Sport

Wallabies win the Battle of Brisbane
BRISBANE -- Fullback Chris Latham scored an injury-time try to grab a bonus point for the world champion Wallabies in their 38-27 Tri-Nations rugby victory over the make-or-break Springboks here on Saturday. The five points pushed Australia to wi...

Magagane conquers 160km Washie
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- There was a highly satisfied smile on the face of long-distance runner, Rand Road Warrior's John Magagane when he breasted the tape at the 26th annual running of the Energade Megaload Washie 100 ultra-marathon here...

The Bulldogs bite!
Border score their first win over Free State in Bloemfontein since 1970 BLOEMFONTEIN -- The Border Bulldogs upset the applecart to beat the Cheetahs 33-31 in a scrappy Currie Cup rugby match at the Free State Stadium here on Saturday. Border had...

Kruger breaks Games record
MANCHESTER -- Frantz Kruger broke his Commonwealth Games discus record when he won South Africa's first gold medal before an explosive crowd at the Manchester City Stadium at the weekend. The big man from Bloemfontein touched down at 65,67m with ...

Riverside keeps title hopes alive
By Kariem Martheze EAST LONDON -- Riverside edged Merchants 1-0 in a Peter Smith Memorial premier league soccer clash at North End Stadium yesterday to stay within striking distance of the league they won two seasons ago. With African Youth Atta...

Krige should be fit for Durban Test
JOHANNESBURG -- Springbok flanker Corne Krige says he should be fine for the Tri-Nations rugby Test against New Zealand on August 10 in Durban. Krige sustained an eye injury in the Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday but returned with ...

Rautenbach cleared of foul play
BRISBANE -- Springbok prop Faan Rautenbach was let off after a two-hour hearing for his part in an ugly brawl in the 32nd minute in Saturday's rugby Test. Australian coach Eddie Jones wants his short-fused Wallabies to bottle their emotions befor...

Armstrong makes it four in a row
PARIS -- American Lance Armstrong won his fourth consecutive Tour de France cycling race here yesterday after the 20th and final stage from Melun to Paris was won in dramatic fashion by Australian Robbie McEwen. Armstrong, 30, becomes only the fi...

Ronaldo hits back
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian star Ronaldo yesterday hit back at criticism from coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who branded him "spoilt" while claiming the player would never return to the form he showed prior to a catalogue of knee injuries. Ronaldo's ...

Chiefs get no charity, but win
JOHANNESBUG -- Rookies Black Leopards made Kaizer Chiefs sweat before finally bowing out 8-7 on penalties to AmaKhosi superpower in the closely contested final for the Telkom Charity Cup on Saturday. Leopards were the newcomers to the annual socc...

India heading for defeat at Lord's
LONDON -- Matthew Hoggard took two wickets in two balls, both master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and India captain Sourav Ganguly, going cheaply, as England piled on the pressure in the first cricket Test here at Lord's. At stumps on the fourth day ...

SA sharp-shooters haul in medals
MANCHESTER -- When big Frantz Kruger sent the discus into flight for gold, South Africa's sharp-shooters followed through to hit targets for two silvers and a bronze to bring smiles to the South African camp at the Commonwealth Games here yesterda...

Agassi chasing third title
LOS ANGELES -- Defending champion Andre Agassi didn't lose a point on his serve in the second set and beat eighth seed Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-2 in the Mercedes-Benz Cup semi-finals. Agassi, seeded second, will try for his third career title in Los Ang...

Ref branded a ^%$£&* calls off match
By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- There was an abrupt end to the Border Aloe rugby match between the King Brumbies and Milo Old Selbornians on Saturday at Breidbach when referee Brett Nichols called the game off after suffering verbal abuse from spe...

Pulled hammie ended Mentoor's challenge
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- "You can feel proud," said well-wishers and seconds to a bitterly disappointed Buffalo Road Runner, Ashley Mentoor, as he reached the winning post in third position at the weekend's Energade Megaload Washie 100 road...

Heavyweight Botha in draw
NEW ORLEANS -- South Africa's Francois Botha knocked American fighter Clifford Etienne down twice en route to a draw in their 10-round heavyweight fight here on Saturday night. One judge scored the fight 95-93 for Botha and the other two scored i...

Bungu's victor wants respect
JOHANNESBURG -- Newly-crowned World Boxing Union featherweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba has challenged his detractors to give him his due respect after his victory over East London's Vuyani Bungu on Saturday in Brakpan. Ledwaba was commenting...

Happy birthday win for Ledwaba
BRAKPAN -- Lehlohonolo Ledwaba celebrated his 30th birthday on Saturday in style by winning the vacant WBU featherweight title here. In his unanimous points victory over Vuyani Bungu, Ledwaba became a three-time world champion. The Sowetan boxer...

100m crash for favourites
MANCHESTER -- Kim Collins won a dramatic men's 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday to give St Kitts its first title after the two English favourites pulled up injured almost simultaneously. The 26-year-old, who appeared dwarfed by th...

Striders runner surprise winner
By Bob Norris EAST LONDON -- The Super Bake Instant Yeast trail and cross country series give rise to the competition in all athletes and tests whether or not they have what it takes to be counted. In the third leg on Saturday some failed to rai...

SA cyclist loses out on cycling bronze
MANCHESTER -- South African cyclist David George, defending his Commonwealth Games road time trial bronze medal, was nudged from third overall in the final stanza over a gruelling 44km circuit in the countryside on the outskirts of Manchester on S...

German leads all the way to the bank
HILVERSUM -- Germany's Tobias Dier clinched a deserved start-to-finish victory in the 1.8-million Euro TNT Open here yesterday to claim the second tournament win of his career. Dier, who had led the field after shooting an astonishing 10-under-pa...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
BOXING Brakpan WBU featherweight 12 rds: Lehlohonolo Ledwan bt Vuyani Bungu pts SA bantamweight title: Vusi Malinga bt Cedick Conway tko 3 Bantamweight: Silence Mabuza bt Zolile Mbityi tko 4 Junior lightweight 8 rds: Barend van Rooyen bt Lawrence ...

Schools sport
DALE JUNIOR HOLIDAY SPORTS' NEWS RUGBY U/13B Tour to Graaff Reinet vs George Randell Primary: won 20-5 vs Summerwood: won 22-10 vs Herbert Hurd: lost 12-14 ATHLETICS S.A.M.P.A Biathle S.A. Championships David Kelly won a medal for co...