Year: 2020

Cricket Australia (CA) are still planning for the tour of South Africa to go ahead in February 2021, but are monitoring the health situation after a security failure in the country forced the postponement of England’s ODI series. READ | HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR DON BRADMAN’S 1ST TEST CAP? England and South Africa’s […]

Mamelodi Sundowns striker Kermit Erasmus has set a new goal target before hanging up his boots. IT’S TAKEN ERASMUS 173 MATCHES TO DATE Erasmus joined the ‘50-goal‘ club when he scored in Sundowns’ 3-0 DStv Premiership win over Stellenbosch FC on November 28. It took the 30-year-old 173 matches to score his 50th goal – […]

Tiger Woods’ induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame will have to wait. Organisers said they were postponing the 2021 ceremony until the following year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Reuters. NEW DATE SET FOR MARCH 2022 The 15-time major winner will be inducted alongside 11-time LPGA winner Susie Maxwell Berning, former […]

Like him or loathe him, England flyhalf Owen Farrell has become just the sixth player to score 1 000 points in Test rugby. Farrell reached the milestone in England’s controversial extra-time victory over France in the final of the Autumn Nations Cup at Twickenham on Saturday. Farrell has courted controversy himself in recent years, mainly […]

Ben Stokes’ father Ged Stokes, a New Zealand rugby league international, has died after a battle with brain cancer. Stokes, who played rugby league in England in the 1980s and returned as a coach, was diagnosed with the disease in January. ‘FINE SERVANT TO THE BRITISH GAME’ The Rugby Football League said on Twitter: “We […]

The Sharks have received a massive injury boost ahead of their top-of-the-table Currie Cup clash against the Bulls in Durban. OUT SINCE OCTOBER WITH A HAND INJURY Captain Lukhanyo Am has rejoined training and is in line to resume skipper duties on Saturday. Am has been out of action since October after he suffered a […]

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are set to renew their rivalry in a mouth-watering Champions League clash in Spain on Tuesday. THE PAIR WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 2018 Messi and Ronaldo will meet for the first time since May 2018 when Barcelona host Juventus at the Camp Nou. Kick-off is at […]

Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said he has suffered “one of the hardest weeks for some time” after testing positive for coronavirus but is hopeful of driving in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. WOKE UP FEELING GREAT The 35-year-old Briton missed last Sunday’s penultimate round in Bahrain after contracting coronavirus while on holiday […]