Category: Sports

Concussion substitute Yuzvendra Chahal took three crucial wickets as India beat Australia by 11 runs to win the opening T20 at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Friday. Hint of controversy as concussion substitute turns match Chahal came into the side after batting hero Ravindra Jadeja was ruled to have suffered a concussion when he […]

The Proteas team doctor Shuaib Manjra is concerned about a possible breach of the team’s bio-secure ‘bubble’.  Manjra aired his concerns after the first one-day international against England was postponed because a Proteas player tested positive for COVID-19. Proteas medical team investigating possible breach More tests will be conducted by the team on Saturday ahead […]

Mamelodi Sundowns have agreed to release 24-year-old winger Katlego Otladisa bringing to seven the number of players who have been allowed to leave Chloorkop this season. In his two seasons at Sundowns, former Platinum Stars man Otladisa has struggled for gametime and the club believe it is in his best interests to seek pastures new, […]

Kaizer Chiefs’ CAF Champions League opponents PWD Bamenda have finally departed from Cameroon ahead of their second leg preliminary round clash. The defending Cameroonian champions were due to face Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium this evening however visa issues prevented them from arriving in time. The match was subsequently postponed to give the CAF […]

Wales’ Jamie Donaldson shot a 10-birdie 63 on Friday to share the SA Open second-round lead on 134 with Christiaan Bezuidenhout at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City.    South African Bezuidenhout, winner of the Alfred Dunhill Championship last weekend, carded a second successive 67 over the 7,834-yard (7,163-metre) layout, the longest on the […]

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 […]

Bulls prop Jacques van Rooyen has received a one-week ban for his red card offence during their Currie Cup victory over Western Province last Saturday. RED CARD CAUSED CONTROVERSY Van Rooyen appeared in front of a SA Rugby disciplinary hearing on Tuesday for his late tackle on WP fullback Warrick Gelant. While the card caused […]

Dawid Malan has achieved the highest-ever rating points for batsmen in the T20I Player Rankings after the series against South Africa. Malan shoots up rankings Malan enjoyed a stellar run that saw him top the series aggregate with 173 runs and help England whitewash South Africa 3-0. The left-hander has reached 915 points, the first […]

Former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz has parted ways with Colombia just one year into his three-year contract. QUIEROZ QUIT BAFANA BAFANA AHEAD OF 2002 SWC Queiroz took over the South American side who are currently ranked 15th in the latest FIFA world rankings in February last year after an impressive eight-year spell with the […]

Former referee Jonathan Kaplan has given his expert thoughts on the much-debated red card incident in Round 1 of the Currie Cup at Newlands. READ | JAKE WHITE QUESTIONS RED CARD AT NEWLANDS The controversial joint decision by referee AJ Jacobs and TMO Rasta Rasivhenge to give Bulls prop Jacques van Rooyen his marching orders […]