South Africa captain’s ball-tampering appeal dismissed: LONDON (AP) Licking a boiled sweet has cost South Africa cricket captain Faf du Plessis his entire match fee for a test match against Australia last month. The International Cricket Council dismissed Du Plessis’ appeal after he was found guilty of …
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Weather Update: Heatwave conditions continue as Skukuza hit 45°C mark: Cape Town – Temperatures across South Africa will skyrocket on Thursday, 22 December, when Skukuza in Mpumalanga is expected to hit a sweltering 45°C high. Elsewhere, temperatures will hover in the high 30s, with Phalaborwa in Limpopo, Vryburg in the …
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Kaizer Chiefs set to tour Zimbabwe: Amidu has been linked with a possible move to FC Platinum in recent weeks, and it remains to be seen whether he will hold out for a big move to South Africa or stay in Zimbabwe for the foreseeable future. Chiefs can afford sign one more foreign …
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Du Plessis loses ball-tampering appeal: Dubai: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has had his appeal against a ball tampering fine dismissed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday. Du Plessis had been fined 100 per cent of his match fee last month after being caught on camer …
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NBA to open academy in Africa in 2017: The NBA has made two big plays in Africa over the last year-and-a-half, holding an exhibition game in South Africa in August 2015, the first on the continent, and signing a new trans-African broadcast deal in April. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was in …
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The biggest health stories of 2016: Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The world’s largest antiretroviral programme got bigger It was a banner year for HIV treatment and prevention. On September 1, South Africa began offering HIV treatment to anyone who has been diagnosed with the virus regardless of CD4 count. CD4 counts …
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Proteas face Herath spin test: But the stocky player has become one of the world’s premier spinners. The standard phrase of “he won’t have the same impact in South Africa as in Sri Lanka” might not offer sufficient protection against the guile and variety of the 38-year-old slow …
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CSA accept outcome of Faf appeal: Cape Town – Cricket South Africa (CSA) has accepted the decision of the ICC’s Independent Commissioner, Michael Beloff QC, to uphold the decision handed down last month by the ICC match referee, Andrew Pycroft, who had then found Proteas Test captain …
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