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Brazil samba into last 8
KOBE -- Four-time champion Brazil withstood a stubborn Belgium yesterday for a 2-0 victory to reach the World Cup quarter-finals on Rivaldo's 67th-minute goal and Ronaldo's clincher in the 87th. Brazil, the only Latin American team left in the Wo...

Tiger weathers storm on way to winning US Open
FARMINGDALE, New York -- Tiger Woods weathered a storm delay and a late threat from Phil Mickelson to win the 102nd US Open here on Sunday, becoming the first man in 30 years to complete the first half of golf's Grand Slam. Woods won his eighth m...

Kotov breaks Mtolo to win Comrades
DURBAN -- Vladimir Kotov of Belarus never ceases to amaze. The 44-year-old runner who lives in Cape Town stunned his younger opposition with a high quality victory in the up Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg yesterday. Kotov, who...

England trounce Sri Lanka
MANCHESTER -- England beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets yesterday in an exciting twilight finish to the third cricket Test at Old Trafford, winning the three-match series 2-0. Needing 50 runs to win in six overs, openers Marcus Trescothick, 23 not out...

Larkham at flyhalf?
SYDNEY-- Wallaby flyhalf Stephen Larkham is set to return from injury when world rugby champions Australia play Six Nations Grand Slam champions France in Melbourne on Saturday. And former league international Wendell Sailor is expected to be giv...

HAIL SAINTS, THE YOUTH CUP CHAMPIONS:
Captain Morne Swartz, right, was ecstatic after his side ousted Alphendale 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out. The result made Saints the inaugural champions of the new Ashley Wyngaard Youth soccer competition at the Buffalo Flats sports grounds last ni...

Williams sisters seeded No 1-2 at Wimbledon
LONDON -- Venus and Serena Williams were seeded 1-2 for Wimbledon yesterday, setting up the chance of another Grand Slam final between the two sisters. Seven-time champion Pete Sampras, meanwhile, was installed at No 7, his lowest seeding since 1...

New Zealand cricket captain blasts umpires
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- The West Indies clinched a dramatic last ball thrilling cricket victory against New Zealand on Sunday, but Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming blasted "incompetent" match officials for robbing his team of victory. New Zealand sc...

Tigerish Pioneers pounce,
By Cecil Holbrook EAST LONDON -- Just as in the World Cup, Pioneers proved there's no such thing as a dead cert in soccer when they pounced on Cubs with tigerish zest, tamed them and emerged with a meritorious 3-0 Bunkers Hill Challenge Cup victo...

US down southern neighbour
JEONJU -- The United States celebrated the greatest day in their footballing history by beating Mexico 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup here yesterday. Goals from Brian McBride and Landon Donovan sent the unfancied Americans into ...

French fumble on Eastbourne grass
EASTBOURNE -- Second seed Sandrine Testud remained the last French player in contention as the $585000 (R5,8m) Eastbourne tennis tournament took the scalps of two compatriots after just a few hours of play yesterday. Testud, who has a bye into th...

Flight Alert scares bookmakers
By David Mollett JOHANNESBURG -- Bookies countrywide face huge liabilities if Flight Alert -- now down to 15-10 in ante-post betting -- wins the Vodacom July at Greyville on July 6. Mike de Kock's three-year-old silenced his critics with a decis...

July final field
The final field for the Vodacom Durban July to be run at Greyville on Saturday July 6, over 2 200m, for a stake of R1 million is as follows. NO HORSE DRAW MASS JOCKEY TRAINER 1 INGLESIDE 4 58,0kgJ Geroudis M F de Kock 2 EL PICHA (A...

Dispatch cup pics
ON THE CHARGE: The annual Ashley Wyngaard U20 soccer tournament at the Buffalo Flats sports grounds, sponsored by the Daily Dispatch, was jam-packed with action right up to the final between Alphendale and Saints. Here Mario Flanagan, left, of Sa...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET ENGLAND v SRI LANKA Old Trafford Third Test, day five England 1st Innings 512 Sri Lanka 1st Innings 253 Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (o/n 63-1) Arnold c Stewart b Tudor 109 Jayasuriya b Hoggard 26 Sangakkara lbw b Tudor �...

Rafter tips Hewitt to win Wimbledon
BRISBANE -- Lleyton Hewitt is still improving and is the man to beat at Wimbledon later this month, his compatriot and former Davis Cup team-mate, Pat Rafter, said yesterday. With seven-time winner Pete Sampras out of form and last year's champio...

SPORTSVIEW
Waggle, waggle, waggle, waggle -- times 20! WITH his 20-plus waggles Sergio Garcia is becoming increasingly irritating. WITH his 20-plus waggles Sergio Garcia is becoming increasingly irritating. WITH his 20-plus waggles Sergio Garcia is becomi...

World Cup notebook
INJURY PROBE YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Fifa doctors are hoping science will shed some light on the increasing complaints that gruelling league seasons are leaving players susceptible to injury at the soccer World Cup. "We want to find out, scientifical...

World cup pics
EVERYONE IN ON THE ACT: Mexico's Braulio Luna goes for a header against the US at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in South Korea yesterday. The US won 2-0 and will play Germany on Friday. (AP) TOUGH CONTEST: Brazil's Ronaldo, right, holds off a c...