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Tony Blair pats Wembley on the back

Saturday, 19th May 2007 at 11:04 am

It’s three years late, several hundred million pounds over budget, and a worrying omen for the 2012 Olympics… but Wembley has been completed at last, and on Saturday afternoon will see its first Cup final since reconstruction began in 2000. …

Smith and Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki, cricket fan

Tuesday, 27th February 2007 at 8:30 pm

Not quite Madiba in Francois Peinaar’s number six jersey at Ellis Park, perhaps, but still an eye-catching gesture of support for the cricketers as the World Cup beckons. Madiba’s shirts made for a shorter step to a rugby jersey than …

Aussie kit

New-look Aussies unveiled

Tuesday, 27th February 2007 at 8:10 pm

No, not a new team, although recent results would suggest that wouldn’t be the worst idea; instead, the latest incarnation of Australia’s green and custard yellow strip, the colours that also adorn the Wallabies and the Socceroos. The ICC’s stringent …

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Parriera: Arrest that man!

Monday, 12th February 2007 at 5:44 pm

FNB’sĀ aborted campaign, the president’s address to parliament, general debate in the streets: crime is South Africa’s hot topic, the national chorus being that something must be done. Hats off to Home Affairs, then, for tracking down one of the country’s …

SA 2010 soccer pitch

Right on track

Tuesday, 30th January 2007 at 9:24 am

There’s been a fair amount of negative conjecture surrounding preparations for 2010, and until now, that conjecture hasn’t been entirely unfounded.
But Feverpitcher has some very good sources inside FIFA HQ, and this morning a secret photograph was smuggled through to …

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Here at last

Friday, 26th January 2007 at 12:49 pm

It took a while, but the R18-million-a-month man has finally arrived. Carlos Alberto Parreira touched down in Johannesburg this morning, and will begin looking for things to spend his vast salary on this weekend. With Khabo Zondo and Pitso Mosimane …