Bafana beat Mauritius

MBABANE – The South African national football side beat Mauritius 2-0 in their Cosafa Cup final match yesterday in Mbabane to qualify for the last four of the competition.

South Africa on Saturday beat Malawi 5-4 on penalties after a 0-all draw to book themselves a final place, leaving Malawi and Swaziland to battle it out in the third-place playoff. Namibia will play against Botswana in the next leg of the qualifiers later this year, while Angola meet Lesotho in matches that will be played in Botswana.Alonso king in Monaco SPAIN’S two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso won his second successive Monaco Grand Prix yesterday to record his McLaren team’s 150th success.Alonso – recording his 17th career victory – beat home team-mate Lewis Hamilton, his fourth successive second place in his maiden season, while Felipe Massa of Ferrari was third, his best result in the race.Alonso – who leads the title race on 38 points the same number as Hamilton but has the edge as he has won two races this season – led by seven seconds after 20 laps with Hamilton recording the fastest lap of the race at the time and Massa in third.It was the McLaren team’s first one-two finish at the famous race on the unforgiving Mediterranean street circuit since 1989, the heyday of Brazilian Ayrton Senna, who won, and Alain Prost of France, who was second.Nampa-AFPNamibia will play against Botswana in the next leg of the qualifiers later this year, while Angola meet Lesotho in matches that will be played in Botswana.Alonso king in Monaco SPAIN’S two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso won his second successive Monaco Grand Prix yesterday to record his McLaren team’s 150th success.Alonso – recording his 17th career victory – beat home team-mate Lewis Hamilton, his fourth successive second place in his maiden season, while Felipe Massa of Ferrari was third, his best result in the race.Alonso – who leads the title race on 38 points the same number as Hamilton but has the edge as he has won two races this season – led by seven seconds after 20 laps with Hamilton recording the fastest lap of the race at the time and Massa in third.It was the McLaren team’s first one-two finish at the famous race on the unforgiving Mediterranean street circuit since 1989, the heyday of Brazilian Ayrton Senna, who won, and Alain Prost of France, who was second.Nampa-AFP