank Shield hockey inter-provincial in Pietermaritzburg yesterday. They went down 11-1 to a powerful Southern Gauteng side, also losing 2-...

Beckham injury scare
LONDON -- England soccer captain David Beckham underwent a medical scan yesterday to determine the extent of his groin injury ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Germany. Beckham suffered the injury during Manchester United's draw at ...

Goodwill Games start
BRISBANE, Australia -- The Goodwill Games, a $5 million meet featuring 1 300 elite athletes in 14 different sports categories, start here today. The event kicks off with swimming, beach volleyball and gymnastics. Russia is fielding a strong gym...

Jones willing to sign drug petition . . . if
BRISBANE, Australia -- Marion Jones is willing to sign a petition not allowing distance runner Olga Yegorova to compete in the Goodwill Games, but only under a certain condition. "I will sign the petition only if we can have a guarantee of 100 ...

Zwelitsha has rising rugby star
EAST LONDON -- Powerful lock forward Mkona Sokhana is the toast of Zwelitsha after gaining selection to the Eastern Coastal region U15 rugby squad announced after Saturday's Nike All Star Rugby Camp trials held in Margate, on the KwaZulu-Natal sou...

Hingis not worried over racist remarks
NEW YORK -- Critical comments aimed at Venus and Serena Williams and their controversial father Richard arose here on Monday as the US Open began with a focus on racial issues. Comments by world number one Martina Hingis in a Time magazine interv...

Pressure on both teams
COLOMBO -- India and Sri Lanka are trying hard to play down the mounting pressure for the decider third Test of the cliffhanger series which begins at the Singhalese Cricket Club here today. Sri Lanka is seeking to reverse the trend of recent ru...

Younis wants to gain full points against Bangladesh
MULTAN, Pakistan -- Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said yesterday he wants to score maximum points against Bangladesh -- the youngest Test playing nation -- in the first match of the three-nation Asian Test Championship. The championship starts to...

Tendulkar sees SA specialist about toe
JOHANNESBURG -- Sachin Tendulkar, the man with the quickest feet in cricket, visited a Rosebank specialist on Monday afternoon to see what could be done about an inflamed big toe sustained during India's recent tour of Zimbabwe. The specialist, ...

Absent-minded Transkei trader
MUCH has been written over the past few days of a former editor of this newspaper, Donald Woods, who died 10 days ago, but today I would like to pay a short tribute to his brother, Harland, who died two days after his younger brother. It was my p...

Little Border give big EP a golf lesson
BORDER WOMEN: The Eastern Cape, with over 600 players to choose from, had their noses put out of joint by Border, who only have a 200-odd base to choose from, in the Eastern Cape and Border foursomes matchplay played at Royal Port Alfred at the we...

Hard Knot relishes Durbanville course
C APE TOWN -- Hard Knot relished being back at Durbanville and neither the soft underfoot conditions nor top weight of 60,5kg could stop him. But it was a close call. Muddy Knees did the chasing and these two were left to fight out the finish ov...

Yesterday's Bloemfontein results
FIRST RACE 9 Victory Squad (Complete Warrior-Forest Sounds) M Khan 1 6 Diamond CourtR Bonham 2 1 Edging Ahead D Smith 3 3 Hassas G Figueroa .4 Then came: Sweet Cruize, Fort Myers, Not Forgotten, Byou Bach, Noble Escort Winner trained by: ...

Yesterday's Durbanville results
FIRST RACE 7 Akiko (Pole Position-Topside) M Neisius 1 8 Close Encounter B M'genrood 2 9 Double Shield G Zimmerman 3 13 Land Of Hope F Anthony .4 Then came: Sunshine Lover,Flamara, Western Diva, Western Connection, Happy Hosta, Paint...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
SOCCER BRITISH PREMIER LEAGUE Bolton 2 Liverpool 1. Division One Barnsley 1 Rotherham 1, Birmingham 2 Stockport 1, Burnley 2 Manchester City 4, Coventry 0 Nottingham Forest 0, Norwich 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0, Portsmouth 4 Grimsby 2, Preston 1 Wim...