Archive for January, 2007


Mystery man

Caribbean holiday, anyone?

Monday, 29th January 2007 at 10:18 pm

It’s all somewhat cloak and dagger, but unofficially, this is how it stands: 13 players have had their passports taken in to be stamped and prepared for a trip to the West Indies. That leaves two players still to be …

Dodos at the Met

Best dressed at the J&B Met

Monday, 29th January 2007 at 9:55 pm

Most of the papers focused on Pocket Power winning the big race, but the horses are pretty peripheral come the J&B Met (and on Saturday, most sports addicts were either at the Athlone Stadium watching Chiefs sneak past Ajax 1-0, …

Peacock’s boat

Zimbabwean navy at sea

Monday, 29th January 2007 at 9:31 pm

It’s a catch-22 situation. Landlubber Zimbabwean with no sailing experience and minimal swimming skills wants to join a crew sailing a yacht from Cape Town to South America, and needs to find a boat willing to take him. But by …

Serena Williams

Back on top

Sunday, 28th January 2007 at 11:07 am

She entered the event unseeded, and hardly a serious contender; after all, recent appearances on court had been rare, and her interest in the game seemed much diminished. Which makes Saturday’s triumph in Melbourne all the more remarkable for Serena …

Gcobani Bobo sevens

Remember me?

Sunday, 28th January 2007 at 10:46 am

It wasn’t all that long ago that Gcobani Bobo was a Springbok centre, a star of the game, and South Africa’s most famous Rastafarian. But after a couple of serious injuries, a move down to the Sharks, and nagging questions …

Bob Woolmer

Internet pin-up boy

Friday, 26th January 2007 at 1:01 pm

How does a plump, middle-aged, bespectacled Englishman get a million hits a month on his website? When said Englishman is Indian-born Bob Woolmer, the former coach of South Africa, now looking after Pakistan. His website is an online temple for …