Updated: 8am GMT -- 2007/01/26
Sport
CSA drops Gibbs case
TOUGH LUCK: South Africa’s veteran batsman Herschelle Gibbs has to sit out this weekend’s deciding third cricket Test against Pakistan at Newlands after his appeal against a code of conduct ban was turned down. Picture: GALLO IMAGES ICC commiss...
Serena v Sharapova
Federer untouchable as he wipes Roddick off the court in the semi-final EVEN Roger Federer was stunned by his domination of Andy Roddick. After looking vulnerable in some of his earlier matches, top-ranked Federer was virtually untouchable as h...
Pollock will sit out Test today
SOUTH Africa’s most successful bowler Shaun Pollock will sit out the third cricket Test against Pakistan starting at Newlands today. “We’ve had to make a few enforced changes,” said captain Graeme Smith yesterday. “There are a few niggles a...
Soccer’s bigwigs on EC mission
By LUXOLO MANTAMBO SOUTH Africa’s soccer heavyweights will visit East London this weekend in an effort to revive football in the Eastern Cape and probe the decline of the sport in the province. The visit forms part of a South African Football Asso...
Hykes giving it stick for SA
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Border hockey forward Julian Hykes, left, gives Scotland’s Derek Sammond the slip during an international in Pretoria. Picture: GALLO IMAGES By PETER MARTIN BORDER and Parkside hockey forward, Julian Hykes, was recently...
World Cup visa chaos for Pakistan
PAKISTANI cricket fans are being forced to apply to an embassy in sporting rival India for visas to travel to the World Cup in the Caribbean, an official said yesterday. Supporters must send their passports to the Trinidad and Tobago embassy in t...
Real want Ronaldo
REAL Madrid would be willing to make Cristiano Ronaldo their third biggest ever signing if they can lure him away from Manchester United. United would likely spurn any approach for the popular 21-year-old Portugal international but, according to A...
Pay us or we won’t turn up, say Tambo Cosmos players
By LUXOLO MANTAMBO THE CRISIS at the beleaguered Mthatha Mvela Golden League outfit OR Tambo Cosmos took an ugly twist yesterday with the club’s players threatening to boycott this weekend’s fixture. Players at the cash-strapped club are demandin...
Super 14 squads named
SA Rugby yesterday confirmed the five local Vodacom Super 14 squads for the 2007 season. The international tournament starts next Friday when the Lions, formerly known as the Cats, will kick-off the South African participation in the competition w...
Six club cricket matches
By PETER MARTIN SIX Mercedes-Benz premier league club cricket matches have been scheduled for Sunday, with three in East London and three in country areas. The two matches most likely to hold the most interest are those between Hamiltons and Merca...
Master performances
IN A fantastic day of surfing every member of the South African team performed above themselves in the face of fierce competition and hectic tactical battles in the 2007 ISA World Masters Championships at Playa Maria, Rincon, Puerto Rico. John McC...
Puzzlement as ‘Saru puts Black players in bold’
I ASK with tears in my eyes, what next? With all my heart I hope that a statement in an article I came across regarding the naming of the Lions Super 14 team this week was incorrect. A paragraph read, and I quote verbatim: “Another strange situa...
My team needs improvement
Ponting expresses disappointment with top order batsmen AUSTRALIAN cricket captain Ricky Ponting says his side needs to improve despite being unbeaten in the triangular one-day series. Ponting expressed mild disappointment with his top order batsm...
Border cricket struggling
By PETER MARTIN THE BORDER amateur cricket team, after dismissing the visiting Eastern Province cheaply (157) before tea yesterday, were struggling somewhat on the opening day of their three-day SAA inter-provincial at Buffalo Park in East London....
Mountain bike season starts
THE Amatola Mountain Bike Club are to host the first provincial cross-country race of the Border mountain biking season this Sunday. The event takes place at Hempel’s Farm, Dorchester Heights, at 9am. This will be a lap race and the number of laps ...
Turk denies racist remarks claim
NEWCASTLE midfielder Emre yesterday denied a Football Association charge of being racially abusive. Emre was charged with “using racially aggravated abusive and/or insulting words” in the Magpies’ 3-0 Premier League loss to Everton at Goodison Pa...
Diko decks ’em
Baby Champs brings young flyweight’s talent to the fore By MESULI ZIFO THE Baby Champs boxing development programme is regarded as the tool to scout for untapped boxing talent. In this respect that is exactly what it has done in unearth...
Blatter supports Platini bid
FIFA president Sepp Blatter publicly threw his support behind Michel Platini in his bid to unseat Lennart Johansson as head of European soccer’s governing body. Speaking on the eve of today’s Uefa election, Blatter insisted he was neutral but the...
Jagged Ice could save bookmakers’ bacon
Pocket Power rules as Met favourite By DAVID MOLLETT BOOKMAKERS face a hefty payout if the favourite Pocket Power wins tomorrow’s R2 million J&B Met at Kenilworth, but trainer Dean Kannemeyer could come to their rescue with 10-1 sho...
Vaal results
1 - Maiden Juvenile Plate (f) Turf R65000 1000m 15 UBER ROCK (Rock Of Gibraltar-Uberfrau) A Marcus 1 10 Lynn’s ExpressM Khan 2 14 Shadow SportF Naude 3 4 EquilibriumDonovan Habib 4 Then came: Charming Melody, Outdoor Girl, Raven, Amy ...
Latest Met betting
LATEST betting for tomorrow’s J&B Met: 22-10 Pocket Power 4-1 Elusive Fort 6-1 Eyeofthetiger 8-1 Jagged Ice, Silver Mist 10-1 Lion Tamer, Likeithot 12-1 Emperor Napoleon 16-1 Bagder’s Gift 20-1 Hilgrove 25-1 African Appeal 33-...
RESULTS
CRICKET SAA INTERPROVINCIAL BORDER v EASTERN PROVINCE Buffalo Park Toss: Border Eastern Province 1st innings Ingram lbw b Fojela .............................................15 Baxter c Bennett b Fojela ................................... 37 Abraham...
