SA-born twin props make Los Angeles their new home

The LA Giltinis have signed South African-born twins JP and Ruan Smith ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. According to the RugbyPass website, the Smiths grew up in South Africa before relocating to Australia where they completed their schooling.  The 30-year-olds represented the Reds in this year’s Super Rugby and Super Rugby AU […]

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Mamelodi Sundowns to dedicate 16 matches to late defender Anele Ngcongca

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi has confirmed that the club will dedicate their next 16 games to late defender Anele Ngcongca. READ | TOUCHING TRIBUTE AS BELGIUM SIDE GENK RETIRE ANELE NGCONGCA’S NUMBER The Cape Town-born right-back died last week after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident in KwaZulu-Natal, where he was due […]

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Injury blow: Warrick Gelant ruled out of British & Irish Lions tour

There was bad injury news for both Western Province and the Springboks on Monday. READ | RASSIE, NIENABER TO REMAIN IN CHARGE UNTIL AFTER RWC 2023 WP fullback Warrick Gelant, who has been playing some of the best rugby of his career since his move to the Cape from the Bulls, has been sidelined for […]

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Pablo Matera stripped of Argentina captaincy after xenophobic tweets, including about SA

Argentina skipper Pablo Matera has been stripped of the captaincy and suspended along with two other players on Tuesday over “discriminatory and xenophobic” tweets. Just over two weeks after Matera led the Pumas to their first win over the All Blacks, the Argentina Rugby Union “revoked” his captaincy and suspended him, along with second row […]

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Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer congratulates Pitso Mosimane on African success

Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer has congratulated Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane following his CAF Champions League victory. READ | AL AHLY TITLE MASTERMIND MOSIMANE ‘CATCHES THE BIG FISH’ Mosimane made history last Friday when he led Al Ahly to a record-extending ninth CAF Champions League title to become only the third coach to lift a […]

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Kobe Bryant to get Hall of Fame induction in May 2021

Kobe Bryant’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame has been postponed to May 2021. The late sporting legend – who died in a helicopter crash in January alongside several others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna inJanuary – was due to be inducted in August before the event was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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World champion Lewis Hamilton tests positive for Covid-19

World champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, Formula One’s governing body FIA announced on Tuesday. READ | FULL PROBE PROMISED INTO ROMAIN GROSJEAN’S HORROR CRASH “In accordance with Covid-19 protocols and public health authority guidelines in Bahrain he (Hamilton) is now isolating,” said […]

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Wrap | Champions League fixtures, kick-off times for Tuesday, December 1

Tuesday, December 1 will see another full round of Champions League fixtures played. LOGS | LATEST STANDINGS IN EACH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP While several teams have already qualified for the next round – Bayern Munich and Manchester City among them – others still have plenty of work to do. All kick-off times are South Africa […]

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Struggling AmaZulu beat transfer deadline to sign 2 new players

Big-spending, but struggling, AmaZulu FC beat Monday’s transfer window deadline to sign two more players. The KwaZulu-Natal side have called a media conference in Sandton at 14:00 on Tuesday to reveal their new acquisitions. According to reports, they are set to announce the capture of Mamelodi Sundowns’ Phakamani Mahlambi and Chippa United goalkeeper Veli Mothwa. […]

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South Africa’s preparations on track for 2023 Netball World Cup

South Africa is exactly where it needs to be in its preparations for the Netball World Cup (NWC) in Cape Town in 2023, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. SA BEAT MALAWI AT SUN CITY This was the assurance from the newly appointed NWC Project Manager Reabetswe Mpete, when she spoke to journalists at the SPAR […]

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