SA through to final

Report by Sapa-AP

Tangier – VETERAN paceman Allan Donald grabbed four for 43 as South Africa scored a dramatic eight-run win over Pakistan yesterday to qualify for the Morocco Cup final against Sri Lanka....

Magical 2m jump - win out of reach

Berlin – South Africa’s world high jump champion, Hestrie Cloete, cleared the magical height of 2 metres for the eighth time in her career on Saturday but it was not enough to win first place in an international meeting exclusively for high jumpers....

Moments of magic as Boks win thriller

By Pieter Kruger

Johannesburg – THE 2002 Springboks have all the makings of becoming a great rugby team....

Canadians make Cup finals

Calgary – Nik Witkowski scored back-to-back tries late in the game to power Canada to a 27-6 win over Chile on Saturday in an Americas qualifying match for the Rugby World Cup....

Krige cleared of punching player in Test

Johannesburg – Springbok captain Corne Krige was found not guilty yesterday of punching Australian flanker George Smith during South Africa’s nail-biting 33-31 victory over the Wallabies in the final Tri- Nations rugby match....

Call for return of longer Test schedules

Johannesburg – The South African, New Zealand and Australian rugby alliance, Sanzar, is to lobby the IRB to reintroduce tours containing a minimum of three Test matches into its schedule....

Narrow win for Rabie

SCHOOLS rugby in the Eastern Province was severely disrupted due to the poor weather conditions at the weekend....

Russell’s contribution was vital, says Straeuli

By Andrew Hollely And Fergus Ryan

Johannesburg – Springbok rugby coach Rudolph Straeuli singled out Brent Russell for particular praise after the diminutive flyhalf played a pivotal role in spurring the Springboks to a heart-stopping 33-31 win over Australia in the Vodacom Tri-Nations Test at Ellis Park on Saturday....

Burger wins second leg of cycle series

FAVOURITE Andre Burger held off a strong challenge to win the Port Elizabeth Cycling Criterium at Scribante racetrack in Port Elizabeth at the weekend....

La Mude in squash title win

Johannesburg – Former Eastern Province star Greg la Mude, now playing for Northerns, and Claire Nitch, of Gauteng, lifted the 2002 national squash titles here at the weekend....

SuperSport to face Sundowns in semi-final

By Bongani Magasela

Pretoria – SuperSport United are to face Sundowns in the semi-final of the BP Top Eight while Orlando Pirates will host Santos on the weekend of August 31....

NZ boxer in lightning knock-out

Atlantic City, New Jersey – New Zealand’s David Tua floored former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer in just 30 seconds in a heavyweight fight at the weekend....

Tyson fight an SA pipe dream?

Johannesburg – Are South African boxing promoters not building up pipe dreams that Mike Tyson will be fighting in this country during November?...

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