Women Boks hope to be on top

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Many South Africans may have thought that the Springbok rugby team played like girls in the Rugby World Cup tournament, but the country finally has the real McCoy ...

Athlone stadium to launch World Cup bid

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"This is what Cape Town has been waiting for for many years. " So said Western Cape MEC for sport and culture, Patrick McKenzie, when Athlone Stadium in Cape Town ...

'Boozed-up UCB boss threw his name away'

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The United Cricket Board has a PR nightmare on its hands with reports that its president, Percy Sonn, was drunk and abusive at the World Cup match between India ...

Swedish trimaran aims for Cape-to-Rio record

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A Swedish trimaran crew is hoping to slash at least 10 days off the record for multihull yachts in the Cape-to-Rio race. The record, set in 1993, is just over 20 ...

SA Muslims in Afghanistan 'for aid, not war'

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The Muslim Judicial Council says it doesn't know of any local Muslims fighting with Taliban forces in Afghanistan - but there were South African Muslims "genuinely ...

Newlands date for Bafana Bafana

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Bafana Bafana will return to Newlands to play either Malawi in a World Cup qualifier on July 7 or Portugal in a Nelson Mandela Challenge match in October. And in ...

Hansie 'misled London bookmaker'

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Hansie Cronje told Rhema Church pastor Ray McCauley he misled a cricket bookmaker into believing he was willing to throw a match - but he did not do so, says Rhema ...