Year: 2020

Argentina’s rugby union lifted the interim suspensions of skipper Pablo Matera and two other players for racist tweets in a shock U-turn just two days after calling the posts “unacceptable”. DESPITE RACIST TWEETS MATERA IS A ‘GREAT HUMAN’ Coach Mario Ledesma hailed Matera as a “great human being” despite the tweets, which date back several […]

Neymar’s brace helped Paris Saint-Germain to a vital 3-1 win over Manchester United on Wednesday that took the French club to within touching distance of the Champions League last 16. In other results, Borussia Dortmund secured their qualification for the next round and Olivier Giroud scored all four goals in Chelsea’s 4-0 thumping of Sevilla. […]

The Proteas have switched gears and have begun preparing for their One-Day International (ODI) series against England starting on Friday, December 4. READ | PROTEAS PLAYER RATINGS: WHO SHONE AND WHO FLOPPED BADLY? A number of players have either been released from the squad to play in the 4-Day Domestic Series or simply afforded a […]

South African trail running legend Ryan Sandes will be lining up at the start for the 75km race at next weekend’s Maxirace Cape Winelands taking place in Stellenbosch. After a strange year of no racing, Sandes is looking forward to finishing the year on a high. “After 3 years of planning and preparations, I was […]

Al Ahly captain Mohamed El Shenawy has opened up on the squad’s opinion of new coach Pitso Mosimane. READ | FORMER ORLANDO PIRATES AND KAIZER CHIEFS COACH LANDS TOP AFRICAN JOB Mosimane has enjoyed a near-flawless start to life in Egypt and has led Al Ahly to eight victories and one draw in his first […]

The Proteas’ Test, ODI and T20 squads will face stricter transformation targets in the coming years. PROTEAS PLAYER RATINGS | WHO SHONE AND WHO FLOPPED? According to Cricinfo’s Firdose Moonda, the aim, as per a presentation made to current Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa, is that by the 2022/23 season, the Proteas – in all 3 […]

There appears to be drama ahead of Friday’s scheduled second leg CAF Champions League preliminary match at the FNB Stadium. READ | AL AHLY SKIPPER REVEALS WHAT SQUAD THINKS OF PITSO MOSIMANE Kaizer Chiefs have been alerted that their fixture against Cameroon PWD Bamenda faces a possible late postponement. Chiefs were scheduled to face Bamenda […]

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has made two changes to his team which will host Western Province at Ellis Park on Saturday. Kick-off is at 19:00. LIONS BEAT GRIQUAS IN ROUND 1 Ross Cronjé and Tiaan Swanepoel will run out at scrumhalf and fullback, respectively, in the only two changes to the side which beat […]

Italy Fabio Aru, the 2015 Vuelta a Espana winner, has joined South Africa’s only elite World Tour team, Qhubeka ASSOS. Aru, 30, has raced for the UAE Emirates team since 2018, with his most successful spell coming before that with Astana. ARU HOPING THE MOVE WITH REIGNITE HIS CAREER The Italian, a climbing specialist, is […]

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has released a 90-second animated video welcoming fans back to Anfield. Ahead of the first matches at Anfield with spectators Alexander-Arnold also sat down with Arsenal and England great Ian Wright to discuss his career, Anfield and how much Liverpool means to the fans and vice versa. Liverpool star Alexander-Arnold pays […]