Sport

Let's fill the stadium!
File picture of the thousands of supporters who watched the rugby Test between SA and Canada at the Absa Stadium in 2000. By Brian McLean EAST LONDON -- With the battle cry of "fill the stadium ... fill the stadium" ringing around the city, ...

Windies make history to deny Aussies
NO CLEAN SWEEP FOR THIS BROOM: West Indies cricket fans destroy a broom brought in by Australian fans in anticipation of a 4-0 clean sweep of the series by the Aussies yesterday. But the sweep was prevented when the West Indies climbed a mount...

Bucks sweat blood despite gloomy picture
By Mesuli Zifo EAST LONDON -- These days Bush Bucks are training hard come rain or sunshine as their stay in the soccer premiership appears slimmer, with two games to the finish line. Despite the rainy weather yesterday and the fact that the lea...

Super 12 refs
WELLINGTON -- Australian Peter Marshall and Jonathan Kaplan (SA) have been appointed to referee the Super 12 rugby semi-finals. Marshall will control the Crusaders v Hurricanes tie in Christchurch on Friday. Kaplan will have André Watson ...

Pirates want Birds to lose
Special correspondent JOHANNESBURG -- The Castle Premiership title could well be won tonight when Jomo Cosmos host Moroka Swallows in a Castle Premiership clash at the Makhulong Stadium. The match kicks off at 7.30pm. Defeat for the "Dube Birds"...

BULLDOG TALES
If Friday night's match against Eastern Province could qualify as champagne rugby, it was of Dom Perignon vintage and the huge crowds drank it up like water. EP-Border clashes are always tough affairs and the Bulldogs knew that we would have to ...

Scribes debate club vs country
Echaphazeni has constantly argued that the club versus country debacle is deeper than people perceive it to be. Sometimes more complicated even for the roleplayers themselves. This was evident during the SA 2010 World Cup bid official launch in C...

Mains denies clash with fellow coach
Coach fears for the Highlanders DUNEDIN -- Highlanders Super 12 rugby coach Laurie Mains confirmed he has clashed with hooker Anton Oliver but is dismayed at reports of a falling out with assistant coach Greg Cooper. Mains said yesterday, ahead ...

Nearly 13000 entered for Comrades Marathon
DURBAN -- About 12750 competitors will face the starter in Pietermaritzburg for the 78th annual Comrades Marathon this year -- a down run to Durban -- on June 16. More significantly there is a 17 percent increase in novice involvement and 20 perc...

Spencer will be targeted
SYDNEY, Australia -- The ACT Brumbies plan to target Auckland flyhalf Carlos Spencer in Saturday's Super 12 rugby semi-final, believing the Blues playmaker is susceptible to pressure. Spencer has led Auckland to an 11-1 record in the round-robin ...

Putzier joins select band
BORDER golfer Wesley Putzier has joined a select band of East London Golf Club champions to do the "double" -- win the strokeplay and matchplay titles the same year. Putzier, a matric student at Port Rex, added the club championship to the stroke...

Yesterday's Clairwood results
RACE ONE 16 Star Watch (Al Mufti-Display Model) S Randolph 1 10 Model KK Shea 2 13 Saint CloudK Neisius 3 9 MellowwoodW Agrella 4 Winner trained by: W Whitehead Winner bred by: Scott Bros Betting: 18-10 Model K, Wonder Waves; 3-1 Made In Mani...

The local scene
Veru in narrow win over Q'town QUEENSTOWN -- The Queenstown sub-union rugby team took a step forward here on Sunday when they hosted the Victoria East sub-union team (Veru). Given that it was their first outing, Queenstown did well in narrowly g...

RESULTS ROUND-UP
BOWLS SPAR WOMENS' NATIONALS Pretoria Section 1: E Johnson (Nahoon Mouth) 17B van Niekerk (Northmead) 16; R Vermeulen (Kensington) 30 M Strydom (Centurion} 8; F Rafferty (Wanderers) 21 J Visser (Meyerspark) 19; C Ruizendaal (Vriendekring) 30 D R...

U21 rugby round-up
Tough semi-finals ahead By Charles Beningfield EAST LONDON -- The hard-fought Border U21 league reaches its final stages when two semi-finals take place this weekend. One is in Grahamstown on Friday between unbeaten Rhodes A and Old Selbornians...

SCHOOL SPORT ... SCHOOL SPORT
QUEEN'S COLLEGE RUGBY v Dordrecht Queen's 5ths beat Dordrecht 1sts 22-7; Queen's U15A bt Dordrecht 2nds 57-12. v Hudson Park 1sts won 24-12; 2nds won 24-10; 3rds beat Hudson U16A 14-5; 4ths beat Hudson 3rds 47-20; 6ths beat Hudson 4ths 24-0;...