The story of how an Irish Lions star helped change a nation and ended up on an Apartheid assassin’s hit list: Spoirt, Rugby Union, pic: 1980, 4th Test in Pretoria, South Africa 13 v British Lions 17, John Robbie,British Lions, prepares to pass the ball (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images) It has been 35 years since John Robbie came to South Africa, but it still …
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World ranking changes: Wales and Ireland, despite being beaten by New Zealand and South Africa, benefitted from Argentina’s demise by moving up one place to fifth and sixth respectively. At the top, it’s a case of as you were with New Zealand, England, South Africa and Australia …
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Amabhungane: Torture and the culture of fear in a ‘free’ South Africa: June 26 marked International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to commemorate the United Nations ratification of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1987. In South Africa this day passed as …
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Get It Started! Novak Djokovic Starts Wimbledon With A Win: No. 20 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa lost in five sets to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan after taking the first two sets. Bouchard is leading 6-3, 2-1. “As I was playing, I was thinking about the match”, Federer said. It snapped a sequence of five first …
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