DHAKA, June 9 (Reuters) – Bangladesh have rested former captain Shakib Al Hasan for the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour following a request from the player, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. Shakib was in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the trip, which features an unofficial tri-series Twenty20 tournament involving hosts Zimbabwe and South Africa from June [...]
Rugby-World champion All Blacks start new era convincingly
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By Greg Stutchbury AUCKLAND, June 10 (Reuters) – World champions New Zealand left room for improvement after easing to victory over Ireland in the first test on Saturday but ominously for the chasing pack showed no signs of letting their standards slip under new coach Steve Hansen. A 42-10 win at Eden Park in their [...]
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Rugby-South Africa 22 England 17
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June 9 (Reuters) – South Africa beat England 22-17 (halftime 6-6) in the first test at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday. Scorers South Africa – Tries: Morne Steyn, Jean de Villiers. Penalties: Morne Steyn (4). England – Try: Ben Foden; Penalties: Owen Farrell (4). (Compiled by Jason Humphries; Editing by John Mehaffey) © Thomson [...]
Rugby-South Africa make winning start under new coach Meyer
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DURBAN, June 9 (Reuters) – South Africa gave a winning start to new coach Heyneke Meyer with a 22-17 victory over England in the first test in Durban on Saturday. The Springboks turned in a dominant second-half performance with flyhalf Morne Steyn and new captain Jean De Villiers crossing for tries after Steyn and his [...]
UPDATE 1-Rugby-Steyn grabs 17 points as S.Africa floor England
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Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office? There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades. Blog [...]
UPDATE 2-Rugby-Steyn claims 17 points as S.Africa floor England
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* Springboks beat England 22-17 in Durban * Seventeen points for flyhalf Steyn (Adds quotes) By Jason Humphries DURBAN, June 9 (Reuters) – South Africa handed new coach Heyneke Meyer a winning start with a 22-17 victory over England in the first test on Saturday. The Springboks turned in a dominant second-half performance with flyhalf [...]
UPDATE 1-Investor offers to buy 26 pct stake in First Uranium
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June 8 (Reuters) – Canadian miner First Uranium Corp said Kumvest Pvt Ltd will offer to buy a 26 percent stake in the company at 37 Canadian cents per share, a premium of almost 95 percent to the stock’s Friday close, if some conditions are met. Sandton, Johannesburg-based Kumvest, a holding company with a diversified [...]
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US honour for Durban pupil
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INLSA Ryan Prithra will be jetting off to the White House, after an invitation to the presidents inauguration next year. Picture: Jacques Naude One of Glenwood High School’s top achievers, Ryan Prithraj, will be heading off to the White House in the US for the president’s inauguration next year. Prithraj, 17, is in matric, is [...]
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Cele unfazed, ready to fight
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INLSA General Bheki Cele An unfazed General Bheki Cele said he spent yesterday morning working out at the gym with the English rugby team, even as reports of his imminent sacking as national police commissioner circulated in the national media. He had not been told he was to be fired, he said, and the first [...]
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Living the Mundo Vida
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. Don and Joni Wilkinson at Mundo Vida at Umdloti. Picture: Peter Duffy Don Wilkinson is one of the most experienced and able restaurateurs this province has ever seen. It is, invariably, a pleasure to eat at his MUNDO VIDA in Umdloti and, given the excuse of a looming restaurant guide and a sunny day, [...]
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