Updated: 8am GMT -- 2006/10/02
Sport
Schumacher dazzles in Chinese Grand Prix
WELL DONE SCHUMI! Ferrari team members celebrate as Michael Schumacher of Germany crosses the finish line to win the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai yesterday. Schumacher won the Grand Prix to tie with Renault’s Fernando Alonso in the race for th...
Woods strolls home
US golfer Tiger Woods carded a last-round 67 to win the World Golf Championship event at Chandler’s Cross in England yesterday, by eight shots from England’s Ian Poulter and Adam Scott of Australia. Woods was 23-under par for the tournament and...
Katongo strikes for Cosmos
JOMO Cosmos’s leading goal-scorer Chris Katongo increased his tally to seven when he helped Cosmos beat Black Leopards 2-1 in their Premier Soccer League clash at Huntersfield yesterday. Log-leaders Silver Stars came from behind to beat Maritzbur...
Eagles soar to 12-run victory
THE DEFENDING limited-overs champions, the Diamond Eagles, got their MTN domestic championship title aspirations off to a flying start by recording a 12-run victory over the Highveld Lions at the Wanderers yesterday. The Lions, chasing a victor...
WP book semi-final slot
WESTERN Province booked their place in the semi-finals of the Currie Cup with a 55-17 (halftime 31-3) thumping of Griquas at Newlands on Saturday. Apart from the first 10 minutes when they found themselves on the back foot after failing to contr...
Sharks take their place in top four
THE SHARKS, needing a full-house of five points to be sure of an away semi-final berth in this year’s Currie Cup, made sure when they convincingly beat the Valke 48-10 in their match in Durban on Saturday. Defending champions the Free State Che...
Bulls’ win guarantees home semi-final
THE BLUE Bulls guaranteed themselves a place in the Currie Cup semi-finals through a hard-fought and bruising battle which yielded a 41-31 victory over reigning champions the Free State Cheetahs at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Bulls ran rampa...
Pakistan cricket chief pushes for probe into umpire Hair’s conduct
PAKISTAN cricket chief Saharyar Khan yesterday said he would continue to press for an investigation into the conduct of Australian umpire Darren Hair over the ball-tampering affair in London. Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was cleared of ball-ta...
Pirates draw 1st leg
THE ORLANDO Pirates players were presented with a bucketful of golden opportunities in their goalless first-leg Champions League semifinal against AC Sfaxien at a pulsating Ellis Park on Saturday night, but finished the game spread-eagled on the tu...
Olé for Manchester United in league clash – and Benni’s in top form for Blackburn
OLE Gunnar Solskjaer’s double strike sunk Newcastle and put Manchester United on top of the English soccer Premiership yesterday, while South African star striker Benni McCarthy grabbed a late winner for Blackburn against Wigan at Ewood Park. S...
Cosmos bounce right back with fine victory
By LUXOLO MANTAMBO OR TAMBO Cosmos provided sharp answers to their critics when they bounced back from a disastrous outing last weekend to beat Garankuwa United 3-0 at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane yesterday. This was Cosmos’ first victo...
Tornado eke out a win
By ASAND NINI MDANTSANE’S Vodacom League side Tornado FC beat Maximillians of Uitenhage 1-0 at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in a rather dull encounter on Saturday. Maximillians, who were the architects of their own downfall, deserved at least a poi...
Favourites may not lift trophy – Lara
Testing conditions could mean that any team goes home as the champions in one-day cricket cauldron in India WEST Indies cricket captain Brian Lara believes that the upcoming Champions Trophy one-day tournament, starting in India on Saturday, coul...
Things look brighter for Border Rugby
By LUXOLO MANTAMBO THE BORDER Rugby Union (BRU) took a giant leap forward in their long route to recovery on Saturday. The cash-strapped BRU announced they had teamed up with South Africa’s rugby governing body, SA Rugby in a deal that will see th...
Eleni pushes past pain to win the Korean Open
GREECE’S Eleni Daniiliduo won the Korean Open tennis title in Seoul yesterday in heroic fashion by beating fourth-seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6. The 24-year-old beat the world number 27 despite finishing the match in obvious pain and c...
Grandstand finish to canoe marathon
THERE was a grandstand finish to the 25th Hansa Powerade Fish River Canoe Marathon when Len Jenkins and Hank McGregor had to pull out all the stops to stave off Max Hoff and Stephan Stiefenhoefer of Germany in a protracted final sprint over the fina...
Champions pipped by three runs
By CHARLES BENINGFIELD REIGNING champions Police were beaten by three runs by Powerade Old Selbornians in a tense and exciting match when the 2006/7 Mercedes-Benz premier league cricket competition continued over the weekend. In a full eight-match...
Pukke crowned club champions
PUKKE beat College Rovers 33-21 in the 2006 Fidentia national club rugby championships final at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday to secure their second title in three years. Pukke relied on the dominance of their forwards an...
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Russia takes Homeless title
THE RUSSIAN team dribbled their way to the top in the Homeless World Cup (HWC) championships in Cape Town, beating Kazakhstan 1-0 in the final on Saturday. The Russians’ victory earned them this year’s Homeless World Cup main trophy in the games...
Saturday’s Kenilworth results
1 - Maiden Plate R50000 1200m 7 CORMAC (Tara’s Halls-Topvari)K Neisius 1 2 Amber GoldG Cheyne 2 12 Solar OrbitJ Lloyd 3 5 Above AllC du Plooy 4 Then came: Magic Child, Le Bleu, Clearedfortakeoff, Patrician, Revolution, Bow River Wi...
Yesterday’s Greyville results
1 - Maiden Plate R57000 1000m 3 GATE TO FREEDOM (Damascus Gate USA — American Epoch) B Jacobson 1 2 Delta Foxtrot L Africa 2 14 William Grant G Schofield 3 12 Praise Be A Forbes 4 Then came: Magic Chalice, Mr. Esplendid , Shah Man...
Saturday’s Turffontein results
1 - Maiden Plate R58000 1600m 8 SANTA (National Emblem-Say I Do)P Strydom1 1 Nassau NightsJ Goslett 2 9 Cellar GuardR Simons 3 14 Handy ManA Marcus dead heat with 16 Stone RingJ heated 4 Then came: Stone Ring, Bernabeu, Torquay Ba...
RESULTS
CANOEING FISH RIVER MARATHON CRADOCK MEN Open: 1 Hank McGregor/Len Jenkins 4 hours 41 min 39 sec (new record); 2 Max Hoff/Stephan Stiefenhoefer (GER) 4:41:44; 3 Daryl Bartho/ Wayne Thompson 4:42:55. U21: 1 Shaun Griffin/Craig Mustard 5:09:42;...
