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National Tyre Services says it shrugged off stiff competition to record a 40 percent increase in net profit for the half-year ending September 30, 2012. After-tax profit surged to US$478 695 from US$336 721Safa boss suspended
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa was plunged into crisis yesterday just a month before it hosts the African Cup of Nations soccer finals with the suspension of its football association president and otherSouth Africa ready for Afcon
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa count down 30 days to the African Cup of Nations tomorrow with no doubt over their ability to host but little of the bursting energy the nation experienced before theMourinho gives up title race
MADRID — With Real Madrid trailing Spanish La Liga soccer leaders Barcelona by 13 points, Jose Mourinho admitted on Sunday that the title race is over. While Barcelona kept up their prolific formCharl Schwartzel rules
JOHANNESBURG — South African golfer Charl Schwartzel completed a stunning finish to 2012 with a 12-stroke victory on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday.Aussies chase eight wickets
HOBART — Australia were eight wickets and Sri Lanka a more improbable 328 runs away from victory in the first Hobart Test cricket after a see-sawing fourth day yesterday. Sri Lanka bowled out Australia forChelsea look to overcome another setback
YOKOHAMA — Interim coach Rafael Benitez insists Chelsea still have all to play for despite another debilitating defeat, this time at the end of an arduous mid-season trip to the Club World Cup inEngland seal historic win
NAGPUR — England completed their first Test cricket series victory in India for 27 years as Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell both hit centuries on the final day in Nagpur yesterday. Trott scored 143 and Bell 116 not
Obama to act on gun culture
NEWTOWN — President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to use all his power to stop gun massacres like the slaughter of 20 little children at a Connecticut school, saying “these tragedies must end.”