Новости за 22.12.2018

LONDON – Manchester City handed the initiative in the Premier League title race to Liverpool with a shock 3-2 home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign as Manchester United manager got off to a flying start in a 5-1 victory at Cardiff.

LONDON – Exeter ended Saracens' 22-game unbeaten record with an emphatic 31-13 win as they regained top spot in the English Premiership on Saturday.

CARDIFF – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made an instant impact as Manchester United caretaker manager with Paul Pogba to the fore in a transformed performance from the final days of Jose Mourinho's reign in a 5-1 thumping of Cardiff on Saturday.

CARDIFF – Paul Pogba returned to the Manchester United starting line-up for the first time in four Premier League games as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made four changes for Saturday's trip to Cardiff from Jose Mourinho's final game in charge.

CAPE TOWN – A second-half brace from Cape Town City winger Bradley Ralani inspired a 3-2 win over Bloemfontein Celtic in a thrilling Premiership encounter at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday evening.

NIO Inc., the U.S.-listed Chinese upstart seeking to take on the likes of Tesla Inc., said China will continue to be a big luxury car market.

MANCHESTER – Manchester City captain Fabian Delph said the team would “go back to the drawing board” after their shock 3-2 defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday saw them lose ground to Liverpool in the title race.

MANCHESTER – Manchester City conceded ground to leaders Liverpool atop the Premier League on Saturday after a stunning Andros Townsend goal contributed to a jaw-dropping 3-2 victory for Crystal Palace at the Etihad.

PORT ELIZABETH – A career-best eight wickets in a marathon effort of 50.4 overs by Dane Piedt ground the World Sports Betting Cape Cobras to an epic 37-run victory over the Warriors deep into the final day of their 4-Day Domestic Series clash in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
 
The spinner finished with eight for 130, which included 16 maidens, to bowl out the hosts for 380 in pursuit of a 418-victory target with just 3.2 overs of the game remaining.
 
Gihahn Cloete’s century (108 off 193 balls... Читать дальше...

WINDHOEK – Orlando Pirates booked their place in the group stage of the Caf Champions League by beating Namibia’s African Stars 1-0 on aggregate after two legs. 

BLOEMFONTEIN – Chris Morris claimed the key wickets of Rudi Second and Ryan McLaren early on the final day as reigning champions the Multiply Titans won a first 4-Day Domestic Series game of the season when they overcame the VKB Knights by 65 runs in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
 
The Standard Bank Proteas all-rounder removed two of the six batsmen to fall on day four to end with figures of three for 55 that helped bowl out the hosts for 249 in 73.2 overs.
 
Itumeleng Moseki (2/38)... Читать дальше...

Elon Musk took the wraps off his Boring Co.'s first completed test tunnel on Tuesday.

AmaZulu (2) 2

Lamontville Golden Arrows (0) 0

Amazulu outclassed and outmastered Lamontville Golden Arrows yesterday at King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi in the KwaZulu-Natal derby as they brushed off their sworn rivals, Abafana Bes'thende 2-0. 

Bongi Ntuli delivered up on his promise when he broke the deadlock four minutes in to the game against his former team. He was menacing and deadly. 

Both sides were still trying to find their feet when Ntuli put Usuthu in the lead with a well taken strike. Читать дальше...

AmaZulu (2) 2

Lamontville Golden Arrows (0) 0

Amazulu outclassed and outmastered Lamontville Golden Arrows yesterday at King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi in the KwaZulu-Natal derby as they brushed off their sworn rivals, Abafana Bes'thende 2-0. 

Bongi Ntuli delivered up on his promise when he broke the deadlock four minutes in to the game against his former team. He was menacing and deadly. 

Both sides were still trying to find their feet when Ntuli put Usuthu in the lead with a well taken strike. Читать дальше...

PRETORIA – Mamelodi Sundowns booked their place in the CAF Champions League group stage after beating Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya 4-0 in a first-round second leg match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon.

Raheem Sterling's ‘incredible’ social responsibility is helping him become a star at Manchester City, according to Pep Guardiola.

ANTANANARIVO – Kaizer Chiefs beat Elgeco Plus 3-0 in their CAF Confederations Cup first round, second leg match in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Saturday afternoon.

Four women and a child died when a landslide flattened their houses after heavy rain in Bukavu in eastern DR Congo, local sources said Saturday.

Premier Soccer League teams who have set their sights on the services of Cape Town City’s midfield maestro, Thabo Nodada, must forget about it because he is not going to leave the Citizens anytime soon.

Nodada has been a revelation for City in the past two seasons, and has been pivotal for the Cape side in the middle of the park with his refined displays.

A Philippine lawmaker and his bodyguard were shot dead on Saturday after attending a charity event days before Christmas, police said.

For investors in auto companies, there’ve been only two places to hide from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.

The mother, 29, had been last seen sometime on Thanksgiving Day, placing her 1-year-old daughter in a shopping cart and strolling into a supermarket

An international beauty pageant, a runaway fire, and a hit local soapie all trended on Google Search this week.

Two of South Africa’s top mountain biking teams will cease to exist at the end of this year in a major blow for women’s cycling in South Africa.

This week a press release went out announcing the end of Team Spur. Teams come and go and rebrand themselves regularly but the end of this particular team is a major blow on more than one level.

The IMF came bearing advice instead of a Christmas gift of a big fat loan to help poor Mzansi out of its economic mess.