A businessman who checked in at the Port Elizabeth beachfront hotel on Tuesday (14/4) evening got the shock of his life when he discovered a stash of ZAR450,000 in cash in his safe.
Altech Autopage Cellular boss Stephen Blewett, thought he was in the midst of a mafia movie gone horribly wrong – especially since [...]
Compulsory ‘time-outs’ are to be introduced into the Indian Premier League, which starts on Saturday in South Africa, in an attempt to squeeze in more television advertising.
The breaks – each lasting seven-and-a-half minutes – will have to be taken after 10 overs. The IPL are planning to market the added time as an innovative by [...]
Disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif will fly down to South Africa to watch a few matches of the Indian Premier League, his management company said on Tuesday.
“Asif will be going to South Africa to watch a few matches of the IPL,” the company said without elaborating whether the bowler has been invited by the [...]
It was really exciting to see these young guns create ripples with their performances, which in many cases was match winning.
Last year’s IPL gave us some magnificent players like Ravindra Jadeja (Rajasthan Royals) and Rohit Sharma. Rohit is the part of Deccan Chargers and made 404 runs at 36.73 including four half centuries.
His [...]
Sri Lankan cricketers will be wary, changed men when they line-up at the IPL, their first foreign assignment since they were caught up in the bloodbath of Lahore.
On March 3, gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus en route for the third day of the second Test against Pakistan in the city.
Eight Pakistanis died; seven [...]
Fans who have become accustomed to Twenty20 matches lasting just three hours are in for a surprise during the second season of the IPL – they will now last three-and-a-quarter hours. Part of the appeal of the shortest form of the game is the non-stop action but IPL games will now take longer and there [...]
Soft drink major PepsiCo today said its newly-launched drink Nimbooz has become the official beverage sponsor of the IPL franchisee team Kings XI Punjab.
The IPL tournament will be held in South Africa from 18 April.
“We are thrilled to announce the association of Nimbooz with the Kings XI in IPL’ 09. Nimbooz is proud to associate [...]
Kings XI Punjab lost by a narrow margin of 10 runs against the Warriors in their warm-up game in Port Elizabeth, as they faltered in pursuit of a competitive 151. Colin Ingram set up the Warriors innings with an aggressive, unbeaten 57, which included five fours and two sixes. Punjab struggled in the field, dropping [...]
Moving the Indian Premier League (IPL) extravaganza to South Africa will help create a silver lining to the grey economic clouds hovering above the country.
Economists here speculate that the IPL glitz-and-glamour show, British and Irish Lions rugby tour and FIFA Confederations Cup tournament could provide a 200-million-dollar revenue boost come early July.
“These sporting events will [...]
PREPARATIONS are well under way for the biggest cricket extravaganza the province has ever seen as the Eastern Cape waits to host 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket matches.
The first game in the province will take place on April 20 when the Chennai Super Kings clash with the Bangalore Royal Challengers at Port Elizabeth’s [...]
