The Times PDF Archive Page 32 - 25/06/2008 05:55:32 PM - Plate: 32 The Times Thursday June 26 |20 0 8 S P O RT B R I E FS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Dempsey dies VETERAN football administrator Charles Dempsey, whose abstention from the vote cost South Africa hosting rights for the 2006 World Cup, died yesterday after a short illness at the age of 86. The Scottish-born Dempsey was the chairman of Soccer New Zealand when the team reached the World Cup finals for the only time at Spain in 1982. —Sapa Dutch double SA THE South African women’s hockey team were beaten 4-2 in Rotterdam on Tuesday by the Netherlands. The two teams are taking part in a four- nations tournament ahead of the Olympics. South Africa’s goals were scored by Kathleen Taylor and Vida Ryan. Today South Africa face Britain, who beat India 2-0. —Sports Reporter Greats bid farewell AUSTRALIAN cricketing greats joined Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday at the funeral of former Test bowler Glenn McGrath’s wife, Jane, who died at the weekend after a long bout with cancer. At a service in the same Sydney church where the pair were married in 1999, mourners paid tribute to Jane McGrath and her work supporting women with breast cancer through the McGrath Foundation. —Sapa BOOGIE WONDERLAND: Christopher Elliot, 17, performs an inverted air on his bodyboard, also known as a boogie board, at Noordhoek beach in Cape Town. Gatlin won’t run Elliot was preparing for the national junior championship in Plettenberg Bay. The championship will be part of The Wedge Classic 2008 bodyboarding competition, which take place from July 8 to July 12 Picture: MICHEL DEI-CONT A FEDERAL judge blocked on Tuesday a bid by banned Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin to compete in this we e k ’s US athletics trials for the Beijing Games. Judge Lacey Collier dissolved a 10- day restraining order that Chiefs beef up squad would have allowed the 26- year-old Gatlin to take part in the trials in Eugene, Oregon, starting tomorrow. He also denied Gatlin’s request for a Team will parade new-look side when they play Manchester United preliminary injunction in the case. —R e u t e rs BILLY COOPER Cosmos along with Gordon Gilbert Ertugral has also signed what he Zulu, but he was not available. and Thabang Rooi from First believes will be a future star from Ertugral was also keen on Tiger op a success KAIZER Chiefs will parade their Division Mpumalanga Black the amateur ranks in striker Scara Supersport United defender Sibon- new-look side when they play Ac e s . Mthembu. iso Gaxa, but Sundowns beat them TIGER Woods had successful Manchester United in the open- “[Gilbert and Rooi] impressed But the coach is hoping to get to the punch. reconstructive surgery on the ing match of the Vodacom Chal- me when they played against another striker and another “Sundowns are spreading their torn ligament in his left knee lenge at Newlands, Cape Town, on Mamelodi Sun- attacking left- money wide and it is difficult to on Tuesday, the golf superstar July 19. downs in the Ned- ‘Sundowns spreading sided player, and compete, but there are other play- reported on his website. The Amakhosi coach Muhsin Ertu- bank Cup final,” their money wide, and has certain play- ers we have our eyes on.” procedure was performed gral has been busy beefing up his said Ertugral. ers in mind. Pirates play Manchester United in Park City, Utah, by squad for the coming Premier Aces put up a it is hard to compete’ “Ihave myeye at Durban’s King’s Park stadium on Dr Thomas D Rosenberg Soccer League season, and said good perfor- on those players. July 22 and then play Chiefs in Port and Dr Vernon J Cooley, who that he could not have asked for a mance against The chairman Elizabeth on July 24. did arthroscopic surgery on better way to kick off the season Sundowns, losing 1-0 on May 24. [Kaizer Motaung] is negotiating The winners play Manchester the same knee for Woods in and blood new players than against Also in the Chiefs fold is another with them and hopefully we will be United in the final at Loftus on April. —Sapa-AFP Manchester United. budding star from Cosmos, Reneil- able to make an announcement in July 26. Chiefs have signed three new we Letsholonyane, as well as ex- the next week or so,”he said. Tickets for the Challenge are Marsh, Haddin shine defenders: Burundi captain Valery perienced Venezuela striker José Chiefs were keen to sign striker on sale at all Computicket outlets. Nahayo joins from relegated Jomo To r r e a l b a . Bernard Parker from Thanda Royal —Sapa HALF-CENTURIES from Shaun Marsh and Brad Haddin set the stage for Australia to complete an 84-run victory in the first one-day international against the West Indies on Tuesday. Marsh scored 81 from SOCCER HOSTED 97 balls on his debut and Brad M3burg U have edge on FC AK Haddin hit an enterprising 50 BY EAST LONDON off 52 balls, as Australia WALTER MABEBA lesele back into play. Costa Khaiseb the Premier League while the SAT U R DAY ’S Eastern Cape reached 273/8. The West Indies scored on the rebound. losers will be joined by Dynamos, soccer tournament will be were dismissed for 189 from FC AK, the controversial First In the second half, United came Bay United, runners-up in the in- held in East London’s Absa 39.5 overs. The victory gave Division club that was last week back strongly and were rewarded land and coastal streams, and stadium on Saturday —and not Australia a 1-0 lead in the five- exonerated of bribery (although in the 57th minute when Fadlu Black Leopards in a second round in Port Elizabeth, as reported match series. —Sapa-AFP the owner remains guilty) drew 1-1 of play-offs to decide which other ye st e r d ay . with Maritzburg United at Eldo- Visitors now at home, team goes up. Premier league champions Mulaudzi in top form rado Park yesterday in a promotion The Premier Soccer League’s Supersport United will par- play-off match. but with an disciplinary committee recently t i c i p at e , along with Bloem SOUTH African Mbulaeni The two teams are vying for a found FC AK and their owner, Celtic, Platinum Stars and Bay Mulaudzi, competing in the place in next season’s Premier away-goal advantage Azziz Kara, guilty of bribing an Un i t e d . 800m at the Andalucia Grand L e ag u e . opposition goalkeeper. The gates open at 7am with Prix in Spain on Tuesday, The result means that Mar- Both were found guilty and fined the first match at 9am. clocked the fifth-fastest time of Davids out-jumped FC AK’s de- itzburg will play the second leg R500 000 each. An appeal hearing Only 9 000 tickets are avail- his career when he finished fence to equalise. with an away-goal advantage. exonerated the club, but confirmed able and can be bought at Com- second in 1min 43.61sec, behind The second leg will be played at FC AK scored after Maritzburg the committee’s finding on the club puticket, Shoprite stores and Cuban star Yeimar Lopez. Harry Gwala stadium in Pietermar- Un i t e d ’s keeper, Domenic Sithole, owner. Kara’s ban from football for at MTN in Retail Park, East —Sapa itzburg on Sunday. The winners knocked a shot from Lucky Mase- will gain automatic promotion to 30 years was reduced to 10 years. London..