Sunday Sport Roundup

Sevens Rugby - Wellington, New Zealand

It was a bittersweet day for South Africa, who in spite of losing in the cup quarterfinals to unfancied Tonga, still managed to win the plate-trophy at the International Rugby Board’s Sevens in Wellington, New Zealand, on Saturday.

Results (Final)
Cup – Final: NZ 22-17 Samoa.
Plate – Final: SA 19-12 Wales.
Bowl – Final: England 12-5 Argentina.
Shield – Final: USA 22-17 Kenya.

Cricket - South Africa

The Proteas appear set to achieve a five-nil whitewash when they take on the West Indies in the fifth and final MTN one-day international at the Wanderers today.

S. Africa won the first four matches comfortably and the West Indies are unlikely to turn things around in the final match, but what may make things more difficult for the South Africans is the emotion surrounding the departure of South Africa's leading wicket-taker, Shaun Pollock.
The red-headed allrounder announced during the last test against the West Indies in January that he was retiring from international cricket, and that the ODI series against the West Indies would be his last.

Golf - Dubai

Tiger Woods' tournament winning streak was in dire danger of being halted as he entered the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic today.
He led after the first two rounds but fell victim to a wayward driver in yesterday's third round (73) which left him four strokes behind leader South African Ernie Els (65) and three behind Swede Henrik Stenson (68).
Els is a three-times winner here, the most ever, and Swede Stenson is a Dubai resident and the defending champion.

A1 Grand Prix - Sydney, Australia

A1 Team South Africa scored its second win of the season when 21-year-old Adrian Zaugg, in the race of his young career, scored a faultless victory in atrocious conditions in round six of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport today.

The South African made an excellent start from sixth on the standing start grid and was up to third in turn two behind Switzerland's Neel Jani and Robbie Kerr of Great Britain.
A series of quickest laps of the race helped Zaugg and the distinctively liveried Vulindlela build up a healthy gap over the rest of the field and, after a slick pit stop, he rejoined the race on lap 29 with a 6,5-second lead over Swiss driver, Neel Jani. At half distance, on lap 21, he was 11 sec clear of the rest of the field.

Current Log:
1 Switzerland - 79 pts
2 France - 60 pts
3 New Zealand - 59 pts
4 Great Britain - 48 pts
5 South Africa - 47 pts

The next race takes place in Durban, South Africa on 24 February 2008.