Breakfast Headlines

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has some work to do ahead of the Tri-Nations test against Australia in Durban on Saturday. He'll have to lift the spirits of his players after the crushing 19-0 defeat to the All Blacks. The Wallabies however say they're reading nothing into the result. De Villiers says his team couldn't get any good second phase ball at Newlands...

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The Springboks could be missing Bryan Habana against Australia on Saturday after he hurt his hamstring at Newlands.
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Die Amerikaanse swem sensasie, Michael Phelps, is die koning van die Beijing Olimpiese spele na 'n rekord agtste goue medalje. Phelps het Mark Spitz se rekord van sewe goues verbeter toe Amerika die 4 by een honderd meter aflos gewen het.
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who claimed the 100 metres gold in world record fashion, cruised through to the second round of the men's 200 metres today. He's chasing the first Olympic sprint double since ! American Carl Lewis achieved the feat at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
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Another Jamaican, Shelly-Ann Fraser, won the women's 100 metres.
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Rafael Nadal clinched gold in the men's tennis with a win over Fernando Gonzalez, while Elena Dementieva beat Dinara Safina as Russia claimed gold, silver and bronze.
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A few South Africans are in finals today. Khotso Mokoena's in the men's long jump final between 13h10 and 15h00, Ruben Ramolefi's in the men's 3 000 metres steeple chase final starting at 15h15 and LJ van Zyl's in the Men's 400 metres hurdles Final getting underway at 16h00.
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SAFA CEO Raymond Hack says there are no plans to bring back former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira as an advisor to Joel Santana, despite speculation in the papers yesterday.
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Sundowns took a big step towards reaching the MTN 8 final when they beat SuperSport United 2-1 in their first leg match.
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Chelsea manager ! Luiz Felipe Scolari refuses to believe the Premier League will! be a tw o-horse race this season. The bookies aren't giving anyone else other than the Blues and Manchester United a realistic shot of winning the title. But after a 4-0 opening win over Portsmouth, Scolari says they must regard everyone as a threat...
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Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United can do without Dimitar Berbatov. The Tottenham striker has been linked with a move to Old Trafford. After a disappointing 1-1 Premier League opener with Newcastle, the United boss said they'll be fine in attack if they can't bring in the Bulgarian...
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England have some injury problems ahead of Wednesday's Twenty20 international against the Proteas. Ryan Sidebottom has been ruled out.
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Valentino Rossi increased his lead in the Moto GP world championship to 50 points when he won the Czech MotoGP. World champion Casey Stoner crashed out early in the race.