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Majeke new Bucks manager
Mickey Gordon new development coach By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON--Determined to forget about last season's disastrous outing in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), local soccer outfit Bush Bucks made a double acquisition yesterday when it appointed K...

Is it a scramble for second spot ...after Tiger?
GULLANE -- For the 155 players other than Tiger Woods who tee off today on the rain-soaked Muirfield links, there are two ways of looking at their chances of winning the British Open. The ones who think positively take a look at the shortest cour...

Don't write us off ­ Krige
BRISBANE -- Springbok skipper Corne Krige warned yesterday not to write off his team amid claims this year's Tri-Nations rugby series is a two-horse race between New Zealand and Australia. "The team is expecting a lot from this tour even though n...

Igesund signs with Ajax CT
CAPE TOWN -- Gordon Igesund, the first coach to win the South African premiership three times, has signed on as Ajax Cape Town's head coach. The news, announced yesterday, followed a high court ruling on Monday which cleared the way for Igesund t...

Border U21 team confident despite tough Lions fixture
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Despite being nervous about playing the Lions here tomorrow night in their opening fixture, Border U21 coach David Dobela said yesterday his young team were fully prepared. The U21 fixture plus the opening Currie C...

Border men's trips will be settled this weekend
THE men's Border trips championship which started last weekend is down to the last 16 teams. The final four knock-out rounds will be played this weekend in Queenstown at the Greydeane Club, starting on Saturday morning. The finals are on Sunday a...

Van Wyk takes over Bulldogs captaincy from Carlson
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Former WP hooker Johan van Wyk is to lead the Spoornet Bulldogs in their opening 2002 Currie Cup here tomorrow against the Falcons. Van Wyk, who this year was part of the Sharks' Super 12 campaign, replaces the pop...

Cricket quotas: Sanity must be restored
Sir, The recent announcement by the United Cricket Board of SA (UCB) scrapping the quota system for provincial and national teams has, rightfully, caused an uproar among the beneficiaries. The basis for this reaction stems not from the belief th...

Kobus proves his loyalty to Bulldogs
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- Spoornet Bulldogs coach Kobus van der Merwe spoke yesterday of how he had received two lucrative coaching offers but had decided to stay with Border. The offers, made almost simultaneously, arrived just before Sou...

Truth hurts: Tiger is tough to beat
GULLANE -- Nothing is wrong with admitting the obvious. Tiger Woods is tough to beat. Ernie Els is considered one of his top challengers, a big man with a graceful swing and two US Open titles. He has beaten Woods three times and lost twice as...

Goosen looks forward to Open
MUIRFIELD -- He's ranked first in Europe and fourth in the world but South Africa's Retief Goosen says he is still looking for his top form. And it is at this week's British Open here that he feels everything could click into place just the way h...

Series win brings glory to Border coach
LIFE is full of experiences -- some of which Border coach Mark Hensburg savoured this past week. At the helm of the successful SA boys' U18 squad, he experienced the glory of being the first SA coach to win a series against a Australia at any lev...

Pleasant Thoughts looks ready to score for Kahn and De Kock
By David Mollett JOHANNESBURG -- Mike de Kock, who will be crowned this season's champion trainer in a fortnight's time, has done his patrons proud this term with his runners earning over R10 million in stakes. It's not just the big guns like Fl...

Kirsten appointed as WP coach
CAPE TOWN -- Peter Heeger, the general manager of WP cricket, yesterday confirmed the appointment of former SA batsman Peter Kirsten as their new head coach. "The appointment has not yet been formally announced because the CEO (Arthur Turner) is...

Pertinent questions for Border rugby
Sir, The Border Bulldogs rugby side are pathetic, terrible and everybody laughs at the team. Some questions need to be answered. l Why contract 40 players when only 20 are playing and the other 20 only play one to three games all season? What a...

Results Round-Up
NETBALL NETBALL-U21 Stellenbosch Section A: Gauteng North 37 Zululand 24, Boland 56 Border 25, WP 38 Mpumalanga High Veld 22, Gauteng Central 36 Gauteng East 25, Border 25 Zululand 31, Eastern Province 29 Western Province 35, Mpumalanga Highv...

Emslie in with a chance
WHILE the Eastern Cape shivered in the icy cold, windy conditions on Tuesday, surfers taking part in the $250 000 Billabong Pro World Championship Tour (WCT) event at Jeffrey's Bay revelled in epic two to two-and-a half metre waves. Top seed And...