Friday, December 18, 2009

Breakfast Headlines


It seems the disciplinary action against Luke Watson is off after SA Rugby failed to get the hearing constituted properly yesterday. Meanwhile, Watson's quoted in the papers this morning as saying he'll never play in a Bok jersey, but is committed to South Africa.

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Springbok afrigter Peter de Villiers se hy wil eers seker maak van sy eerste keuse wedstyrd 22 voordat hy nuwe spelers 'n kans gee. Suid Afrika sal presies dieselfde span span op die veld stuur wanneer hulle Saterdag kragte meet met Skotland op Murrayfield. Skotland het een verandering gemaak Rory Lamont vervang sy beseerde broer Sean.
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Bok skipper John Smit will play his 80th test to equal Os du Randt's record. He says playing prop is tougher than hooker.
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Arsenal fielded a team with an average age of 19, but still beat Wigan 3-0 to reach the League Cup quarterfinals. Carlos Tevez ended a 12 match goal drought as he helped Man United to a 1-0 win ov! er Queens Park Rangers.
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Ajax Cape Town and Santos resume their league campaigns. Ajax play Golden Arrows and Santos face Sundowns at Athlone Stadium at half past seven.
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Former Bafana Bafana striker Shaun Bartlett is ready to make a comeback and will begin training with struggling Premier Soccer League outfit Bloemfontein Celtic.
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Rain could impact the third and final one day match between the Proteas and Bangladesh today. The match starts at 14h30 at Buffalo Park.
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Today's big match at the Masters Cup in Shanghai is Roger Federer versus Andy Roddick. Both lost their first matches. Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic beat Nikolay Davydenko to become the first player to reach the semifinals. South african's Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie lost in the round robin doubles.