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Wild finish as SA win World Cup
GOTEMBA, Japan -- Ernie Els and Retief Goosen relied on their playoff experience to capture the $3 million World Cup here yesterday. The South African duo made par on the second playoff hole at the Taiheiyo Club to complete a wild finish that f...

Only a miracle can save India
PORT ELIZABETH -- After South African top order batsman Jacques Kallis crushed any realistic chance of India being able to force their way back into the second Test at St George's Park yesterday, the tourists need a miracle to save the match. Wh...

Rain hampers Bears
BLOEMFONTEIN -- The Free State Eagles won a low-scoring duel by 21 runs in a rain-interrupted Standard Bank Cup cricket match against the Border Bears at Goodyear Park here yesterday. On a pitch suiting the seamers, Border restricted Free State t...

Harry's Boks bounce back
GENOA-- South Africa trounced Italy 54-26 in their rugby Test match here on Saturday with the hosts left in no uncertain terms that they still have a long way to go before they can dine at the top table of the world game. Eight Springbok tries to...

New national boxing commission promised
CAPE TOWN -- South African boxing could have a new national commission to take over from the interim structure within three months. This promise was made by sports minister Ngconde Balfour, at the close of the national boxing convention in which ...

Lewis regains his title with fourth round KO
LAS VEGAS -- Lennox Lewis said it wasn't possible for him to lose a second time to Hasim Rahman, and he was right. Lewis regained the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles on a fourth-round knockout of Rahman on Saturday night. The end came 1:29 into...

Thompson cracks 17 sixes in magnificent 175
By Charles Beningfield EAST LONDON -- Six matches were played in the premier league cricket competition yesterday in which there were several outstanding performances, the most notable of which was the 175 scored by Old Boys batsmen, Greg Thompso...

Scoreboards
OLD SELBORNIANS v KING WILLIAM'S TOWN Old Boys innings Cloete b Nkqayi39 Vermaak not out91 Thompson c Nkqayi b Booi175 Hansen c Nkqayi b Simson19 Botha not out44 Extras20 Total (50 overs, for 3 wkts)388 Fall of wickets: 1/66, 2/279, 3/307. Bowlin...

Sri Lanka win by 10 wickets
GALLE -- Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 10 wickets after a Caribbean batting collapse on the fifth and final day of the first Test Saturday. The West Indies were all out for 144 in their second innings. Sri Lanka, needing three runs to win, ...

Bangladesh fight to save defeat
CHITTAGONG -- Opener Javed Omar compiled a patient unbeaten 80 as Bangladesh waged a grim battle for survival in the second Test against Zimbabwe here yesterday. The hosts, made to follow on 291 runs behind, ended the fourth day's play on 227 for...

Laporte hails French and Jones lashes out
MARSEILLE -- Australia coach Eddie Jones blamed a string of fundamental errors from his team after the Wallabies plunged to a 14-13 defeat against France here on Saturday. Jones said the world champions' failure to hang on to the ball in the face...

Ngene turns tables on Ngculana
By Bob Norris EAST LONDON -- Umtata Police runner, Mphuthumi Ngene, turned the tables on Bonisile Ngculana, while Katrin Engelen made an impressive debut in the colours of Mr. Price Oxford Striders at the Inyati Construction 15km on Saturday. Ng...

Results Round-up
CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA v INDIA Second Test Port Elizabeth Second Test, day three South Africa (1st innings) 362 (Gibbs 196, Boucher 68no; Srinath 6/76) India first innings Das lbw Pollock 1 Dasgupta b Ntini 13 Dravid b Pollock 2 Tendulkar c Klusene...

All Black rookies catch the eye
DUBLIN -- A few eyebrows were raised when John Mitchell handed Test debuts to Canterbury 20-year-olds, flanker Richard McCaw and centre Aaron Mauger for what was also the All Black coach's first Test in charge. But a 40-29 victory over Ireland he...

School Sport
DALE JUNIOR Cricket U13a vs Grens Grens scored 93 runs for 8 wickets in 30 overs. Dale passed their score for the loss of one wicket. Dale won by 9 wickets. Best batsmen: A Mkwambi 36 not out, A Nkontso 44 not out U13C vs Thembalethu Dale...

Scotland lose
EDINBURGH -- Six penalties and a conversion from Felipe Contepomi and a try from Ignacio Corleto gave Argentina a 25-16 win over Scotland at Murrayfield yesterday. Eight days after beating Wales, Argentina downed a Scottish side that scored two t...

Remarkable Hewitt wins Masters Cup
SYDNEY-- The honours keep coming in a rush for new world number one Lleyton Hewitt with a dominating victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the Tennis Masters Cup final here yesterday. The remarkable Australian, 20, the youngest ever to fin...

UCB Bowl match scrapped
EAST LONDON -- The three-day UC B Bowl cricket match between Border B and North West B at the United ground, Buffalo Flats was washed out completely by rain and abandoned without a ball being bowled. The limited-overs match will be played at the...