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South Africa rugby team relieved to be back on track

AFP - Sat Nov 21, 9:41 pm ET

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers and captain John Smit agreed that the world champions were back on track following their 32-10 win over Italy here.

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Andre Ward stuns Mikkel Kessler, claims WBA 168-pound title with decision victory in 11th
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours 11 minutes ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andre Ward claimed the WBA 168-pound title with an unanimous technical decision over Denmark's Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night, adding his first world championship belt to his Olympic gold medal with a stunning upset victory in his hometown.
France, Greece qualify for World Cup on final day
Asbury Park Press - Sat Nov 21, 5:54 pm ET
William Gallas scored a disputed overtime goal that lifted France over Ireland and into next year's World Cup.
S.Africa police arrest 22 over xenophobic attacks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:00 am ET
South African police said Friday that 22 people were arrested for public violence after 3,000 mainly Zimbabwean migrants fled their homes due to tensions with locals over competition for farm jobs.
Rand Set for First Weekly Drop in Three on Intervention Talk
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 9:39 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The rand fell, extending its first weekly decline in three, as South African labor unions, politicians and the central bank raised concerns that the currency’s 25 percent rally this year was harming the economy.
Report: Sampdoria's Cassano Sets Wedding Date For Middle Of World Cup
Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 20, 3:11 pm ET
'Fantantonio' is convinced that no amount of protests will see him return to the Italy squad in time for the World Cup finals in South Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA: Life expectancy drops
IRIN - Sat Nov 21, 2:30 pm ET
JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2009 (IRIN) - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
South Africa Says Gender Controversy Is Over
International Herald Tribune - Thu Nov 19, 11:23 am ET
The South African government has attempted to end the controversy over the gender of Caster Semenya, the runner who was crowned the women's 800-meter world champion in August, by declaring that an agreement had been reached to not release the results of gender tests.
IAAF says no resolution yet to Semenya case
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:23 am ET
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is still seeking a resolution to South African runner Caster Semenya's gender case, spokesman Nick Davies said on Friday.
More swim world records expected in Singapore
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 8:23 pm ET
The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore on Saturday with expectations high that world records will fall.
The shameful case of Caster Semenya
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 4:45 pm ET
Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin.
South Africa Plans Special Courts for World Cup Crime, AFP Says
Bloomberg - Sat Nov 21, 4:48 am ET
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa plans to create special courts during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to speed up processing cases involving foreigners, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Justice Department Spokesman Tlali Tlali.
South African sports ministry: Semenya keeps medal
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 1:24 pm ET
South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.
"I Am Changing": Dreamgirls , Poised to Tour, Opens at the Apollo Nov. 22
Playbill - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's hit 1981 Motown musical, Dreamgirls, the showbiz fairy tale about an unknown girl group that is catapulted to international stardom, opens Nov. 22 at Harlem's Apollo Theater in a new production that gives the famous material a makeover.
South Africa sports ministry: Semenya keeps medal
Sports Illustrated - Thu Nov 19, 12:04 pm ET
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.
IAAF still in talks over Caster Semenya's future
Sports Illustrated - Fri Nov 20, 2:50 pm ET
MONACO (AP) -- The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career.
EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Sat Nov 21, 6:31 pm ET
Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.
South African Runner’s Sex-Verification Result Won’t Be Public
International Herald Tribune - Thu Nov 19, 9:23 pm ET
One of the most public and controversial cases of sex verification in sports has apparently been resolved, but the results may never be made known to the public.
Volkswagen South Africa to Double Polo Exports in the Next Year
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 2:05 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen of South Africa , the local unit of Europe’s largest automaker, said it will double its export production of right-hand drive Volkwagen Polos within the next year.
Africa's largest wind farm set to emerge from Kenyan desert
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ET
NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it soon will be the site of Africa's largest wind farm.
Ward claims Kessler's WBA title in 11th round
San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 hour 17 minutes ago
With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he's ready for the world.