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Tennis - Davis Cup
by Karen van der Westhuizen South Africa beat Russia 3-1 in the quarter finals of the Davis Cup.
Marcos Ondruska, South African, beat Andrei Chesnokov, Russian.
Wayne Ferreira then beat Andrei Cherkasov.
Ellis Ferreira and Grant Stafford beat Cherkasov and Andrei Olhovskiy.
Chesnokov then beat Fereira.

Cricket - India vs South Africa, Final

13.2.97
South Africa played India in the Triangular limited overs series final in Durban (South Africa). Rain stopped play last night after India batted though their 50 overs for 191 for 9. M.Azharuddin scored the highest score in the team, 60. When South Africa came to bat A. Hudson was caught out by Joshi bowled Srinath for 7. G.Kirten, 20, and J.Kallis, 8, were not out when rain stopped play. A new game will be played tomorrow starting with both teams at 0.
14.2.97
The match was restarted today with Hunsie Cronje, the South African captain, winning the toss and choosing to bat first. South Africa got 278 runs for 8 off 50 overs.

D.Cullinan scored 60, the highest in the South African team. V.Prasad and R.Singh both had a shot at a hattrick each.
There was rain after supper so India then only had to score 252 runs off 40 overs. Donald also had a go at a hattrick, just after a run out, but was unsuccessful. That is when the Indian score changed from a threatening 224 for 5 to 224 for 8. India were all out for 234 off 39.2 overs.
R.Dravid scored the highest today, 84, and was therefore named man of the match. Cronje was man of the series.

Skiing - South African Skiing Hero

12.2.97
Konrald Zastrau is a 18 year old skiing champ in South Africa. He won 22 gold medals and numerous silvers and bronzes. He got these in the Alpine skiing event, during the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Toronto, Canada. He returned yesterday.

A RACE STILL TO BE RUN
by Robert Robinson
St. Maria Goretti School
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

My hero is not a person who saved anyone from a burning building. My hero is Terry Fox. Terry Fox is a person who had cancer in the bone of his right leg. He was raising money for cancer research by running across Canada. He called it the marathon of hope.

Terry Fox started by dipping his artificial leg in the Atlantic ocean at Saint John Newfoundland. Every day he ran approximately 26 miles. He ran for 143 days. Just as Terry entered Thunder Bay he was overcome by his cancer. The cancer had spread into his lungs. He died in June of 1981. He had raised $24.17 million for cancer research. Today we continue Terry's dream to find a cure for cancer. There is a Terry Fox run every year in 4,200 places. People still remember Terry Fox. His dream may just come true. This race is still run all over the world by millions of people, in memory of Terry Fox. Unfortunately the Terry Fox race is no longer run in South Africa.