Sunday Sport Roundup

The Super 14 began with bang this weekend. The Bulls lost Bryan Habana (for a month) while trouncing the Stormers, the Cheetahs lose by 1 point to the Lions, the Blues crush the Chiefs and the title holders (Sharks) beat the Force by 7 points.

The results are:
Crusaders 34 - 3 Brumbies
Reds 22 - 16 Highlanders
Sharks 17 - 10 Western Force
Blues 32 - 14 Chiefs
Waratahs 10 - 3 Hurricanes
Stormers 9 - 16 Bulls
Cheetahs 22 - 23 Lions

The Currents Standings:

	Team
1.	Crusaders
2.	Blues
3.	Waratahs
4.	Sharks
5.	Bulls
6.	Reds
7.	Lions
8.	Cheetahs
9.	Highlanders
10.	W.Force
11.	Stormers
12.	Hurricanes
13.	Chiefs
14.	Brumbies

SAA Tennis Open was won by top seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia. He scored an emphatic 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 victory over second seed Stefan Koubek, of Austria, to capture the title at the Selborne Club earlier today.

Ljubicic admitted earlier in the week he was under pressure back home for choosing to play the SAA Tennis Open rather than the bigger event this week in Marseille.



ABSA PSL current standings have the Urban Warriors on top with the local favourites, Chiefs, trailing near the bottom:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Ajax Cape Town	17	9	5	3	25	14	11	32
2. SuperSport United	17	9	3	5	18	13	5	30
3. BidVest Wits	17	8	5	4	18	17	1	29
4. Orlando Pirates	17	8	3	6	25	18	7	27
5. Free State Stars	17	7	6	4	24	18	6	27
6. Golden Arrows	17	6	6	5	20	19	1	24
7. Moroka Swallows	16	6	4	6	21	23	-2	22
8. Bloem Celtic	16	6	4	6	14	16	-2	22
9. Mamelodi Sundowns	16	5	6	5	21	20	1	21
10. AmaZulu	16	5	5	6	15	16	-1	20
11. Thanda Royal Zulu	17	5	4	8	17	20	-3	19
12. Engen Santos	16	4	7	5	12	19	-7	19
13. Kaizer Chiefs	16	3	9	4	16	13	3	18
14. Platinum Stars	16	4	6	6	16	22	-6	18
15. Black Leopards	17	4	2	11	16	22	-6	14
16. Jomo Cosmos	16	2	7	7	10	18	-8	13

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.