Archive for March, 2007


Sachin Tendulkar

End of the road for Sachin Tendulkar?

Friday, 30th March 2007 at 5:08 pm

India’s early demise at the World Cup has thrown a cricket-mad nation into utter chaos - in a country where the game is more than religion, this is an apocalypse that has stunned a nation. The repercussions will unfold in …

Gcobani Bobo Hong Kong

The Sevens party starts in Hong Kong

Friday, 30th March 2007 at 4:47 pm

Technically, it’s the rugby that everyone’s there for; in reality, though, the party in the stands is the true attraction. The Hong Kong Sevens is one of sport’s must-visit events, providing a weekend of exhilirating rugby, high spirited crowds, and …

Cape Epic river

Absa Cape Epic - tough but fair

Friday, 30th March 2007 at 12:49 am

If you’ve been following the mountain biking from Knysna through the Little Karoo, you’ll have picked up the general sentiment that the 2007 edition has been a rather malevolent affair, testing the riders with some brutal, unforgiving territory. And from …

Musa Otieno

Santos flex their muscles

Thursday, 29th March 2007 at 5:51 pm

In the looming shadow of 2010, the PSL has fallen off the radar from time to time, with the World Cup the sexier product that’s getting all the attention. But the local league has produced some fabulous football this season, …

Christoph Sauser Cape Epic

Christoph Sauser goes it alone

Thursday, 29th March 2007 at 5:43 pm

In 2006, the Absa Cape Epic looked almost too easy for Christoph Sauser, as he and Specialised team-mate Silvio Bundi destroyed the field and stormed home to an emphatic victory. One year on, and it’s a very different story… Riding …

Carlos Alberto Parreira Chad

Good start for Parreira

Sunday, 25th March 2007 at 4:12 pm

It wasn’t the glamorous location you’d imagine a multi-million dollar football signing to be making the debut for his new team in - a dusty field in Chad, in a stadium that could be kindly dubbed rustic. But Carlos Alberto …