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Time to thump Igesund ... again
By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON-- When Bush Bucks went to the Christmas recess last season they did it in style by walloping Santos 3-1 with Gordon Igesund warming Santos' bench. Tomorrow history will repeat itself at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsan...

BEAR TRACKS
We want that trophy back, EP After a long period of time where no cricket has been played, I was very pleased with the manner with which we took on the Pakistan team. Although it was only a 25 over game per side, it was an important build up for ...

Proteas boost WP line-up
CAPE TOWN -- Western Province have included their 'big guns' for tomorrow's Standard Bank Cup fixture against Free State Eagles here at Newlands. Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten and Graeme Smith will play in a match between two unb...

Border, EP clash in 45-over challenge in EL today
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- Due to the intense rivalry of near-neighbours Border and Eastern Province cricket teams -- since the sides first clashed exactly 100 years ago in the 1902-03 season -- the Mercedes-Benz Challenge Cup, a floating tro...

Adieu, David Denison
Sports editor, David Denison goes on retirement today. We, the members of Dispatch Sports Department wish him a happy and long retirement, and heaps and heaps of golf. We'll miss you, Dave. From ... Brian McLean, Kariem Martheze, Derek Hindma...

SURFSKI CHALLENGE: DAY TWO Keith Anderson shows his mettle in rough seas
PORT ALFRED -- The second and supposedly easiest day (45km) of the 244km Sunshine Coast Challenge turned out to have a sting in its' tail, with head winds and currents making yesterday nearly as long as the 80km first day. The paddlers set off th...

Zim is safe ­ ICC
LONDON -- The International Cricket Council (ICC) ruled yesterday that Zimbabwe was safe to stage World Cup matches in two months' time despite concerns over security. Zimbabwe is staging six matches and an ICC fact-finding delegation visited the...

The gloves are off ...
The gloves are off. Safa Border's media spokesman Ernest Fraser sent our office a letter in which I am accused of 'distortion', 'selective reporting' and making 'bold assertions unsupported by fact'. What Fraser is doing is exercising his freedom...

Club cricketers enjoying their five-week break
By Peter Martin EAST LONDON -- With club cricketers enjoying a five-week break from the game the time has come for me to thank all those that have helped to make the first half of the season go by with so few problems. In addition it is a pleasu...

WEATHER CHECK
It's a safe bet that Black Cap player Lou Vincent, left, and India's captain Sourav Ganguly are talking about the weather and the game of cricket as the first day's play in the second Test between India and New Zealand is called off due to bad we...

Mura still being harassed by Aussies, say Sri Lankans
PERTH -- Star Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was still being treated unfairly by the Australian media, team manager Ajit Jayasekara claimed here yesterday. "We are concerned because we feel it is a bit unfair," he said, referring to ...

Rain ruins Test match
HAMILTON, New Zealand -- Not a ball was bowled on the opening day of the second and last cricket Test between India and New Zealand here yesterday due to a soggy outfield following overnight rain. Umpires Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Daryl Harp...

Dope test positive for Chelsea footballer
LONDON -- Mark Bosnich was yesterday facing the end of his career at Chelsea -- and possibly in football -- after a second sample reportedly confirmed his positive test for cocaine. The former Australian international, who earns $3,2 million a ye...

Changes to Ryder Cup selection mooted
LONDON -- Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo, rivals for the job of European Ryder Cup captain in 2006, have issued a joint call for team selection to be based on worldwide performances rather than just the European money list. The selection criter...

Neisius gives top rating to Dynasty
DURBAN -- The three-year-old Fort Wood colt, Dynasty, easy winner of last Saturday's R150 000, Grade II Selangor Cup over 1600 metres at Kenilworth, was described after the event by jockey Karl Neisius as the "best horse I have ever ridden". Tra...

De Kock reveals his plans for Ipi Tombi
By David Mollett JOHANNESBURG -- Vodacom July heroine, Ipi Tombe, will have two warm-up races prior to her tilt at the $2 million Dubai Duty Free at the end of March. Speaking from Dubai yesterday, trainer Mike de Kock said: "Her American owners...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
CRICKET NEW ZEALAND v INDIA Day one, second Test Hamilton No play, rain. KAYA MAJOLA WEEK U19 TOURNAMENT Cape Town Easterns bt Free State by 95 runs. Western Province bt Boland by seven wickets. Zimbabwe v North Gauteng North Gauteng by Zimbabwe ...

Impartiality is wanted by Border soccer body
Sir The Kariem Martheze weekly soccer column of December 13 left me dumbfounded and flabbergasted. It was filled with distortions, repetition, emotions and selective reporting which are clearly undermining the good relations we would want to fos...

SPORT SPOTLIGHT
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Making his mark in competitive swimming
EAST LONDON -- Freestyle specialist Mark Randall, at the age of 16, is one of Border's most talented young swimmers. A pupil of Selborne College, Randall is a member of Stingrays Academy, where he is trained by Andrew Gray who has coached him fo...

A nostalgic look at tennis 40 years ago
CALL back the past. Those tennis fans who have been in tennis circles for more than 40 years will recall the 1962 Border tennis championships. The entrance fee to Selborne Park for adults was 25c and for scholars 10c, while adult season tickets f...