Category: Sports

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

All eyes will turn to Paris on Monday, December 14 for the all-important pool draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. READ | WARRICK GELANT RULED OUT OF BRITISH & IRISH LIONS TOUR The next major milestone on the road to the Springboks defending their World Cup title will take place virtually at the Palais […]

The Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban will host this year’s MTN8 final. The PSL confirmed the venue on Tuesday for the Saturday, December 12 clash between Bloemfontein Celtic and Orlando Pirates. NO FANS WILL BE ALLOWED Celtic qualified for the final after beating SuperSport United 2-1 on aggregate over the two legs of their semi-final, […]

Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock has won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final T20 against England at Newlands. LIVE | SOUTH AFRICA V ENGLAND, 3RD T20 AT NEWLANDS Unfortunately for Proteas fans, the match is a ‘dead’ rubber after England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series on Sunday […]