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I'm a better captain now, says Pollock
'We've absolutely nothing to lose, we can play positive' DURBAN -- While acknowledging that this might be the last series in which he captains South Africa, Shaun Pollock is adamant that he is better equipped to lead the national cricket team tha...

SA's top promoters square up for round 2
By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON -- The country's two boxing promotion heavyweights are squaring up for another battle of epic proportions. Border's Mzi Mnguni and Gauteng's Branco Milenkovic are set to lock horns over the SA middleweight title fight ...

New Zealand set for an intriguing finish
AUCKLAND -- Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan strong-armed New Zealand into a position to square the series after Daryl Tuffey bowled England out for their lowest innings total in two years in the final cricket Test at Eden Park here yesterday. Ast...

Draw robs batsman of second century
KIMBERLEY -- The cricket match between SA A and India A petered out into a dreary draw midway through the late session at the De Beers Diamond Oval here yesterday. The only talking point was whether Martin van Jaarsveld, 89 not out, would chalk u...

Safa favours local players for World Cup -- Benni
MADRID -- Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy said national coach Carlos Queiroz had been replaced because the South African Football Association favoured home-based players to those playing in Europe. "That's the mentality. Those of us who play...

Don't underestimate SA rugby - Wallabies coach
SYDNEY -- Wallaby coach Eddie Jones believes the Springboks are far stronger than the performance of South African teams in this year's Super 12 rugby series suggests. South African teams occupy the bottom three spots in the standings. "Super 12...

Rivaldo returns against Portugal
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Barcelona's Rivaldo, out injured in Brazil's 1-0 win over Yugoslavia last Wednesday, returns to the soccer squad for the next World Cup warm-up against Portugal in Lisbon on April 17. Rivaldo, who missed the Yugoslavia game with...

Leopards 2 Rangers 1
DURBAN -- Black Leopards beat Manning Rangers 2-1 in their premiership soccer fixture here last night. The PSL table after last night under played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points are: Santos 30 16 10 4 42 23 58 Sup/Sport 30 15 7 8 ...

'Pool aim to step up a gear against Bayer
LONDON -- Four-time winners Liverpool are favourites against Bayer Leverkusen in the European Champions League quarter-finals but they have no reason to underestimate the Germans when the two soccer sides clash for the first time at Anfield today...

EL swimmer in top form
EAST LONDON -- Joe Hillstrom, one of East London's Amakhosi Master's swimmers, covered himself in glory at the ninth World Masters Swimming Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. He finished in the top 10 in five events, earning five world c...

Karate side in sublime form
EAST LONDON -- The Border karate team returned home with 16 medals while six members became champions in their respective divisions at the national JKA championships at Wembley Stadium in Johannesburg recently. Thirty members from the Border JKA...

Rhodes A sparkle against All Stars
EAST LONDON -- The Border U21 rugby league continues to be dominated by Rhodes A who had yet another big win, this time over All Stars at Potsdam. Rhodes A 28 All Stars 8 Although this win cements their position at the top at this early stage of...

Playing a winning hand
Opening batsman Aviwe Sentwa, 11, of Aspiranza Primary School, is all defence at the new cricket nets set up at the school. Border Cricket Board vice-president Colin Wilson officially opened the nets, which were sponsored by Rotary Gately. Membe...

This Two Oceans was no breeze for local runners
ROAD RUNNING Bob Norris THE Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon appears to have been a pretty hard day at the office for the majority of local runners. There were numerous encouraging performances, however, with Simon Mofu of All Stars once again lea...

We cheated says Singh
NEW DELHI -- India "cheated" their way to winning field hockey's junior World Cup in Australia last year by fielding over-aged players, former Olympic captain Pargat Singh alleged yesterday. "People may not like what I am saying, but we cheated a...

Softball SA top brass in dire straits at agm
EAST LONDON -- The game at national level was thrown into disarray when members refused to accept the financial statements presented by the treasurer, Heather van den Bergh, at Softball South Africa's (SSA) annual general meeting in Cape Town on M...

Swedish star makes a fashion statement
RANCHO MIRAGE, California -- The best player wears red on Sunday -- and that no longer applies only to Tiger Woods. Is anyone in golf more dominant right now than Annika Sorenstam? The 31-year-old Swede became the first back-to-back winner of th...

Zimbabwe winner must wait for prize money
TEE TIME David Denison ZIMBABWE, we all know, faces a truckload of problems, but one no-one anticipated was the fact the Zimbabwe Open tournament organisers have failed to come up with the prize money for a tournament played in Harare last Novemb...

Bodyboard tourney at EL beach
EAST LONDON -- The Border Manta Showdown Bodyboarding tournament takes place the at Eastern Beach here on Saturday and Sunday with men and women contestants from U14 to U21 level participating. Entry forms include a T-shirt and are available from...

The relationship between UCB and Gauteng cricket reaches new low
JOHANNESBURG -- The continuing tension between the Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) and the United Cricket Board (UCB) reached a new low on Monday when the UCB released a press statement condemning remarks made by GCB chairman Mtutuzeli Nyoka in a Gaut...

Call for Sharks to rise from depths of despair
DURBAN -- The Sharks line-up for their crucial Super 12 rugby match against the Auckland Blues from New Zealand at the Absa Stadium here on Saturday will depend on numerous factors, not the least of which is a nagging injury-list confronting new c...

Blatter faces Caf's Hayatou challenge for Fifa hot seat
ZURICH -- Sepp Blatter faces a single challenger -- African soccer chief Issa Hayatou -- in his bid for re-election as president of Fifa, the world soccer's governing body announced yesterday when it closed nominations for the post. The election ...

National tote betting a reality next week
JOHANNESBURG -- South African tote betting comes of age next week when national pools become a reality for all bets on all racing centres in the country. The meeting at Kimberley on Monday is the launch pad for the most important development in ...

Yesterday's Vaal results
FIRST RACE 3 Sarge (National Assembly-You're My Lady) J Jago 1 4 A TenR van Wyk 2 6 Sylvan Shine P Devlin .3 2 Ritual Mufti R Bonham 4 Then came: Shimmering Badger, Sioma Falls, Really Grand, Satellite, Flying Prince, World Angel Winner ...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA A v INDIA A Tour match, fourth day Kimberley SA A 1st innings 443/6 declared India A 1st innings 408 SA A 2nd innings (44/2 o/n) J Rudolph c Singh b R Patel 17 L Bosman lbw b R Patel 0 M van Jaarsveld c Kartik b Balaji 94 HD ...