South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine.

South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal mining.

Once trailing 24-0 midway through the second quarter, the Roadrunners completed an epic rally to knock off an upset-minded UTEP squad 34-31 in the Alamodome on the final game of the 2022 regular season.

South African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies suspected of being illegal miners and found near an active mine west of Johannesburg.

Coal mining authorities in Poland say rescue workers have reached four of the 10 miners who went missing following an underground tremor and methane gas discharge Saturday at a mine in southern Poland.

Hundreds of barges of illegal gold miners are navigating along the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon, and researchers said they pose a threat of pollution for the broader environment.

UTSA’s second game as a ranked team is the first since Jeff Traylor signed a 10-year extension that averages $2.8 million per season.

Two Conference USA games scheduled for the weekend, including No. 19 Marshall at Florida International, have been postponed because of COVID-19 issues. For Marshall (5-0), this is the third time this season it has had a game postponed because of an opponent's struggles with COVID-19. The Thundering Herd did not play a nonconference game against East Carolina and a conference game against Rice in September. A total of seven Conference USA league games have been postponed.

A quick look around the Big 12 justifies his trepidation. Get that far and Texas can at least start a season in pursuit of its first Big 12 championship since 2009. Texas' first Big 12 game is scheduled for Sept 26 at Texas Tech. The Big Ten and Pac-12 scrapped their fall seasons while the Big 12, SEC ad ACC push ahead. Texas has lacked a big-time edge rusher in the past and big things are expected of him.