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MAGNY COURS, France — Former three-time world champion Jackie Stewart has advised Lewis Hamilton to go easy on himself as he is still in his second year of Formula One.
The Mclaren driver has failed to score points in the last two races and has received criticism from the media over the errors that have tainted [...]
Western Province have beaten the Blue Bulls 26-17 at Newlands after trailing 14-3 at the break.
Western Province turned the tables in the second half through the accurate goal-kicking of Willem de Waal and through tries by G Aplon, G Bobo.
The Cheetahs have beaten the Lions 22-18 in Bloemfontein after leading 16-12 at halftime.
AFP LONDON — Former Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport was forced to withdraw from this year’s tournament today because of a knee injury, organisers said.
Davenport, the American 25th seed, had been due to face Argentina’s Gisela Dulko in the second round.
Dulko receives a walkover into the last 16 where she will play either Russia’s Elena Dementieva [...]
AFP SYDNEY - Australia overcame a scrappy opening to beat a second-string but committed French team four tries to one in a 34-13 victory in the first of two internationals at the Sydney Olympic stadium on Saturday.
The Wallabies stepped it up after a mistake-riddled first half to kill the game off with a 27-6 lead [...]
Frank Heydenrych Zimbabwe cricket is dead. The rites have yet to be read, but cricket in the country north of us has reached the end of the road.
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union was given 7-million dollars (R55-million) after the last World Cup, but the Mugabe-aligned body squandered it. There is no record of where the money [...]
Sapa The Sharks had to rely on their prodigious mauling abilities as well as the lethal finishing of star flank and man-of-the-match Jacques Botes to overcome a valiant Boland Kavaliers 38-13 in Durban on Friday night.
Botes scored two crucial tries towards the end of each half as he found himself gleefully in possession at the [...]
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LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods had successful reconstructive surgery on the torn ligament in his left knee yesterday, the golf superstar reported on his website.
The procedure was performed in Park City, Utah, by doctor Thomas D. Rosenberg and doctor Vernon J. Cooley, who did arthroscopic surgery on that same knee for Woods in April.
“It was [...]
Heinz Schenk It was fitting that winger John Mametsa made his 100th appearance for the Blue Bulls last Saturday.
The Pretoria flyer’s century came up against the Lions, in the season’s opening Currie Cup round at Ellis Park. Mametsa has always enjoyed playing against his Jukskei neighbours. In a match five years ago, he made himself [...]
AFP PENSACOLA, Florida — A US judge yesterday blocked banned sprinter Justin Gatlin’s bid to compete at the upcoming US Olympic athletics trials.
Judge Lacey Collier dissolved a temporary restraining order that would have let Gatlin compete, ruling yesterday that although Gatlin had been wronged by the anti-doping process, the court didn’t have the authority to [...]
