Year: 2020

Despite the current turmoil in South African cricket, the upcoming England tour of the country will go ahead. England are due to touch down in Cape Town on Tuesday for a three-T20 and three ODI tour, starting on November 27. ENGLAND WILL QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS Prior to that, England will quarantine for 10 days […]

Sao Tome e Principe and South Africa renew rivalries three days after their historic first encounter as they clash in Port Elizabeth in another crucial Afcon 2021 qualifier. The fixture is billed as a home game for the islanders, following an agreement between the two football federations to have both matches held on South African […]

Bafana Bafana head coach Molefi Ntseki has made two changes to his starting lineup to face Sao Tome and Principe in this afternoon’s AFCON qualifier at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium. Mamelodi Sundowns full-back Lyle Lakay will make his national team debut after being roped in as a replacement for the injured Innocent Maela while […]

The All Blacks have confirmed that three players will return home to New Zealand from the ongoing Tri-Nations tournament in Australia. READ | SPRINGBOKS’ WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS LEAD GROWS AS ALL BLACKS DROP TO THIRD Suspended prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi, loose forward Du’Plessis Kirifi and centre Peter Umaga-Jensen will head back across the Tasman on Monday. […]

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Monday he is “very, very confident” that spectators will be able to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics, as he kicked off a Japan trip to boost momentum for the pandemic-postponed Games. Tokyo Olmpics eager to welcome fans  Bach pledged the International Olympic Committee would work to ensure as many participants […]

Kaizer Chiefs attacker Khama Billiat has been named by the Footballers’ Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) as the best foreign-based player. The 30-year-old has just emerged from a tough season, which culminated in disappointment for his team, which let slip the Premiership title right on the final hour. Khama Billiat named Zimbabwe’s best  This has not […]

Cape Cobras coach Ashwell Prince has thrown his backing behind two of his star players who raised their hands for Proteas selection in the opening rounds of the CSA 4-Day Series. Wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne and all-rounder George Linde have both earned national colours, and have raised their stock in the past year. Linde and Verreyne […]

England’s Jos Buttler has said he is a “huge fan” of South Africa captain Quinton de Kock as the two wicketkeeper-batsmen prepare to go head-to-head in an upcoming Twenty20 series. England travel to South Africa on Monday, despite administrative chaos within South African cricket that threatened the trip, for a tour that includes three international […]

The global surfski community has heaped praise on Durban paddler Quinton Rutherford who set a new Guinness world record for the greatest distance covered in a 24 hour period by a solo ski paddler, putting into context how physically and mentally demanding the successful record bid was. The 50-year-old father of three set out to […]

On the same day that Australian swimmer Shayna Jack saw her doping ban reduced from 4 to 2 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), South African Olympian Roland Schoeman may see his suspension extended. Appearing via video link on Monday at a CSA hearing, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) challenged FINA’s ruling that the 40-year-old freestyle ace […]