THIS DAY IN HISTORY

February 6 1982

Leonard “Wagga Wagga” Likoebe of Kaizer Chiefs scored a hat-trick to wrap up the BP Cup in the second leg of the final against Moroka Swallows Ltd at Orlando Stadium. Chiefs won the match 3-1 and the final 7-2 on aggregate. Likoebe had been a reserve in the first leg.

1999

Vuyani Bungu stops Victor Llerena of Colombia to make a record 13th defence of his IBF junior-featherweight title at the Carousel casino, north of Pretoria. He eclipsed the South African mark of 12 successful title defences he had shared with WBA junior-lightweight champion Brian Mitchell.

2000

Siyabonga Nomvete heads in a goal as a 10-man Bafana Bafana beat cohosts Ghana 1-0 in their African Nations Cup quarterfinal in Kumasi. Nomvete netted a well-weighted cross from Shaun Bartlett in the 42nd minute, but SA were under pressure after Eric Tinkler was redcarded for flattening Kwame Ayew.