Year: 2020

Three Springboks have been named in World Rugby’s men’s Team of the Decade. The awards took place virtually on Monday evening. READ | JOHN MITCHELL TO RETURN TO HAUNT THE SPRINGBOKS? Loosehead Beast Mtawarira, hooker Bismarck du Plessis and wing Bryan Habana all cracked the nod for the Best XV of the past 10 years. […]

Lionel Messi’s rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo has enthralled football for the better part of a decade. TWO TITANS OF THE MODERN GAME In the latest installment, the pair will duel for potentially the final time when Barcelona host Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday. The two titans of the modern game, who split ownership […]

Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Willard Katsande has taken his swag to the next level as he copied Cristiano Ronaldo’s R30 000 Louis Vuitton summer outfit. READ | MESSI AND RONALDO TO RENEW CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RIVALRY Portugal legend and global superstar, Ronaldo, set tongues wagging earlier this year when he posted pictures wearing the outfit from the […]

Paul Pogba is “unhappy” at Manchester United and should leave in the next transfer window, his agent Mino Raiola said, in comments that may signal the exit of the one-time world’s most expensive player. PICTURES | WILLARD KATSANDE COPIES CRISTIANO RONALDO’S SWAG Raiola said the Soccer World Cup-winning France midfielder, 27, needs a “change of […]

Played two Currie Cup matches, lost two Currie Cup matches. And a truckload of injuries picked up along the way. That’s the current situation Western Province find themselves in. READ | 3 SPRINGBOKS NAMED IN WORLD RUGBY’S TEAM OF THE DECADE However, in some good news, WP have confirmed that wing Seabelo Senatla will not […]

Former All Blacks legend Richie McCaw was named World Rugby Player of the Decade at a virtual awards evening on Monday. READ | 3 SPRINGBOKS NAMED IN WORLD RUGBY’S TEAM OF THE DECADE McCaw beat former team-mates Dan Carter, Kieran Read, Brodie Retallick and Beauden Barrett as well as Thierry Dusautoir (France), Johnny Sexton (Ireland) […]

Who would’ve thought the try voted best of the decade wasn’t scored by a backline player? MUST READ | 3 SPRINGBOKS NAMED IN WORLD RUGBY’S TEAM OF THE DECADE Instead, Ireland No 8 Jamie Heaslip’s five-pointer against Italy in the 2016 Six Nations was voted best of the best at a virtual World Rugby awards […]

There appears to be no end in sight to the injury woes currently being experienced by Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs. PICTURES | WHO WORE IT BETTER: WILLARD KATSANDE OR CRISTIANO RONALDO? Amakhosi on Tuesday confirmed two new concerns ahead of their DStv Premiership clash against Black Leopards on Wednesday. Midfielder Dumisani Zuma looks set to […]

South Africa and England will meet for the first time since the 2019 Rugby World Cup final when they clash at Twickenham on November 20, 2021 as part of the Springboks’ three-match tour of Europe. SPRINGBOKS LAST PLAYED ENGLAND IN JAPAN The announcement of the encounter is the second confirmation of the Springboks’ three-match tour […]

The final round of group matches in this season’s Champions League will be played this week. READ | ‘UNHAPPY’ PAUL POGBA WANTS OUT OF OLD TRAFFORD Several teams have already qualified for the next stage, while others still have plenty to play for. LOGS | LATEST GROUP STANDINGS IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 […]