Bryan Habana will be giving his Toulon team-mates the inside track on Munster’s South African contingent, having played with BJ Botha, CJ Stander and Gerhard van den Heever.

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Munster head coach Rob Penney will welcome new signing Gerhard van den Heever to the province early next month with the promise the powerful wing will see a lot more ball than he enjoyed during Western Province’s run to the Currie Cup final.

Munster have confirmed the signing of South African winger Gerhard van den Heever from the Stormers.

Scott Speed has ripped into his bosses at Toro Rosso, claiming they “are pushing like hell” to get rid of him and team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi.

Former grand prix driver Gerhard Berger will return to Formula One with Scuderia Toro Rosso after buying half the team.

CONSERVATIVE challenger Angela Merkel claimed a mandate to form Germany’s next government - but an exuberant chancellor Gerhard Schroeder refused to concede defeat after his party did better than expected in yesterday’s election and insisted that he should lead the next administration.

Leeds have turned down an offer by Uefa to hold an appeal hearing into Lee Bowyer's suspension via the telephone.