Archive for March, 2007


Cape Epic start

Absa Cape Epic: two days in…

Sunday, 25th March 2007 at 3:54 pm

When the top-ranked riders met up at Friday’s pre-race press conference, the realisation of just how strong the 2007 Absa Cape Epic field is suddenly hit home: Olympic medallists, World Champions, seasoned winners on the world’s mountain bike circuits. No …

Lions Pro20 final

Lions storm to Pro20 title

Saturday, 24th March 2007 at 12:18 am

Alright, so Feverpitcher had to confess to a little sentimental bias here - a Standard Bank Pro20 final triumph for the Cobras would have been the favoured result, simply as a fitting farewell to the game for the ageless Allan …

Silvio Bundi

Cape Epic favourites almost ready

Saturday, 24th March 2007 at 12:08 am

Thank God the amatuer riders in this year’s Absa Cape Epic weren’t at the final pre-race press conference (hosted by Feverpitcher ed Dan Nicholl). Most of the are nervous enough as it is; if they’d heard two leading German professionals …

Bob Woolmer

Bob Woolmer’s mystery killer

Friday, 23rd March 2007 at 11:55 pm

Speculation had mounted the moment that Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room, but with the news now official that it wasn’t a natural departure, conjecture has run rife. Strangled in his room, apparently with little sign of …

Gary Player

Gary Player: Hard working pensioner

Friday, 23rd March 2007 at 11:43 pm

It’s a big month ahead for South Africa’s most enduring sportsman, with his 50th consecutive Masters at Augusta in April a quite staggering milestone. But where anyone else would be sitting around waiting for the big moment, Player is running …

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Goodbye, Inzi, and thank you

Thursday, 22nd March 2007 at 1:35 am

A large, instantly recogniseable sportsman breaking down in tears in public would usually suggest Roger Federer has just won another Grand Slam title; in this case, however, it was Pakistan’s bearded skipper, tears rolling down his cheeks as he left …