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NNBABA | Page 5 GGOLF|OLF Page 3 James powers McIlroy Lakers to OT pounces win over at HSBC Mavericks Champions Sunday, November 3, 2019 FOOTBALL Rabia I 6, 1441 AH Mane caps Reds GULF TIMES fi ghtback, Man City escape to win SPORT Page 7 Boks captain Kolisi’s life comes a full circle after South Africa’s Siya Kolisi lifts the Webb Ellis W Cup win Cup as they celebrate winning the World Cup Reuters after beating England in Cape Town/Yokohama the final yesterday. iya Kolisi completed his rags-to-riches jour- ney from a dusty, pov- erty-stricken township Son the eastern coast of South Africa to World Cup-winning captain yesterday when he led the Springboks to victory over England. The fi rst black man to cap- tain the Springboks also became the fi rst black player to raise the Webb Ellis Cup when his team thrashed England 32-12 at Yoko- hama International Stadium. opportunity to get away from Increasingly a symbol for life on the township streets as he South African unity, Kolisi did won a bursary to Port Elizabeth’s not even have a television set top boys school Grey High. when the Springboks, cheered “Once I got my opportunity to on by Nelson Mandela, won their play, I gave it my best shot,” he second title in 2007. said yesterday> The captain of that team, John “When I was 16, I thought, Smit, argued this 2019 triumph okay, maybe I can make some- in the 2007 showpiece when Jones was a was even more signifi cant.
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