Payback time in SA cricket

By MARK SMIT

Johannesburg – IT WAS payback time for Roger Telemachus yesterday when he was withdrawn from the South African cricket squad to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka next month....

Wessels gives Ngam the thumbs-up as Jumbos draw with Natal

Durban – “Mfuneko Ngam is just where we want him to be,” were the words of Eastern Province cricket coach Kepler Wessels as he gave the thumbs up sign at the end of the two-day pre-season friendly match between the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and the Eastern Province Jumbos at Kingsmead here yesterday....

4 000 ready to take on steam machine

Herald Correspondent

THE crack of the starter’s pistol at 6pm tomorrow will signal the beginning of 72 km of effort, sweat, jubilation and some tears for 4 000 competitors when the 23rd Spoornet Great Train Race begins at Humerail Station in Port Elizabeth....

EP’s hockey women in splendid nine-goal blitz

Durban – Eastern Province secured the biggest win of the day at the Spar South African women’s hockey inter-provincial tournament here yesterday when they beat Natal Mynahs 9-0....

Cyclists ready for track

Herald Correspondent

THE third leg of the Port Elizabeth Cycling Club’s Criterium Series at the Aldo Scribante race track will now take place tomorrow at 1.30pm for 2pm....

Mixed feelings over foursomes after CD clash

Fairway Fortunes by Alvin Reeves

THE Eastern Province golf team will have a fair idea of what awaits them at the interprovincial golf tournament following their friendly with Boland at Mossel Bay Golf Estate this weekend....

The Boks facing frantic Test year in 2003

By PETER KRUGER

Johannesburg – It could make sense to rest some of the key Springboks in next year’s Bankfin Currie Cup competition....

Christmas bonus for rugby stars at Twickenham

Johannesburg – Top Springboks who make the grade for the International Rugby Board’s inaugural North v South showdown at Twickenham in November can earn a whopping R150 000 for playing in the season-ending encounter....

Nick Mallett is back in French hot seat

Paris – Stade Francais’ flamboyant president Max Guazzini is an impatient man and he will be looking to former Springbok coach Nick Mallett to get quick results for his lavishly assembled Parisian side and deliver the national rugby union title which gets underway tomorrow....

Mashaba calls up big guns for Cup fixture

Johannesburg – Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba showed he was taking no chances when he named 11 European-based players to face Ivory Coast in the opening Group 11 African Nations Cup qualifier to be played in Abidjan on September 8....

Chiefs face first test in promotion league

BLACK Chiefs, who swept all before them during the past season, make their debut in the Safa Vodacom promotion league tomorrow when they play Abahlobo at the Chevrolet Stadium....

Wolves aim for maximum points tonight

Herald Correspondent

AFTER their crushing win in the Mala Moodaley KO Cup quarter-finals last week, Wolves should score maximum points against Booysens Pride in an NASB premier league fixture at the Gelvan Track this evening....

French connection

TOP Eastern Province junior Lizaan du Plessis has been chosen for the South African under-16 team to play in the World Cup tennis championship in France next week....

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