Sport Wrap

29 May 2010 - 07:35

Saturday Morning sport with Marius van der Walt.

Rugby

You can almost feel the tension in Pretoria this morning, as the Bulls and the Stormers prepare to go head to head in an all South African Super 14 final, at Orlando Stadium in Soweto...The Bulls are the defending champions and pre-match favorites, but with players like Bok wing Bryan Habana in their ranks, the Cape Town side cannot be written off...Habana is ofcourse a former Bull, but Stormers coach Allister Coetzee doesn't believe he will be singled out for special treatment. Meanwhile, Bulls coach Frans Ludeke says his team will have to be on their game from the first wistle...

Cricket

The Proteas have taken an unassailable three-nil lead in the five-match ODI series against the West Indies, with a 67-run win at Windsor Park in Dominica last night. Morne Morkel was the hero, claiming career-best figures of four for 21 off seven overs as the home side, chasing South Africa’s 224 all out, were bowled out for 157 in 38 overs. The win was South Africa’s ninth consecutive triumph against West Indies in one-day internationals....

Bangladesh gave England a nasty shock as they defied the odds to take the honours on day two of the first Test at Lord's. At stumps, the tourists stood on 172-2 in reply to England's 505 all out.

Tennis

French Open heavyweights Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are both through to the fourth round, with the Spanish claycourt king setting up a fourth Roland Garros clash in five years with Lleyton Hewitt. Also through in the men's draw yesterday....Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

In the women's draw...Top seed Serena Williams cruised into the third round. Also through is four-time champion Justine Henin, who'll now meet Maria Sharapova...Second seed Venus Williams was the first woman to reach the fourth round...Danish third seed Caroline Wozniacki also advanced...

Football

Real Madrid will unveil Jose Mourinho as their new manager on Monday after agreeing compensation with Inter Milan. Mourinho will replace Manuel Pellegrini in the Madrid hotseat after the Chilean was sacked on Wednesday.

and McLaren's Jenson Button just beat Red Bull's Mark Webber to the fastest time in practice at the Turkish Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was third fastest.

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