Category Archives: sport

At Newlands last night

By 6000 | 6000 | June 24, 2009

40,000 turned up last night at a bitterly cold Newlands to watch the Emerging Boks side taken on what was, in truth, a second string British and Irish Lions team. It was cold, stormy, windy, wet, very wet and very cold, but at least there was red wine and brandy on tap. The Lions’ new [...]

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Father’s Grey

By 6000 | 6000 | June 21, 2009

As it is a rather grey Father’s Day here in Cape Town and I’m full of cold, I have spent most of the day inside watching the T20 final, reading my new Jeremy Clarkson book (sorry Mum) and listening to Placebo and Kasabian’s latest offerings. I’m never sure about albums with completely ridiculous titles, but despite [...]

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Vuvuzela update

By 6000 | 6000 | June 18, 2009

Sense has finally prevailed and FIFA has made its judgement on the ‘noisy’ vuvuzela issue which has been upsetting people who don’t want their South African football served with a side order of atmosphere. FIFA have no plans to ban or stop fans from blowing noisy vuvuzelas at the Confederations Cup or next June when [...]

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Shhh!

By 6000 | 6000 | June 15, 2009

The world has ended. Or so it would seem if you were to tune into Cape Talk today. Whities from all races – anxious not to miss the ‘soccer’ bandwagon – have tuned into the Confederations Cup and are upset by several issues: 1. The rules of the game, 2. The way the black people [...]

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A3 v A4

By 6000 | 6000 | June 11, 2009

Mainly for my foreign visitors and those dwindling numbers of locals who persist in suggesting that South Africa won’t be able to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup because of… ”stuff”; an excellent set of photos from Rob Gilmour taken from a helicopter* over the Green Point Stadium. Exactly 365 days from now, I will be in [...]

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