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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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List of scorers of most centuries in test cricket
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 20, 6:11 pm ET
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) -- Leading scorers of centuries in test cricket (x-active): 43-- x-Sachin Tendulkar, India (160 matches) 38-- x-Ricky Ponting, Australia (135) 34-- Sunil Gavaskar, India (125) 34-- Brian Lara, West Indies (131) 32-- Steve Waugh, Australia (168) 31-- x-Jacques Kallis, South Africa (131) 30-- Matthew Hayden, Australia (103) 29-- Sir Donald Bradman, Australia (52) 27-- x ...
List of highest wicket-takers in test cricket
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 20, 6:11 pm ET
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) -- Leading wicket-takers in test cricket (x-active): 786-- x-Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka (130 matches) 708-- Shane Warne, Australia (145) 619-- Anil Kumble, India (132) 563-- Glenn McGrath, Australia (124) 519-- Courtney Walsh, West Indies (132) 434-- Kapil Dev, India (131) 431-- Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand (86) 421-- Shaun Pollock, South Africa (108) 414-- Wasim ...
The shameful case of Caster Semenya
NBC26 Green Bay - Sat Nov 21, 5:09 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. The public humiliation? That will stay with her, too, long after the gold loses its shine.
Good News on the Gautrain?
Foreign Policy Blogs - Fri Nov 20, 1:10 pm ET
The long-awaited Gautrain, which is to connect Johannesburg and Pretoria, will have one of its sections complete by next year’s World Cup. I am a supporter of light rail. And I am all for improving South Africa’s transportation networks, which range from the quite good to the quite abysmal. And a fast, efficient train between [...]
Dollar Trades Near 2-week High Against South African Rand
INO News - Fri Nov 20, 2:10 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Against the South African rand, the US dollar advanced to a 2-week high of 7.6151 at about 7:10 am ET, Friday. Thereafter, the greenback-rand pair traded sideways and currently trading near 7.5952. At yesterday's close, the dollar-rand pair was quoted at 7.5376.
Johannesburg Market Re-Opens After Fire
9&10 News Cadillac - Fri Nov 20, 6:18 pm ET
Three months after the only market in Johannesburg caught on fire, it re-opened. People in the small village are happy they won't have to travel far for groceries now.
ON THE ROPES
Richmond Times-Dispatch - 2 hours 11 minutes ago
Fans and media continue to debate Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s decision to go for it on fourth down, giving Peyton Manning short field position with two minutes to go in the Colts’ 35-34 comeback win over New England last week. Some question why Belichick called for Tom Brady to pass to running back Kevin Faulk instead of the Patriots’ mega-productive receivers. Cut Belichick some slack ...
Rand Posts First Weekly Decline in Three on Intervention Talk
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 11:18 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The rand declined for the first week in three as South African labor unions, politicians and the central bank raised concerns that its 25 percent rally against the dollar this year was harming the economy.
Andre Ward stuns Mikkel Kessler, claims WBA 168-pound title with decision victory in 11th
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours 39 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.
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 - 2 hours 3 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.