Sport

Balfour buckles under pressure
Boxing convention may be switched from Border By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON -- Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has succumbed to threats of a boycott by the majority of the provinces if the Border region is allowed to host the national boxing conven...

PSL charge both Arrows and Santos
JOHANNESBURG -- The Premier Soccer League (PSL) yesterday formally charged both Lamontville Golden Arrows and Santos following the abandonment of the Coca Cola Cup soccer fixture which was scheduled for Saturday at Cape Town's Green Point Stadium....

Bucks' Mazibuko in SA B team
JOHANNESBURG -- Bush Bucks' midfield star Clement Mazibuko is in the South African B soccer team leaving for Mali today to play in a four nations tournament featuring Mali, Morocco and Gambia. The team, under the guidance of coach Ephraim 'Shakes...

Kournikova clashes with Coetzer in SA
JOHANNESBURG -- Russia's Anna Kournikova, arguably the world's most glamorous sportswoman, will play three tennis matches against South African number one Amanda Coetzer next month. The two will play-off for R1 million in prize money presented by...

Kemp, Langeveldt destroy Kenyans
PRETORIA -- Justin Kemp and Charl Langeveldt took all 10 Kenyan wickets as South Africa A crushed the East Africans by 148 runs in a limited overs match at the Laudium Oval here yesterday. Kemp took 5/35 and Langeveldt 5/25 as Kenya stumbled to 1...

Wiblin out for six weeks
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- Hard-hitting Border number four batsman, Wayne Wiblin, will be out of major cricket for about six weeks after breaking a bone in his hand while batting against Eastern Province in a SuperSport match last weekend in ...

Andrews back for Sharks
DURBAN -- Coach Rudolf Straeuli and his fellow selectors have kept faith with the men who performed so well at Witbank last weekend in demolishing the Pumas, for the all-important Bankfin Currie Cup rugby decider against Western Province at the Ab...

SA golfers in Kiwi land
ROTORUA -- SA golfer Louis Oosthuizen is making his first visit to New Zealand but he's no stranger to his opponents at this week's Southern Cross international tournament at Wairakei near Taupo. The SA team of Oosthuizen, Jaco van der Merwe, Tho...

Santos beat Pirates 3-2
JOHANNESBURG -- Santos proved to be a thorn in the side of defending Premier Soccer League champions Orlando Pirates as the Cape Town side ran out 3-2 winners at the Johannesburg Stadium last night. Santos led 3-0 at halftime -- after being force...

Play-off
The North End Football Association (Nefa) staged its penultimate soccer tournament at East London's North End Stadium at the weekend with the semis and final of the premier league cup. Here the striker for Atlantic Spurs, Elrico Johannes, right,...

Coetzer crashes
FILDERSTADT -- Magui Serna of Spain upset eighth-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 6-3, 6-4 at the Porsche Grand Prix yesterday, while Tatiana Panova of Russia shocked Amanda Coetzer of South Africa 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Shaughnessy became the second Amer...

What exactly is a true links course?
IT'S one of those imponderables that surfaces every now and then: What constitutes a links course? Now I have heard some weird and wonderful definitions of what a links course is, including 'If you can see the sea from every tee then it's a links...

Hats off to Border Foundation players
FOUNDATION: Pride of place must go to the juniors this morning. I reported last week that Border U16 lost by a narrow margin in the hexangular played at West Bank. I also reported that, coming second, was the highest position attained by an U16 si...

Can Man United bounce back?
PARIS -- Given their poor away form in Europe over the past two seasons Manchester United face the stiffest examination of their Champions League resolve today as they step into a Greek cauldron to face Olympiakos at the Spiros Louis Stadium. Uni...

Aussies discuss rugby team's security in Europe
SYDNEY -- Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chief John O'Neill flew to London yesterday to discuss security arrangements with the International Rugby Board before world champions Wallabies go ahead with their four-Test European rugby tour. Wallaby coa...

Dokic gets top Volvo seeding
BANGKOK -- World No 10 Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia will head the field at the $110000 WTA Volvo Open tennis tournament scheduled for next month, organisers said yesterday. The November 3-11 event at the Dusit Resort Hotel in Pattaya will also feat...

Why Daly pulled out of Wentworth
LONDON -- John Daly refused to play in this week's World Match Play golf championship because the organisers declined to get the American home in a private jet. Without Daly, the organisers filled the 12th and final spot with Seve Ballesteros, le...

Referees suffer disastrous season
By Cecil Holbrook EAST LONDON -- Now the curtain's down on the Bunkers Hill soccer scenario perhaps this is an opportune moment to reflect not only on the season's successful aspects, but also it's shortcomings. A bold step was taken at the annu...

Trainer's appeal fails, jockeys in trouble
JOHANNESBURG -- An appeal board dismissed an appeal by trainer Neville Fisher but altered the penalties imposed on him. Jockey Brandon Morgenrood has received an interim ban until a pending inquiry against him has been finalised, the Jockey Club...

Cork Wood fails to impress
JOHANNESBURG -- The main race at Newmarket last night was the R100 000 Sun Chariot Fillies and Mares Handicap, run over 2400m where Cork Wood was sent off favourite at 3-1, but the best she could manage was a disappointing seventh place behind 6-1...

Last night's Newmarket results
FIRST RACE 16 Wise Owl (Fort Wood-Wise Bird) M Khan 1 11 Moyenne A Delpech 2 4 Caesour's Riddle A v/d Lingen 3 12 Paradise P Devlin 4 Then came: Speakeasy, Among Men, Kidderminster, Total Satisfaction, Bold Mistral, Main Story, Seaside Tow...

Yesterday's Kimberley results
FIRST RACE 4 BOOM BOOMG Schlechter 1 2 VelocidadJ Jago 2 6 Patino S Swanepoel 3 8 Flight Of Fancy H Ramlugaan 4 Winner trained by: P A C Miller Betting: 18-10; 7-1; 10-1; 5-1 Tote win: R2,50. Places: R1,60 R2,10 R3,30 S...

Results Round-up
CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA A v KENYA (OnE-day tour match) Laudium South Africa A innings Dippenaar c Patel b T Odoyo (32b, 3x4) 16 Rudolph not out (158b, 13x4) 134 Van Jaarsveld c Kamande b Odumbe (72b, 3x4) 67 Kemp b Odoyo (32b, 2x4, 2x6) 40 Dros c K...