Friday, December 18, 2009
Breakfast Headlines
The Vodacom Stormers will face the Sharks at Newlands in their first Super 14 match on the 14th of February next year. The Stormers kick-off their campaign with 5 matches in South Africa.
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The Springboks are sweating over the fitness of hooker Bismarck du Plessis, who injured a hamstring, and prop Gurthro Steenkamp, who suffered an ankle injury in their 14-10 win over Scotland on Saturday. Scrumhalf Fourie du Preez is also still struggling with injury. Jannie du Plessis is on standby for Saturday's test against England at Twickenham.
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Golden Arrows are still top of the ABSA Premiership after a 1-0 win over Swallows. Santos were not very happy with the refereeing in their 1-0 defeat to Bloem Celtic. Sundowns beat Thanda Royal Zulu 2-0. On Saturday Ajax Cape Town beat Free State Stars 2-1 and Pirates beat Chiefs 2-0 in the big Soweto derby.
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Egypt's Al Ahli have been crowned Champions of Africa, winning the Afric! an Champions League for a record sixth time after a 4-2 aggregate win over Coton Sport of Cameroon.
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India's Jeev Milkha Singh clinched the Singapore Open by won stroke ahead of Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington.
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India have reached 224 for 5 after 42.1 overs after winning the toss and batting first in the second one-day match against England. Yuvraj Singh has overcome back injury to score a century and is still at the crease.
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Novak Djokovic thrashed Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 7-5 to win the Masters Cup in Shanghai.
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South Africa has a new swimming superstar. Cameron van der Burgh grabbed the overall points award in the FINA Arena Swimming World Cup circuit.
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Malcolm Lange and Andriette Schoeman have won the Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg.