Articles tagged ‘South Africa Sport’
Cape Town Power Outage: Tonight’s Rugby “Guaranteed”
By Ben | March 4th, 2006 |
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The Super 14 match to be played in Cape Town this evening - between the city’s own Stormers and the Otago Highlanders from New Zealand - has been “guaranteed” lights from the various people who can make that kind of claim. Power officials have said they’ll schedule the Newlands-Claremont blackouts so that they don’t coincide [...]
Cape Town Power Outage: Tonight’s Cricket “Guaranteed”
By Ben | March 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Today’s cricket match between South Africa’s Proteas and the Australians - an ODI day-nighter - won’t be interrupted by the rolling blackouts that have brought chaos to Cape Town in recent weeks.
At least, that’s the hope everyone appears to be grasping at. Apparently, the cricket people have struck a deal with the Eskom people (see [...]
South Africa vs. Australia: Cricket Schedule
By Ben | February 24th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
After taking a walloping Down Under during their recent tour there, South Africa’s cricketers get another chance to challenge Australian dominance, in the home test, ODI and Pro20 series, which kick off today.
Fixture schedule: SA United Cricket Board
Live match scores on the web: Cricinfo.com
Tune in via radio: Radio 2000 (around 99 - 100 on the [...]
Man United to Tour South Africa
By Ben | February 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A watered-down Man U side will visit South Africa this July for a three match series against local teams, as part of its English Premier League pre-season schedule. None of Manchester’s World Cup players will make the trip, because of, erm, theWorld Cup.
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The monsignors in charge of South African [...]
South Africa’s Fairly Dismal Sporting Weekend
By Ben | January 23rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Women’s World Cup of Golf (Home - Final Standings) provided an ounce of satisfaction for SA sports fans this weekend, who were otherwise pounded with dismal showings in football and cricket.
SA golf pairing Laurette Maritz and Ashleigh Simon (an amateur) turned home-ground advantage into a 7th-place finish at the Cup. They had an aggregate [...]
Live Cricket: Follow South Africa vs. Australia NOW!
By Ben | January 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Australia posted 245 all out in the ODI currently being played at the MCG, with a run rate of 4.9. This seems chaseable - but South Africa, now on 84/2 (3.41 to the over), need to up the pace of their innings a bit.
For those who understand what this means, follow the rest of South [...]
Annika Sorenstam Set to Storm Sun City at Women’s World Cup of Golf
By Ben | January 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A bevy of the world’s best women golfers has arrived in South Africa, to contest the $1.1 million Women’s World Cup of Golf, played over the next three days at the par 72 Gary Player Country Club at Sun City, in North West Province.
Unlike last year’s Cup, this time ’round the field includes world [...]
Meet the Real Kaizer Chiefs
By Ben | December 10th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
(an SA Blog Beta post from Your Correspondent)
For music fans in the UK, the “Kaiser Chiefs” are a mildly popular band, one of the many pretenders to the shiny plastic retro rock-n-roll throne. Their destiny, without question, is oblivion - plus a brief revival for nostalgia purposes 20 years hence.
Meanwhile, in the summer of 2025, [...]
